Reissues
African Story (Original Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* Digitmovies releases for the very first first time on CD the complete OST by Francesco De Masi from the movie "African Story" (aka "The Manipulator") directed in 1971 by Fred Wilson (Marino Girolami) and starring Sylva Koscina, Stephen Boyd, Michel Kirner, Rita Oriolo Forzano.
A famous singer (Boyd) and his female fan fall in love and they marry secretly. They leave for Africa for their honeymoon where a dangerous adventure waits for them. This CD was possible thanks to the mono mas…
Norway
In the early seventies, pianist Frans Elsen (1934-2011) and alto saxophonist Piet Noordijk (1932-2011) formed a unique septet to play funk jazz. Their material was never released and is now available on a double LP. In 1970, pianist Frans Elsen spent part of the summer in Norway. Inspired by the desolate surroundings and the small towns, he wrote and arranged a 'Norwegian cycle' that he performed with his brand new electric septet. A star-studded line-up: altoist Piet Noordijk, trumpeter Eddie E…
Nass El Ghiwane
Nasse El ghiwane cannot be confined to the people who formed this mythical group. The practice of the ghiwane is an ancestral custom that conferred on people known for their probity and modesty the ability to describe through song and speech the daily life, problems and hindrances of their fellow men. These troubadours, from douars to douars, transmitted their knowledge through poetry, song and theatrical play. Considered revolutionary or a social phenomenon, the mythical band that American dire…
Belle Ma Povere
*2022 stock* “Digitmovies presents, for the first time on CD, a complete edition of the OST Piero Piccioni (who in the opening credits of the film used the pseudonym Piero Morgan), from the film "Belle, ma povere" (aka "Pretty, but poor"), the official sequel to the huge box office success “Poveri ma belli” in 1956 (music by Giorgio Fabor available on CD Digitmovies DPDM012). "Belle, ma povere" in 1957 was directed by Dino Risi.
For our CD we were able to access the mono master tapes of the reco…
La Collera Del Vento / Ancora Dollari Per I McGregor / Sartana Nella Valle Degli Avvoltoi (Original Soundtracks)
*2022 stock* “The Digitmovies explores the territory of the Italian Western, publishing on CD (nearly 80 minutes in optimal sound mono) the soundtrak of Augusto Martelli "La collera del vento" realized in 1971 from the famous director and Spanish writer Mario Camus and interpreted by Terence Hill and Maria Grazia Buccella. Martelli, famous in the world for "Djamballa", trak from the famous movie "Il Dio serpente" has been arranger many cinematographic Tv and Movie soundtraks. This World Premier…
Sapevano Solo Uccidere
*2022 stock* Angelo F. Lavagnino wrote scores for all kinds of films: documentaries, historical films, comedies and westerns. For this film he composed a compelling soundtrack performed by just a few instruments such as organ, percussion, and piano, but for the melody of the gang of "Mexicans" the author brought in a large orchestra. We were able to use each and every note found on the original mono master tapes for this CD.
Midnight Blue (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack In Full Stereo)
*2022 stock* Stelvio Cipriani composed an uplifting score (the film takes place on a Sunday in summer) with a recurring dance-flavored theme with the fantastic voice of Edda Dell'Orso. The score describes the freshness and light-heartedness of three very young friends during a relaxing day at the beach. Unfortunately destiny has something in store for them. They meet three seemingly mild mannered men who are actually criminals who’ve escaped from prison. For them Cipriani creates hard and rhythm…
The Open Mind
The Open Mind was an English psychedelic rock band formed in London, and active in the 1960s and 1970s. The band was formed in 1963 by four musicians from Putney, South West London. Initially named The Apaches and formed by Tim du Feu, Mike Brancaccio and Philip Fox and their friend Ray Nye. Nye left in 1965 and another friend, Terry Schindler, joined instead. The band became The Drag Set, who released a little-known single in February 1967, "Day and Night" / "Get Out of My Way". Shortly thereaf…
Le Chat / Le Train
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents the CD release of a Philippe Sarde and Pierre Granier-Deferre double-header: Le Chat and Le Train— both based upon Georges Simenon stories.Le Chat (1971) stars Jean Gabin and Simone Signoret as an old married couple whose miserable marriage is put to the test by a cat and the impending destruction of their home. Sarde’s music is anchored by the wistful ballad “Le Temps des souvenirs” performed by Jean Sablon as a memento of the happie…
César Et Rosalie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents an expanded CD release of the romantic, innovative, masterful score by Philippe Sarde for César et Rosalie, one of his most significant scores for Claude Sautet.Starring Yves Montand and Romy Schneider as the titular couple, César et Rosalie is about a most unusual love triangle in which a woman must choose between her artistic ex and her current boyfriend—who may be rich, but is much more boring than her old flame. As the men come to…
