A rare early moment from the legendary Austrian group Paternoster – sounds that predate their one and only cult-status album – originally created for the equally legendary film, Die Ersten Tage! The music here was never issued commercially at the time – and the release of these ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Piero Piccioni —
Camille 2000 ... CD Camille 3000 (Italy), 1970. New Copy ...
$36.99
One of the coolest classics from the glory days of the Italian soundtrack scene – a set that perfectly brings together all the funky, jazz, and mod-styled touches of the great Piero Piccioni – on a record that's maybe had more life over the years than the film did on the screen! The ... read moreCD
One of the coolest soundtracks of the 60s – presented here in a massive package that brings forth a wealth of never-reissued music! Piero Piccioni really hit his stride for the music to this film that was directed by its star – the effervescent Alberto Sordi – a fantastic send-up ... read moreCD
(Includes stereo mix, mono mix, and film score bonus tracks!)
Piero Piccioni —
Il Diavolo ... LP WHP (Italy), 1963. New Copy (reissue)...
$24.99
Rare early work from Piero Piccioni – music scored for a 60s film with Alberto Sordi in the lead – maybe a bit more conventional than some of Piccioni's later work, but still wonderfully groovy overall! There's lots of jazz in the mix, and there's a number of tunes that have a great ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Piero Piccioni —
La Notte Brava ... CD Digitmovies (Italy), 1959. New Copy ...
$18.99
A fantastic early soundtrack from maestro Piero Piccioni – very jazzy overall, in a style that merges postwar Rome with some of the groovier touches to come on the Italian scene! The tracks are mostly around the two minute mark, and work as these great jazz instrumentals on their own – ... read moreCD
Two amazing works from Belgian electronic genius Alain Pierre – both appearing in this form for the first time ever! Side one features 11 minutes of continuous music that Pierre created for the short film O Sidarta – music that mixes a range of electronics, keyboards, and acoustic ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Pink Floyd —
More ... LP Tower, 1969. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
Titles include "Cirrus Minor", "The Nile Song", "Ibiza Bar", "A Spanish Piece", and "Up The Kyber". (Rock, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
An obscure French period comedy from 1971 – with a surprisingly groovy score from Michel Polnareff! The film starred Luis De Funes and Yves Montand, and although Montand sings on a track or two, the main groove of the set is in the mode of Polnareff's groovy work from the late 60s. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A strange and beautiful album from reedman Steve Potts – an artist that most folks know as a key part of the Steve Lacy group on the French scene of the 70s, but who stepped aside to record this rare album as a leader! As you'd guess from the title, the album's a soundtrack of sorts – ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Groovy sounds for a somewhat creepy film – an obscure 1967 exploitation documentary about the underground hippie sex scene in San Francisco! The record is almost like a mini-movie in sound – in that it features a narrator describing various scenes in the city's underground, while ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Pressed on white vinyl and includes a bonus DVD of the entire movie!)
The classic soundtrack to Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing – lead, of course, by Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" – and beyond that is a pretty wonderful, and not always as intense cross-section of some of the finer urban soul and New Jack Swing, circa '89, breezy vocal-centric ... (Hip Hop, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic-styled funk from Alex Puddu – not only the greatest record we've heard from him so far, but a set that's definitely worthy of its "golden age" claim in the title! The music is all new, but it was done for a series of short Danish porno films from the 70s – and Puddu ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A really beautiful little set of tracks – music composed to accompany vintage porn films from the 70s – played to perfection by the great Alex Puddu! The story behind the project is great – a friend was involved in rescuing and issuing rare porn from the underground – most ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A really beautiful little set of tracks – music composed to accompany vintage porn films from the 70s – played to perfection by the great Alex Puddu! The story behind the project is great – a friend was involved in rescuing and issuing rare porn from the underground – most ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great third chapter in the Danish Pornography series by Alex Puddu – and, like the others, music that was recorded to accompany the re-release of some classic adult films from the 70s! As you'd guess from the title and project, the sound here is very retro overall – wicked funk that ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Fantastic stuff – and one of the grooviest soundtracks you'll ever hope to own! Sid Ramin did a heck of a lot of work for TV soundtracks by the time this one came out – and he took all that experience, and came up with some fantastically swinging jazz tracks that have a sock-mod 60s ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo Masterworks pressing. Cover has a cut corner.)
