La bête noire/Paris n'existe pas
From deep in the vaults of the Parisian composer who arguably created the stylistic blueprint for decades of orchestral French funk and symphonic psychedelia, "the arranger's arranger" Jean-Claude Vannier (Histoire de Melody Nelson/L'enfant assassin des mouches) finally liberates two previously unreleased and fabled film soundtracks that mark significant milestones in the career of this legendary composer and his close connection to the French free jazz scene. Comprised on this one vinyl disc yo…
A Modern Gentleman
*2020 stock.* Piero Piccioni undoubtedly was the most “dandy” of Italian film music composers. The most stylish one, in art as in life. On the centenary of the composer’s birth, CAM Sugar celebrates his art with a compilation that draws from both his well-know and lesser-known works, alongside a precious handful of tracks that, surprisingly, have remained fully unreleased until today.
The result is a journey of rediscovery of the unique, dazzling and unmistakable sound of the Turin-born composer…
Eye To Ear III
*In process of stocking. 2022 stock.* Fred Frith continues to be one of the most important composer/performers of his generation—a groundbreaking, genre busting musical master whose work ranges from improvisation to rock, classical, folk and more. The third volume of his film soundtrack music is his most diverse and accomplished work to date, and includes studio work from the past six years. Features some of the greatest musicians in the Bay Area music scene.
Eye To Ear II
*In process of stocking. 2022 stock.* With a career spanning over three decades, Fred Frith continues his fruitful relationship on Tzadik with this, his fifth release in as many years. Always breaking new ground, Eye to Ear II, the second volume dedicated to his work for films, is an adventurous voyage into unexplored territory. Four amazing sound collages, improvisations and lyrical dance music from one of the most consistently original composer/performers working today.
Surge (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Constructive are proud to announce the release of the original soundtrack for the British film 'Surge' by Tujiko Noriko and Paul Davies. Directed by Aneil Karia and starring Ben Whishaw, the film is set in London over twenty-four hours and is a stripped back thriller about Joseph. A man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation.
The album consists of sixteen tracks and presents the soundtrack in a non-conventional form. Sound design and composition are presented side by side as …
La Terrificante Notte Del Demonio
*Limited edition of 300 copies.* Directed by Patrice Romme, The Devil's Nightmare was an Italian-Belgian production and featured main performers Jean Servais alongside a sensual Erika Blanc; also worthy of note is the disturbing presence of the graceful and filiform silhouette of Daniel Emilfork in the role of Satan. The film's components are typical of the Euro-horror genre of the time: a Gothic castle, eroticism, and bloody murders...all in a spectral and dense photograph.
It is the music of M…
Music For Films
*In process of stocking. 2022 stock.* Phillip Johnston has been charming and perplexing audiences for over twenty years with his lyrical music and ascetic wit. The mastermind behind such bands as the Microscopic Septet and the Transparent Quartet, Phillip has spent much of the past five years composing music for films. From silent classics by Georges Mèlies and Tod Browning's The Unknown, to award-winning contemporary features like Music Of Chance, Phillip's film music shows him to be a brillian…
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
Celebrating the Jerry Fielding centenary, Quartet Records, in collaboration with MGM, is proud to present the first-ever LP release of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), an iconic masterpiece starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega and one of the composer’s most celebrated collaborations with his usual partner, Sam Peckinpah. The somewhat dark, harsh, cool Mexican flavor and bittersweet colors of Jerry Fielding’s score are the perfect match for this unusual tale of violence, death and reve…
Inghilterra Nuda
*Limited Edition of 300 copies.* Quartet Records, in collaboration with Universal Music Publishing Italia, releases a remastered, expanded CD edition of the original cult score by Piero Piccioni (Colpo Rovente, Il Dio Sotto La Pelle, Camille 2000, The 10th Victim) for Inghilterra Nuda – as originally conceived by the composer.
Directed by Vittorio De Sisti, Inghilterra Nuda was inspired by the same concept as mondo movies, but applied to British culture. It poses the question, “Are these Brits r…
Scorpio (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Celebrating the Jerry Fielding centenary, Quartet Records, in collaboration with MGM, is proud to present the first commercial LP edition of Scorpio, one of the most celebrated collaborations between the composer and Michael Winner.
