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Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for the 1971 documentary Veruschka, Poesia Di Una Donna about the legendary and the world's first supermodel VERUSCHKA (a real '60s/'70s icon that starred in several cult movies including Blow Up, Salome and Coleur Chair).

Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for the 1971 documentary Veruschka, Poesia Di Una Donna about the legendary and the world's first supermodel VERUSCHKA (a real '60s/'70s icon that starred in several cult movies including Blow Up, Salome and Coleur Chair).

On this double vinyl four MGM Original Motion Picture Soundtrack albums with the all-time classic 1952 musical "Singin' In The Rain" starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, but also "Les Girls (1957)", "An American In Paris (1951)" and "Brigadoon(1954)". The instrumental reprise of "The Heather On The Hill" from the original LP has been omitted due to time constraints.







THE HIGHLANDS/ (B) BRIGADOON








*THE INSTRUMENTAL REPRISE OF "THE
HEATHER ON THE HILL" HAS BEEN OMITTED DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS.







THE HIGHLANDS/ (B) BRIGADOON








*THE INSTRUMENTAL REPRISE OF "THE
HEATHER ON THE HILL" HAS BEEN OMITTED DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS

Federale is a seven-piece ensemble based in Portland, OR. Spearheaded by longtime Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Collin Hegna, the band was conceived as an outlet to channel inspiration from 60's & 70's European soundtracks, particularly those from Italy made famous by the Spaghetti Western & Giallo genres. In 2014 Federale contributed several songs to Ana Lily Amirpour's acclaimed gothic vampire film noir, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,' as well as the director's 2016 film The Bad Batch."
Their fourth album, All The Colours Of The Dark' finds Federale entering new territory. Though the new record contains cinematic instrumentals that the band is known for, it also sees Federale expanding its vision to narrative songs in the baritone driven style of heroes Lee Hazelwood, Scott Walker & Nick Cave. Murder, revenge, regret, power and corruption are the lyrical themes of this collection.

Federale is a seven-piece ensemble based in Portland, OR. Spearheaded by longtime Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Collin Hegna, the band was conceived as an outlet to channel inspiration from 60's & 70's European soundtracks, particularly those from Italy made famous by the Spaghetti Western & Giallo genres. In 2014 Federale contributed several songs to Ana Lily Amirpour's acclaimed gothic vampire film noir, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,' as well as the director's 2016 film The Bad Batch."
Their fourth album, All The Colours Of The Dark' finds Federale entering new territory. Though the new record contains cinematic instrumentals that the band is known for, it also sees Federale expanding its vision to narrative songs in the baritone driven style of heroes Lee Hazelwood, Scott Walker & Nick Cave. Murder, revenge, regret, power and corruption are the lyrical themes of this collection.

'Satan's Slave' is the latest release from Moscovitch Music (Terror/Prey), the brainchild of producer/compiler Joel Martin (Quiet Village/Velvet Season & The Hearts of Gold/Maxxi & Zeus) whose 'de Wolfe Music' compilations 'Bite Hard/Bite Harder' are considered essential primers of the library genre.

This Holy Grail Black-Magic British Jazz soundtrack from 1976 is the most requested movie score of cult film composer and top English Jazz saxophonist/flautist - John Scott (Symptoms/Wake in Fright/Craze).

For aficionados of rare library music and obscure Horror soundtracks this is an essential album.

'Satan's Slave' - The original soundtrack to Norman J Warren's (Terror/Prey/Inseminoid) nihilistic tale of Witchcraft and occultism conjures an uneasy yet compelling experience for fans of exploitation OST's, and a veritable smorgasboard of dark progressive samples for the producers. The ritualistic tribal beats of 'Sacrifice' could have been culled from the KPM library catalogue (John Scott was a regular session player for them) while 'Drive to Alexander's and crash' is forgotten filmic UK Modal Jazz with a tropical flavour which harks back to Scott's legendary Columbia Lansdowne LP from 1967 'Communication', a firm Gilles Peterson favourite. 'A walk in the grounds' is pure mellow heat - fuel for the MPC 2000, with its crisp Fender Rhodes chords and 'Dusty Fingers' vibe, and 'Unused Cue' which is an additional recording we discovered on the reels is a fiery free-Jazz odyssey for explorers of the fifth dimension!

The complete 'Satan's Slave' soundtrack, which is being presented here for the first time on any format, has been lovingly remastered from the original half-inch master tapes courtesy of Sean P(Z Records), and sounds as edgy, fresh and relevant as it did back in the swinging seventies.

Pour the Absinth, switch off the lights and say a little depraved prayer!