Funky sounds and offbeat grooves from an obscure French adult film of the late 60s – directed by Jean Rollin under a fake name, and scored by Pierre Raph with the same sort of charm as his work for Requiem For A Vampire! This EP features a number of different styles of sounds from the film ... (Funky 45's, Soundtracks)read more7-inch, Vinyl record
Some of the coolest music we've ever heard from Tomeka Reid – a soundtrack for a film based on the Chicago school of imagist painting in the 60s – nicely scored with music from the windy city itself! Reid composed the different selections on the soundtrack – most of which are ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Includes themes from "Exodus", "Ben-Hur", "The Bible", "Ten Commandments", "Greatest Story Ever Told", and more. Produced by David Axelrod. (Now Sound, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label stereo pressing. Cover has some wear and aging.)
Conducted by Elmer Bernstein – and featuring music from Quo Vadis, Plymouth Adventure, El Cid, The Lost Weekend, and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Pete Rugolo/Dusty Springfield —
Sweet Ride ... LP 20th Century, 1968. Sealed ...
$29.99
One of the grooviest records ever scored by Pete Rugolo – a mix of light 60s instrumentals that use organ, guitars, occasional voices, and an approach that's a bit like the best 60s work by Hugo Montenegro! This "wild trip into the world of the Now Generation" features both surf ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Shrinkwrap has a hole in front.)
An American film – directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon – but one with a distinctly Italian-styled soundtrack, thanks to the music of Carlo Rustichelli! Rustichelli scores the film with a style that's quite like his early 60s work for Italian films – warmly romantic, ... read moreCD
Carlo Rustichelli —
Bebo's Girl ... LP Capitol, Mid 60s. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
A wonderfully groovy score from Carlo Rustichelli – best known to the world for his famous score for Divorce Italian Style, and working here in a style that mixes tight jazzy numbers with sparer themes in kind of a Nino Rota mode! There's some nice organ in the background on some of the best ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A dramatic soundtrack for L'Armata Bracaleone – a mid 60s Italian fantasy action film that starred Vittorio Gassman in a strange setting that was sort of a twisted version of the Middle Ages! The tunes on the set are often orchestral and mood-setting – but a few of the more standout ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Recent 180 gram pressing. Shrinkwrap has a small hole in front.)
A fantastic meeting of the minds – as director Jim Jarmusch makes a film that's a nod to the old martial arts films of the 70s that inspired the Wu-Tang Clan in their music – and RZA gets a chance to contribute to the soundtrack, with help from the Clan as well! The music is maybe the ... (Hip Hop, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Strong work by a composer who's becoming one of our favorite French soundtrack artists! This score is fairly dramatic – but handled in a way that has subtle little touches of intimacy, with solo bass instrumentation by Ron Carter and Buster Williams. It's a dark set of tracks written for a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner.)
Philippe Sarde —
Mangeclous ... LP Milan (France), 1988. Sealed ...
$4.99
An unusual soundtrack from Philippe Sarde – presented as four long "tableau" pieces! LP, Vinyl record album
A pair of obscure soundtrack gems from Philippe Sarde – back to back on a single CD! First up is Max Et Les Ferrailleurs – an excellent funky French soundtrack! Philippe Sarde scored the music for this obscure film starring Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider – and the best cuts ... read moreCD
Masahiko Sato —
Onimotsu Konimotsu ... CD Super Fuji Discs (Japan), Late 60s. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
Very groovy soundtrack material from Masahiko Sato – a Japanese jazz artist that you might know from some equally groovy records in the 60s! This film music follows somewhat in the spirit of Sato's other recordings, save for the fact that the tunes are shorter – more like film cues ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
That's Goldsnake, not Goldfinger – but the soundtrack here from Carlo Savina is very much inspired by the James Bond music of the 60s – and served up in a great range of spy, mod, and crime jazz styles! The main theme gets a vocal reading at the start, but is transformed into other ... read moreCD
Two 70s scores from Carlo Savina – both sounding wonderful here together! Perversione is a masterpiece of subtle grooves and sensual moments – handled with a touch of light strings, and plenty of tinkling piano lines that are spacious and sexy, and recorded with just the right sort of ... read moreCD
(Limited edition of 300!)
John Schroeder —
Dolly Catcher ... CD Radioactive (UK), Late 60s. Used ...
