A stark and jagged soundtrack for this mid 60s thriller that starred James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. The album's one of the few soundtracks on the Vee Jay label, recorded after they'd moved from Chicago to LA, and right before they went bust – and it's a pretty nice set of tracks by Tiomkin, one that follows in his best work of the time. Most tracks are pretty restrained, rumbling like thunder in a mix of piano, woodwinds, and strings – and a few tracks have some lighter themes that are even nicer. The album features a vocal track – "A Heart Must Learn To Cry" – sung by an un-named, Jack Jones-y singer. Instrumental tracks include "Death Of The Gestapo Man", "Impossible Escape", "Deception", "Misleading", "Promenade", "Case Of Spilt Salt", and "Cyanide Pellet". CD

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2 war soundtracks – back to back on one CD! Morituri is a little remembered mid 60s film that starred Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner – and which features a dramatic score by Jerry Goldsmith, filled with tense twists and turns, conducted by Lionel Newman. Raid On Entebbe hails from 10 years later, and features Charles Bronson in a hijacking thriller – set to a score by David Shire, then a great talent for such a film! Morituri dominates the CD, with 18 tracks in all – followed by 4 from Entebbe – and titles include "Traffic Jam", "Assignment In Macao", "Boat Drill", "A Lost Cause", "The Hijacking", "The Raid", "The Return", and "The Prisoners". CD

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A 60 soundtrack double-header – two great scores back to back! First up is Sex & The Single Girl, a pretty darn groovy soundtrack – one of Neal Hefti's best of the 60s, and the score to a silly sex comedy that starred Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis! Fran Jeffries sings vocals on a few cuts – like "Sex & The Single Girl" and "Anniversary Song" – but the best tunes are the instrumentals, which mix together a lot of electric harpsichord (ala Odd Couple), a bit of flute, and which have a style that's in the mode of the best Quincy Jones or Henry Mancini scoring from the time! Titles include "Legs", "The Game", "Midnight Swim", "City Style", "I Must Know", and "I've Got Love". The Chapman Report is a great mixture of jazzy themes and tense moments – similar to some of Elmer Bernstein's best work in the same style – with driving upbeat numbers sliding into mellower, sadder ones – all fitting perfectly together as a rich tapestry of sound and mood! The players on the set aren't listed, but we're willing to be that there's more than a few ace west coast jazzmen in the group. Titles include "Teresa & Paul", "The Water Man", "Sarah's Theme", "Naomi & Musician", "Naomi & The Mirror", and "Main Title Theme". CD also features 2 bonus tracks – "Theme From East Of Eden" and "Theme From Rebel Without A Cause". CD

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A great Ennio Morricone soundtrack from the 80s – not nearly as famous as some of his bigger-name Hollywood scores of the time – but that's one of the reasons why it sounds so great! There's a quality here that often goes back to some of Morricone's best European styles of the generation before – a bit of the action of Le Professional, some of the floating strings of the early 70s thrillers, and some slight atonality that marks his great contribution to horror scoring – all handled without too much mainstream slickness, and a great respect for the best sounds the maestro has to offer! Titles include "Nocturne For Michelle", "Frantic", "On The Roofs Of Paris", "One Flugel Horn", "Six Short Interludes", and "The Paris Project" – plus the vocal tune "I'm Gonna Lose You" sung by Simply Red. CD features a lot more bonus tracks – 12 more titles from the film, with almost 30 minutes of extra music – all wrapped up in a great high-quality Film Score package! CD

2 killer 70s soundtracks back to back in one package – both augmented by loads of bonus tracks! First up is the score to Zigzag, a really standout score from Oliver Nelson – a set that's got some of his groovier touches at times, but also features some pretty great straighter scoring as well! The record really shows Nelson stepping out from his older role as a strictly jazz-based arranger – and although there are some jazz touches here, there's also some even more impressive larger orchestrations that soar out with a majestic use of strings. The CD features 10 tracks from the film, 11 more from the album recording for MGM, and 6 especially rare numbers sung by Anita O'Day for the film, and The Outfit! Roy Orbison sings a vocal number called "Zigzag" – and other instrumental tracks include "The Other Car", "Love Theme", "Earphones", "This Robe Is Shot/Out Of Focus", "Breakout", "This Is A Brain Tumor", "Yes Your Honor", and the great "Variation Of Themes", which has a wonderfully dancing bossa groove to it! Anita O'Day songs include "I Concentrate On You", "On Green Dolphin Street", "You Were Meant For Me", and "Everything I Have Is Yours". Jerry Fielding's score to Super Cops is pretty great too – a really driving action soundtrack that's filled with some of his trademark touches! The main theme has a snapping drum that's almost militaristic at times, but a lot more rhythmic – and used to punctuate some of the funkier tracks on the record – giving them a driving, urgent feel that's totally great! Instrumentation often features complicated horn passages, cascading down over one another – but there's some other tracks that are more in a straight ahead funky mode too, with some of the electric 70s cop touches you might expect! The CD features 20 tracks from the original film – and adds in 5 more from the film Hawkins, and another batch of 5 more from Jerry Fielding's Source Cafe, including instrumental cues from The Outfit. Titles include "The Sniper", "Angels/Everybody Down", "Pull The Shade", "Interior Hock Shop", "After Shoot", "Rotunda", "Blood Feud", and "Murder In The Slave Trade". CD

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2 fab fab soundtracks – both from swinging 60s sex comedies, and presented here with a huge amount of extra bonus tracks! Penelope is a really groovy soundtrack from Johnny Williams – scored for a goofy heist film starring Natalie Wood, and featuring a wonderful blend of jazzy, bossa, and harmony-styled tunes! The whole thing's extremely lively – and although Williams is working with a larger orchestra on most of the record, there's also some bouncing electric bass on the bottom of most cuts – and nice use of jazzy solo instruments. The title theme "Penelope" is sung in a sunshine harmony mode by The Pennypipers, a group assembled for the record – and other tracks include "Poolside", "The Girl In The Yellow Dress", "Girl Chase", "The Mad Professor", "Penny's Arcade", and "At The Art Museum". Bachelor In Paradise is an even more obscure recording – penned by Henry Mancini for an early 60s Bob Hope comedy, and done with a range of jazzy styles that's every bit in the best Mancini mode – but which also opens up to some of the modder, more swinging modes of the time! The whole thing's wonderfully jazzy – done with a rich, full sound that's great – emotive at times, but always light and playful, and ready to break out into a groovy tune at the drop of a hat! Titles include "Welcome", "Main Title", "Drum Effects/Bachelor In Paradise", "Try It Tonight", and "Top Shelf". Plus, Penelope is presented here with both 18 tracks from the film, plus the 12 that were on the album – plus 6 more bonus cuts too! And Bachelor is featured with 17 tracks from the movie, plus 10 more bonus tracks! The 2CD set features 63 tracks in all – along with amazing notes and images! CD

Being married has never sounded so groovy – thanks to a great score by Johnny Williams! This obscure 1967 film was directed by Gene Kelly, and starred Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Wally Cox, Joey Bishop, and Jack Benny – a cast that alone will give you a feel for the style of this 60s sex comedy! Williams' score is stuffed with groovy numbers that have a great kitschy 60s sort of feel – slinky sexy strings, romping mod rhythms, and lots of great instrumental flourishes with a jazzy sort of style! The original soundtrack's been greatly expanded here – with a total of 31 cuts, pressed up in a great package with notes on the music, images from the film, and limited to 3000 copies! Titles include "The Bust Up Scene", "Backyard Barbecue", "Smelly Concoction", "The Party", "Trial Run", "Divorcee", and "Second Thoughts". CD

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