This CIA thriller starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Paul Scofield, gave Fielding, a key composer in American 70s cinema, the opportunity to create a haunting Parisian melody, which he then surrounds with his trademark complex motifs, aggressive rhythms, and el…
Bananas
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, presents the premiere vinyl release of the infectious score by Marvin Hamlisch (The Way We Were, The Spy Who Loved Me, Sophie's Choice) for Woody Allen’s hilarious classic Bananas (1971)
The second film directed by Allen was a crazy comedy about a bumbling New Yorker who is dumped by his activist girlfriend and travels to a tiny Latin American nation where he becomes involved in its latest rebellion. As with his previous film, Take the …
Seconds
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Paramount Pictures, presents the premiere vinyl edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s marvelous score for John Frankenheimer’s sci-fi-horror-drama cult classic Seconds (1966). Seconds starred Rock Hudson – in an astonishing change of pace, as the film campaign ads said – as an unhappy middle-aged banker who agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity. But it comes with its own price.
Jerry Goldsmith’s fascinating sc…
Cross of Iron
Quartet Records, in collaboration with StudioCanal and Capitol Records, presents the premiere CD reissue of the powerful score by Ernest Gold (Exodus, On The Beach, Judgment At Nuremberg, It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World) for Sam Peckinpah’s anti-war classic Cross Of Iron (1977), starring James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner and Senta Berger.
Being one of Peckinpah’s best and most impressive films, Cross Of Iron has achieved cult-classic status despite its failure at the box…
Profumo Di Donna
*In process of stocking.* Profumo di Donna (aka Scent of a Woman) is one of the most internationally acclaimed Italian films. The film directed by Dino Risi - based on the novel Il Buio e il Miele by Giovanni Arpino - was showcased at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, where the main interpreter Vittorio Gassman was crowned with the Award for Best Actor. The following year Scent of a Woman found its international consecration with two Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Film and Best Screenpl…
Amarcord
*In process of stocking* Nino Rota’s soundtrack for Federico Fellini’s milestone and 1974 Oscar-winning film “Amarcord”. Rota’s music is superb in evoking the visions and scents of Fellini’s boyhood in Rimini, resulting in a timeless classic that stands as a symbol of Italian culture and rural charm in the world. The soundtrack is presented for the first time ever a 180gr gatefold double LP, carefully restored and remastered from the original master tapes, featuring 15 tracks previously unreleas…
Sans Mobile Apparent
*In process of stocking.* Ennio Morricone's superb 1971 soundtrack for French crime thriller Sans Mobile Apparent directed by Philippe Labro, widely available for the first time. Released in collaboration with Philippe Labro himself. Features an exclusive interview of Philippe Labro with Jeremy Allen discussing the making of the film, working with the maestro (at only 34 years old), and his amazing career crossing path with Jean Luc Godard, Serge Gainsbourg, and Jean-Pierre Melville. This superb…
Patlabor 2 The Movie (Original Soundtrack "P2")
Tip! *2022 stock* From the master Kenji Kawai, composer of soundtracks such as Ghost in the Shell, Avalon, Ring, Ip Man, Seven Swords and too many to list. Complete soundtrack to Mamoru Oshii's 1993 superb political thriller science-fiction mecha anime film Patlabor 2. Outstanding emotion-filled ambient soundscape and percussion mastery, with hints of minimalism and modern classical. One of Kenji Kawai's most experimental...and best!
La Casa Stregata - Mia Moglie E' Una Strega
After Il Ragazo Di Campagna another release dedicated to Maestro Detto Mariano, with this CD release featuring two unreleased soundtracks, La Casa Stregata and Mia Moglie E’ Una Strega. Two movies with a common male protagonist, Renato Pozzetto, facing some esoteric plots, in the former movie in a bewitched mansion, in the latter having married a right a witch. Co-star gorgeous Gloria Guida and beautiful Eleonora Giorgi.
Two scores waited since a long time by Maestro’s fans, finally available in…
…Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità
After the release of Lo chiamavano Trinità soundtrack, and its 50th anniversary edition we couldn’t miss the meeting with its famous sequel …Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità, featuring the soundtrack by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, the two musicians brothers among the most popular authors of soundtrack and other music in Italy. Since a while out of catalogue again available in this super collector’s edition on 180 colored vinyl, white featuring a green stripe in the middle. On the cover Renato C…
Devil In The Flesh
*2022 stock. Limited edition of 500 copies. Pressed on LITA Exclusive Purple.* Devil in the Flesh is on par with the best Italian soundtracks of the period with sitars, drum breaks and trippy erotic ambience. Uptempo grooves, sleazy psychedelic sounds that transport you back to the 70’s club scene.