$19.99
One of the most massively tripped-out albums ever from Brit Easy maestro John Schroeder – a record that blends together a wide range of mod, jazzy, funky, and fuzzy styles – and which is arguably Schroeder's greatest record ever! The title and cover might be a bit off-putting – ... read moreCD
The soundtrack to the Sex Pistols quote/unquote documentary The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle – a crazy mess of Pistols odds, ends and quote/unquote hits – including Sid's crazy-as-hell take on Sinatra, the weird quote/unquote French version of "Anarchy In The UK" and ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(UK Virgin pressing with Tone etch. Cover has light wear.)
Very early electronic sound library material from Eric Siday – so much so, that all these tracks were originally issued as 78rpm singles – at a time before the sound library scene moved into using full LPs! A number of cuts here were used as early passages on the first Doctor Who ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Giuliano Sorgini —
Occulto ... LP Four Flies (Italy), Mid 70s. New Copy ...
$32.99
A pretty wild collection of horror film work from Italian composer Giuliano Sorgini – pulled from the farther reaches of the low-budget film industry of the 70s – but still completely at the top of the game from a musical perspective! There's a really nice mix of modes going on here ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mod mod grooves from this ultra-hip Japanese combo of the 60s – a garagey group who burn with real intensity in this selection of obscure soundtrack material! The Spiders may not have reached big fame on this side of the Pacific, but back in the late 60s they were clearly the stuff of ... read moreCD
A tripped-out batch of freedom rock tunes – pulled together to accompany Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper's famous trip across the wasteland of late 60s America! The set includes Steppenwolf's anthemic "Born To Be Wild", as well as their "The Pusher" – plus "Kyrie ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Miki Sugimoto —
Zero Ka No Onha ... CD Ultra Vybe (Japan), Early 70s. New Copy ...
$29.99
Killer soundtrack work from early 70s Japan – most of it quite funky, at a level that matches American blacksploitation grooves of the time – and other cuts that are kind of weird, but in really cool ways – with odd production touches and some cool trippy instrumentation! A ... read moreCD
Elizabeth Swados —
Runaways ... LP Columbia, 1978. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$1.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has a promo stamp and tracklist sticker on back.)
Mikis Thedorakis might seem an odd choice to score a film set on the mean streets of New York – but he gets some wonderful help here from Bob James, who helps ensure that the funky tracks come off nice and sweet! Thedorakis serves up the main theme with a haunting, slightly "ethnic" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Shakespeare never sounded so compelling before – given a very cool soundtrack by the Third Ear Band, who were moved to work on this project in collaboration with director Roman Polanski! The music is fantastic away from the film – very different than some of the group's earlier records ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Richard Thompson —
Grizzly Man ... CD Cooking Vinyl, 2005. Used ...
$3.99
Isao Tomita —
Captain Ultra ... CD Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1967. New Copy 2CD ...
$36.99
Very early work by Isao Tomita – some unusual space-age soundtracks, done in the years before his greater electronic fame! The music here is everything you'd expect from the cover – a great retro-future sort of style, and one that uses conventional soundtrack instrumentation, but with ... read moreCD
One of the stranger pairings of artists to ever appear on record during the 80s – but maybe that's no surprise, as Dune was also one of the stranger films of the decade! Toto seems like an odd choice for a movie directed by David Lynch – but in their own sort of way, they do a pretty ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Magic Moments indeed – a beautiful pre-soundtrack jazz session from Italian pianist Armando Trovajoli, done with a style that's really incredible! The backings have lush strings, bits of harpsichord, and some slight vocals from Miranda Martino – all blended together beautifully, then ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the more unusual soundtracks ever done by Armando Trovajoli – for an equally unusual film that starred Monica Vitti as the legendary heroine Modesty Blaise! The modes here are sometimes as groovy as the Modesty Blaise comic, but other times have a nicely slinky, sexy sort of vibe ... read moreCD
Toshima Tsushima —
War In Space ... CD Cinema Kan (Japan), Late 70s. New Copy 2CD ...
$49.99
Space age warfare never sounded so groovy before – thanks to some great dynamic scoring from Toshima Tsushima! The approach here is maybe a bit like Barry Gray's work for Space 1999 – some elements that echo older sci-fi soundtracks, particularly in the way that familiar ... read moreCD
Two great vocal numbers from Piero Umiliani – the kind of strong English language tunes he used to kick off his best soundtracks of the 60s! Both of these were from the film Orgasmo – and Lydia MacDonald does a great job on "Fate Had Planned It So" – a tune that has ... (Funky 45's, Soundtracks)read more7-inch, Vinyl record
Piero Umiliani —
Fischiando In Beat ... CD Omicron/Schema (Italy), 1968. New Copy Gatefold ...
