Daniele Patucchi (1945 - 2015) was an Italian composer, author of numerous film soundtracks, conductor, bassist and producer. Born in Turin, son of artists, Daniele Patucchi learned his profession directly working and performing music, in a wide range: from Jazz and Rock to Classic and Digit Synthesizers on which he performs his own works. He has composed more than 50 movie soundtracks.
This release marks the debut of an unreleased ''couple'' in our catalog: director Umberto Lenzi and composer Sergio Patucchi (aficionados of our productions). The latter was given the task of composing the score for The Man From The Deep River (in Italy known as Il Paese Del Sesso Selvaggio), an adventure movie shot by the great living Tuscan Icon in 1972. The movie starred Ivan Rassimov in the guise of an adventurer in faraway lands. The music? In the director's words, ''The score was given to …
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox, presents the premiere CD edition of the cult score composed by Daniele Patucchi (Los Amigos, Eutanasia D’un Amore, Pane E Cioccolata) for the obscure mondo-slasher shockumentary Dimensione Violenza (1985), directed by Mario Morra, about death, destruction and weird customs around the world.
During the 1980s, mondo movies were given a new lease on life by the emerging VHS market which allowed filmmakers to be even more gruesome. Although mondo movie…
Quartet Records is proud to present Sounds of Cinecittà, a collection of 6 CDs comprising nine obscure but oft-requested Italian scores from the Silver Age period of the ’60s and ’70s—undoubtedly the most fertile years of a unique cinematographic style that was admired and loved around the world.
Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents Daniele Patucchi's masterful score to Le Ultime Ore Di Una Vergine. In the 1970s, the genre of Italian melodramas found new and innovative ways to discuss heavy topics against the backdrop of romantic stories. Until abortion was made legal in 1978, Italian filmmakers shot dramas centering around the issue with varying degrees of good taste. Le Ultime Ore Di Una Vergine (THE LAST HOURS OF A VIRGIN; also known as UN DOPPIO A METÀ and DOUBLE BY HALF in the …
* 2023 stock * Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents the CD soundtrack to the 1973 German-French-Italian co-production Sans Sommation (called WITHOUT APPEAL in the UK, worldwide English title WITHOUT WARNING), helmed by French director Bruno Gantillon and featuring a score by Daniele Patucchi. The film is an entertaining thriller that plays out satisfactorily.
Maurice Ronet stars as discredited police inspector Raoul Maury, who made the mistake as a policeman of going after a politician's ne…
* 2023 stock * Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents the CD soundtrack to Il Sorriso Del Ragno, composed by Daniele Patucchi. The title of this 1971 Italian film is properly translated into English as "The Spider's Smile," but the film, if known at all, is probably best recognized by its International English title, Web Of Deception. It's the only film directed by Massimo Castellani, who had better success as a script supervisor and a second unit or assistant director.
Based on a script writ…
Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents the soundtrack to Metralleta Stein, an adventurous crime thriller written and directed by José Antonio de la Loma, taken for the first time from the first generation tapes (previ ous releases were taken from the LP master). This film was the third movie in a trilogy of crime thrillers involving Police Comisario Emilio Mendoza; the first two had featured the intrepid Comisario investigating urban crime and drug traffickers; Metralleta Stein is a more reso…
For the first time on 7-inch vinyl, Daniele Patucchi's killer Dusty Fingers tune, "La Dimostrazione", taken from the soundtrack for the Spanish movie, "Metralleta Stein". A moody, dark-funk midtempo track, fueled with solid drum breaks and heavy basslines. A real classic for any beatmaker, this track has been sampled and compiled a dozen times. On the flip side, you will find the more dynamic “Elikiller”, another smashing jazz-funk tune with great rhythmical and menacing tension. Limited Editio…
Death Waltz Recording Company is proud to present Wild Beasts this marks the first time that Daniele Patucchi's score has ever been released on vinyl. A bona fide Italian horror masterpiece. Directed by Franco Prosperi (Momdo Cane). Released in 1984 the story sees a batch of PCP leaked into a zoo’s water supply infecting the animals who band together and rise up to destroy their captors. It’s one of the greatest nature run amok films ever made and is in turn thrilling, revolting, scary and hilar…