One of the grooviest racing soundtracks we've ever heard – a set that's a lot more funky than some of the better-known racetrack film scores that were coming into the racks during the late 60s! The vibe here is almost a bit like some of the sound library material of Alessandro Alessandroni ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of the grooviest racing soundtracks we've ever heard – a set that's a lot more funky than some of the better-known racetrack film scores that were coming into the racks during the late 60s! The vibe here is almost a bit like some of the sound library material of Alessandro Alessandroni ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mid 70s Italian cartoon, but one that features some great soundtrack work from Ennio Morricone and Alessandro Alessandroni – each of whom bring a slightly different feel to the set! Morricone composed the film's main love theme – "Forse Basta" – a beautiful number ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Sexy ladies on the cover, and some equally sexy sounds underneath – served up in a perfect 60s Italian blend of jazz and bossa-based styles! Sweeping strings bring a nice sense of depth to some numbers, while others have a more intimate feel – either via spare guitar, or some jazzy ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the more obscure entries in the caveman comedy genre that cropped up briefly at the end of the 60s – a set of very groovy tunes for a movie that has the females going on a sex strike to keep the men from fighting! There's very little in the music to tie the film to Lysistrata – ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of the grooviest soundtracks we've ever seen for one of the classic Italian comedies from the team of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill – music that's got all the best qualities of Guido and Maurizio DeAngelis really coming to the forefront, without some of the sometimes-cheesy elements they ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tremendous Italian police soundtrack from the team of Guido and Maurizio De Angelis – one that has a haunting approach served up in equal parts action and sentiment! The core melody here is one right out of Morricone's book of the time – a slow-building, sweet-stepping one that's a ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Francesco De Masi —
Fuga Dal Bronx ... CD Beat (Italy), 1983. New Copy ...
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A sweet little rumble in the Bronx, scored here by Francesco De Masi – the Italian composer who gave us so many great cop and crime soundtracks in the 70s! The vibe here follows strongly from that work, but updates things slightly with a bit of a shift towards 80s keyboards and production ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A sweet little soundtrack from Gianni Ferrio – an artist who gave us both sexy and scary scores in the 70s, and who moves here into maybe a slightly warmer mode for the 80s! The set begins with a catchy title tune, song in Italian – which then comes through in a variety of ways ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Emanuelle makes it over to the US – to give our shores a sexy taste of her erotic antics – and as usual, Nico Fidenco's along for the ride, to ensure that the movie's got a very groovy soundtrack! As with other Emanuelle scores of the 70s, there's a blend here of erotic pop styles, ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited to 800 copies – with a bonus insert that includes photos from the film!)
One of the weirder soundtracks from Fabio Frizzi – a record that's spooky one minute, cheery the next – but in a way that really makes the schizophrenia appealing! The sunnier tunes have a bit of an island vibe – but are served up on relatively thin instrumentation, which then ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
(New CD version – with new mastering, and a huge 40 page booklet inside the slipcase, with lots of weird and wild images!)
Three Italian horror classics – packaged here in a single set! First up is Fabio Frizzi's score for Nella Citta Dei Morti Viventi/City Of The Living Dead – exactly the kind of set that shows why he was one of the true masters of Italian horror! The sounds here are a mix of electric ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A great live set from this very funky trio – recorded in our home city of Chicago, but with an appeal that's pretty darn universal! The sound here is maybe even more lean than some of the studio work we've heard from Khruangbin – lots of interplay between the basslines and guitar, over ... (Deep Funk) read moreCD
An obscure Italian soundtrack, done for an equally obscure film – but one that gets some superb scoring from Vasco Vassil Kojucharov, who mixes light woodwinds with moody electric guitar to create these sounds that are both seductive and spooky at the same time! The record almost feels like ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of the more obscure entries in the Django series of Italian spaghetti western films of the 60s – but one that's got a really wonderful soundtrack, penned by one of the more obscure artists to provide music for the Italian scene too! Vasco Vassil Kojucharov really echoes some of the ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Fabio Libertori —
Acqua E Sapone ... CD Beat (Italy), New Copy ...
$19.99About May 20, 2022 (delayed)
One of the grooviest spaghetti western scores we've ever heard – penned for an early collaboration between Terence Hill and Bud Spencer! The main theme "Trinity" starts off with some cool vocal backing by Alessandro Alessandroni's I Cantori Moderni, singing underneath the English-la ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of the grooviest spaghetti western scores we've ever heard – penned for an early collaboration between Terence Hill and Bud Spencer! The main theme "Trinity" starts off with some cool vocal backing by Alessandro Alessandroni's I Cantori Moderni, singing underneath the English-la ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mario Migliardi —
Matalo ... CD Beat (Italy), 1970. New Copy ...