$12.99
We're not entirely sure what "fischiando" means, but we can definitely testify that the album lives up to the "beat" in its title – those kind of groovy, mod tunes we love so much in Italian 60s soundtracks from the great Piero Umiliani! This set's even more obscure than ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Sweetly funky and very slinky – this is one of the best early 70s scores by the great Italian composer Piero Umiliani! The record has lots of bubbling electric piano, rumbling electric basslines, warm acoustic percussion, and moody wordless vocals. At some level, the album sounds a lot like ... read moreCD
Amazing work from the legendary Piero Umiliani – a perfect soundtrack to show the warmer sound of his talents, which are sometimes eclipsed by his weirder electronic modes! The soundtrack's from an erotic film starring sex-goddess Zeudi Araya, but despite the kinky origins of the material, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Percussion and special effects – a really wonderful blend, especially in the hands of Italian maestro Piero Umiliani! The album's one of Piero's more experimental and electronic outings – done for the Liuto sound library label, with lots of cool production techniques that make the ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Piero Umiliani —
Psichedelica ... CD Omicron/Schema (Italy), 1971. New Copy Gatefold ...
$12.99
Not the sort of psychedelic music you'd expect from an American rock band of the late 60s – and instead, a stunning set of funky genius from Italian soundtrack maestro Piero Umiliani! The record's actually a precursor to Umiliani's famous global score for Sweden Heaven & Hell (Svezia ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Not the sort of psychedelic music you'd expect from an American rock band of the late 60s – and instead, a stunning set of funky genius from Italian soundtrack maestro Piero Umiliani! The record's actually a precursor to Umiliani's famous global score for Sweden Heaven & Hell (Svezia ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Overlooked genius from Piero Umiliani – a relatively sort record for a soundtrack, but one that packs a hell of a punch on all of its wonderful cuts! Umiliani is in his best late 60s mix of modes here – with some incredible keyboards at a few points, jazzy bossa bits on others, and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Piero Umiliani —
Romantic Side ... CD Rambling (Japan), Late 60s. New Copy ...
$32.99
Don't think "romance" – at least not in the sleepy sort of American romance music from the 60s – and think "groovy" instead, and maybe a bit of "sexy" too – as these tunes are pure cinematic gems from Italian composer Piero Umiliani! Like the other ... read moreCD
An early jazzy soundtrack from the great Piero Umiliani – made even better by some key work from Chet Baker on trumpet and Helen Merrill on vocals! The set was done at a time when both artists were spending some time in Italy – shaping the scene with their presence, and really standing ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the greatest soundtracks ever from the mighty Piero Umiliani – sounds initially written for a film that was an international "sexpose" of daily life in Sweden – but which have grown to even greater fame on their own over the years – thanks to the talent of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most fantastic soundtracks of the 70s – and maybe even of all time – thanks to a non-stop blast of insane styles and grooves – all quite different than other blacksploitation records of the time! For this, his masterpiece film, Melvin Van Peebles composed a non-stop ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(A really beautiful pressing – 180 gram vinyl, cut at Ardent Studios in Memphis – in a heavy gatefold cover with new notes too!)
Really great work from saxophone genius Kamasi Washington – music that's very different than the longform sounds of his epic sets – yet very beautiful too, and clearly showing off a whole new feather in Kamasi's mighty cap! As you can tell from the title, the work is music for a ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Chumei Watanabe —
Body-Guard ... CD Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1974. New Copy ...
$29.99
Great grooves from Chumei Watanabe – a set of funky cop show tunes from the 70s – served up in a whopping 76 track CD! Most of the numbers are short, but they've still got plenty going on – with loads of great keyboard work on organ, moog, and electric piano – layered ... read moreCD
A stunner of a soundtrack from the maestro Barry White – his only entry into the blacksploitation film genre of the 70s, and a complete doozy throughout! For the album, Barry's stripped down the bigger space of his own records, and his Love Unlimited productions – into some shorter ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
John Williams —
Reivers ... LP Columbia, 1969. Near Mint- ...
$1.99
A pretty lush John Williams score to this period piece based on William Faulkner's The Reivers – in a version that starred Steve McQueen. The overall feel is actually in keeping with Williams' more successful later work – and the tunes here have all the drive, emotion, and catchy ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo Masterworks pressing. Cover has a cut corner.)