Il Bidone (Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Quartet Records presents a greatly expanded CD of an early Nino Rota/Federico Fellini collaboration.Coming hot off the heels of La Strada, Fellini’s Il Bidone (1955), starring Broderick Crawford, was considerably less of a hit than its predecessor. The film tells the story of a trio of con men who are each faced with the consequences of their unlawful action. After a series of humiliating and humbling encounters, former members of the gang try to change their ways—but not all of them will surviv…
The Thirty-Nine Steps
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Capitol Records, presents the premiere CD edition of renowned British composer Ed Welch’s classy score for the 1978 version of The Thirty-Nine Steps.Famously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935, the first adaptation of John Buchan’s classic thriller novel actually strayed far away from its source material. Directed by Don Sharp, the 1978 version starring Robert Powell as Richard Hannay follows the novel more closely, telling the story of an unwitting enginee…
La Battaglia Del Deserto (Original Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* “A true classic soundtrack by M° Bruno Nicolai is presented here for the very first time on CD: „La battaglia del deserto” (aka „Desert battle”), an adventure war movie directed by Mino Loy and starring Italian actor George Hilton, French actor Robert Hossein and U.S.A. actor Frank Wolff. In 1969 a monaural Long Play album had been released on the Italian Gemelli label (GG 10.001). After several research in the Archives of Edipan we could locate the original album mastertape as well…
Anima Persa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* We are pleased to release the complete edition CD of the OST by Francis Lai for the drama “The Forbidden Room” (aka “Anima Persa”).“The legendary Oscar-winning composer Francis Lai wrote the music for this psychological film based on a recurring nostalgic main theme for orchestra with moog interventions, which is introduced in the opening credits (Tr.1). The author has succeeded perfectly in representing the atmosphere of a mysterious and esoteric Venice, with a whole series of tens…
Kapò (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack In Full Stereo)
*2022 stock* Digitmovies proudly presents on CD the complete OST by Carlo Rustichelli (Carpi, 1916 - Rome, 2004) for “Kapò” directed in 1960 by Gillo Pontecorvo (also collaborator to the music score). For this particular story (Edith, a young jewish girl locked up in a nazi prison camp, after assuming the new identity as Nicole becomes a ”Kapo”, a prisoner’s guard working for the Germans) M°Rustichelli has written a symphonic score based on a classic style adagio for harpsichord (the instrument …
Ruba Al Prossimo Tuo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
*2022 stock* This CD encloses every musical note recorded in 1968. Just a curiosity: foreign versions of the movie are circulating with alternative music not penned by Ennio Morricone, extracted possibly from pre-existing libraries. Therefore our CD contains only the original music composed by Morricone, conducted perfectly by Bruno Nicolai. Ennio Morricone wrote a monothematic score including several orchestral variations of the main theme, a brilliant and very romantic motif with Lounge flavou…
Arrivano Joe E Margherito / Simone E Matteo - Un Gioco Da Ragazzi (Original Soundtracks)
*2022 stock* Digitmovies travels back in time to the 1970s and presents for the very first time on CD and in full stereo two OST by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. At that time only two 45 rpm singles had been issued which contained the songs, but not one note from the instrumental scores. "Arrivano Joe e Margherito " (aka " Run, Run Joe! " - "Zwei tolle Hechte auf dem Weg zum Himmel ") was a 1974 movie directed by Giuseppe Colizzi which starred the very famous American actors Keith Carradine (" Em…
Poliphony
In 1973, four Englishmen who loved Jazz, Rock and Groove decided to record an independent album at Zelia Studios in Birmingham. The result was Poliphony, which had few hard copies and became a rarity among Jazz Rock collectors. The core of the jazz rock quartet Poliphony came together in Birmingham around 1971 on the initiative of the young student and pianist Dave Bristow, who invited guitarist Richard Bremmer to join the line-up that also included Bob Boucher. The last musician to join Polipho…
Western Reunion London 1965
In the mid-60’s London scene, the NJO was one of those unavoidable and big-band groups (originally started as Clive Burrows Orchestra), where almost everyone who was anyone on the scene or almost transited through the group, which was normally the vehicle for composer Neil Ardley. You’ll find in the WR album, among others, stellar names like Ian Carr (of RCQ and Nucleus fame), Barb Thompson, Tony Reeves, John Hiseman (all three of future Colosseum fame), Trevor Watts (future Amalgam) plus a bunc…
Dayspring
Released in 1983 on a miniscule run of 300-self-financed LP’s, Dennis Taylor’s ‘Dayspring’ remains a lost masterwork of transcendental instrumental guitar. An important missing link between the 60’s folkloric experimentalism of John Fahey and Robbie Basho, and the new age atmospherics mined by William Ackerman and Michael Hedges in the early 80’s. Though Taylor’s guitar playing remains crisply unadorned on these 10 tracks, his technique and his compositions stretch beyond the folk roots of the g…