Clear purple vinyl. In an age when mental landscapes have become as urgent as physical ones, Sounds From The Screen presents a rediscovered treasure from the golden era of Italian library music: Alessandro Alessandroni's haunting 1975 masterwork "Angoscia." Originally released by Octopus, a label devoted to thematic libraries, "Angoscia" stands as one of Alessandroni's most psychologically penetrating works. Here, the composer native of Lazio demonstrates his unparalleled ability to transform abstract emotional states into vivid sonic architecture, creating what might be called a symphony of the troubled mind. Alessandroni, legendary for his collaborations with masters Piero Umiliani and Ennio Morricone (particularly their immortal soundtracks for Sergio Leone), developed a parallel career as a library music auteur that allowed him unprecedented creative freedom. Working alone or alongside proteges like Rino De Filippi (aka Gisteri) and Giuliani Sorgini (aka Raskovich), he consistently pushed experimental boundaries while maintaining the majestic orchestral sensibility that defined his cinematic work. Released in 1975 at the peak of Alessandroni's creative powers, "Angoscia" presents twelve interconnected compositions that map the topography of psychological distress with startling precision. Each track portrays a distinct facet of angoscia – the Italian concept encompassing anxiety, anguish, and existential unease that resists easy translation.

The album unfolds like a psychological thriller in miniature: beginning with pure anguish, the music evolves through dismay, desperation, uncertainty, and pride, before descending into resignation, frustration, desolation, and agony. The journey concludes with prostration, obsession, and – finally – naked fear. Yet Alessandroni's genius lies in making these thirty minutes of darkness not merely bearable, but genuinely enticing and surprisingly nuanced.

"Angoscia" reveals why Italian library music of the 1970s remains unmatched in its psychological sophistication. Where American and British counterparts often focused on groove and texture, Alessandroni approached each composition as a miniature psychodrama, employing his film scoring expertise to create music that functions simultaneously as abstract art and emotional blueprint.

The composer's orchestral arrangements – featuring his signature blend of traditional instrumentation with experimental techniques – create an immersive soundworld that anticipates contemporary ambient and post-classical movements by decades. This is library music as high art: functional yet transcendent, commercial yet uncompromisingly personal.