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Really great music for one of the trippiest westerns ever recorded during the spaghetti generation – served up here with instrumentation that often has a lot more psychedelic touches than other western scores of the time! Mario Migliardi didn't do that much soundtrack work in the period, but ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Great Morricone music for this legendary Italian western – a film that was first advertised with the line "When you've waited 15 years to a kill a man, it's a shame you can only kill him once!" The music here shows the same sort of determination as that statement – a driving, ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of the more unusual Morricone scores of the 70s – penned as part of a collaboration with director Maximilian Schell, and done in ways that are a bit different than some of the maestro's Italian work! There's plenty of voices at play here – the lead of Edda Dell'Orso, and harmonies ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A real European classic from Ennio Morricone – one of his fantastic soundtracks for French director Henri Verneuil – who always seemed to manage to bring the best out in the maestro! As with some of Morricone's other music for Verneuil, there's an approach here that almost doesn't even ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
One of Ennio Morricone's first groundbreaking scores for the western – a brilliant batch of tunes composed for The Big Gundown, handled in a way that mixed the typical western guitar-based themes with some of the maestro's other compulsions – like wordless vocals and isolated ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Ennio Morricone —
Spasmo ... CD Beat (Italy), 1974. New Copy ...
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Sweetness and darkness – perfectly blended together in this classic mid 70s soundtrack by Ennio Morricone! The main theme of the film – "Bambole" – is one of those Mondo Morricone type numbers that floats along on a gossamy sheen – vocals gliding softly over light ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Morricone fans – this one's got it all! The music is completely wonderful throughout, and a great mix of everything that makes Ennio Morricone so tremendous – a bit of bossa here, some funky bits there, and even some spookier slow passages with a nice atonal feel! The main theme of ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A soundtrack as striking as it's cover image – and a real lesser-known western gem from Ennio Morricone! The music balances a broad number of styles here – from darkly chanting vocals, to warmer mellower strings, to elements that more playfully evoke a sense of time and place – ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A dark and extremely avant garde soundtrack from the great Ennio Morricone – one that's done in collaboration with his own Gruppo Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – an ensemble with roots in film scoring, but expressions that are more in the mode of 20th century avant! The music is a ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
An early 70s soundtrack from Piero Piccioni for the film Anastasia Mio Fratello – a sweeping score that rolls through pulpy crime genre grooves, more swinging jazzy sounds and classic Italian styles as the action swings from Italy, to Little Italy, NYC! Piccioni was always a composer who ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Italy meets Australia – in a lovely set of grooves written by Piero Piccioni for this little-seen Alberto Sordi film from 1971! The sound is as sunny as you'd expect – with the Piccioni bossa groove used to set the scene for postwar Australia – sometimes coming across with ... (Soundtracks) 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 ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
(Includes stereo mix, mono mix, and film score bonus tracks!)
A sexy little soundtrack from Piero Piccioni – penned for an early 80s film, but done with a slinky style that's pure Euro 70s all the way! Keyboards mix nicely with strings on many tracks – almost in a way that Piccioni seems to borrow from American soul maestros of the previous ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A light little comedic score from Armando Trovajoli – one that mixes some more traditional instrumentation with the groovier elements he was bringing to other soundtracks at the time! The film uses a bit of mandolin at times, but in comedic themes to echo a cheesier Italian vibe – ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
A great entry in the Kriminal series of films – one that features some wonderfully groovy work from Piero Umiliani! The music here is Umiliani at his most playful – rooted in jazz, but with warmer touches from bossa and other mod 60s Italian styles too – sometimes set to wordless ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A totally groovy gem from the great Piero Umiliani – and one of his rarest soundtracks of the 70s – and a set that brings together so many different wonderful strands of his sound! Some tunes have sweeping strings, others have offbeat vocals, some have quirky instrumentation, and a few ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
An early 80s soundtrack from the great Piero Umiliani – but one that seems to echo some styles from deeper in his past, including some of of the jazz elements he used in his early days – and some of the more unusual sonic textures he created for his sound library projects in the 70s! ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
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 ... (Soundtracks) read moreLP, Vinyl record album