Full disclosure we LOVE Jason Lei Howden's love letter to early Peter Jackson , It has the same sort of scrappy feel as Bad Taste complete with outrageous splatter effects but with a super sweet central love story, and metal... lots of metal.

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Deathgasm. Death-gasm. DEATHGASM. Death Waltz Recording Company are proud to present the soundtrack to the greatest fusion of heavy metal and horror since 1985: DEATHGASM. A 2015 homage to the Kiwi splatter of Peter Jackson directed by newcomer Jason Lei Howden, DEATHGASM itself is a band formed by social outcasts in a New Zealand high-school which unintentionally summon a horrific demon via a cursed sheet of music. As you'd expect, the losers must set aside their D20's and become the heroes their school needs, soundtracked by a ton of screeching vocals and demonic riffs.

Shredded through the record are some of the greatest metal bands ever that you've never heard of, straight from the underground. Thrill to the skull-crushing fury of Axeslasher, Beast Wars, Nunslaughter, Elm Street, The Wretched End, and legendary Norwegian black metal act Emperor. Also leading you through the album's narrative is dialogue from the film, making it like a really fucked-up version of those books on records we all had when we were little bastards. DEATHGASM is a brutal tribute to the combined power of the greatest musical and film genre in history, and if you're not devil-horning while listening, GWAR may just show up and crowbar your rabbit's head off. And remember: lowercase is for pussies!

Pressed on 2x 180g Vinyl, featuring one transparent red vinyl & one frosted clear with black smoke effect record with cover art by Sam Turner .

One off pressing of 500 units for the UK & 500 units for the USA.

After waking up in a hospital room in Florence, Italy, with no memory of what has occurred for the last few days, Robert Langdon suddenly finds himself the target of a manhunt. With the help of Dr. Sienna Brooks and his knowledge of symbology, Langdon will try to escape whilst solving the most intricate riddle he's ever faced.

Inferno is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Dan Brown. The film is the sequel to The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, and stars Tom Hanks, reprising his role as Robert Langdon, alongside Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ben Foster and Irrfan Khan.

Yuji Ohno is a Japanese jazz musician born in 1941. He's principally known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime-television series, of which Lupin III and the feature film The Castle of Cagliostro are his most well known works. Ohno is also well-known as a member of a jazz trio with bassist Miroslav Vitous and drummer Lenny White. The tracks collected here for Lupin The Third: TV Special are oozing with seventies cool, exemplified by opener 'Theme From Lupin III': the snares shuffle, the pianos tease and the upright bass walks with all the swagger of a French master thief. Great funky tunes from the Japanese jazz master!

Herrmann wrote the bulk of the score for Vertigo, considered by many critics and by Herrmann himself to be his finest film score, in a little over a month.

Hitchcock places Herrmann's background music in direct opposition to music that is played deliberately as part of the action of the film. While Herrmann's score represents the forces of destiny and the mysterious dream world inhabited by Madeleine, music that Midge plays on her radio and record player represents her world and the norms and strictures of conventional society.

Herrmann scored the swirling harps and strings that imbue most of the pivotal action sequences in the film to mirror the vertigo that dogs the protagonist. Essential.

Too Late Blues (1962) is certainly one of the greatest films ever made about the jazz world, It was a perfect match between subject matter and filmmaker. In 1959, Cassavetes had starred in a TV series called Johnny Staccato, playing a jazzman who moonlights as a detective. The film's brilliant music score is courtesy of David Raksin and performed by such jazz legends as Benny Carter, Red Mitchell and Shelly Manne. Raksin's theme tune, mimed by Ghost's group during the opening credits, immediately establishes the film's cool, sardonic tone, and neatly mimics the attitude with which the actors deliver their lines. The easy way out would have been to do standards, but Raksin wrote all original music for the film, even for the source cues. And what music it is - Raksin at his best, and Raksin at his best is as good as it gets.

Dhafer Youssef is a composer, singer and oud player from Tunisia. The oud is an Arabic lute, a pear-shaped string instrument that can achieve a beautiful sound from those who know how to master it.

Youssef developed an interest for jazz music at an early age and started singing when he was still five years old. Music comes natural to him as he is derived from a long line of muezzins and mastering vocal performances is to him a heritage and a family tradition. Later he left his homeland to start a jazz career and has lived in Europe since 1990, usually in Paris or Vienna. He also works in avant garde and world music where he has been nominated for awards.

Today he is considered to be the most inventive oud player and a leader of the movement referred to as contemporary music, which fuses Eastern and Western music.
Dhafer Youssef's talent extends to the world of film music. Critics note his outstanding performance in the soundtrack of Black Gold composed and conducted by the legendary James Horner in 2011. The latter invites him to a new collaboration in 2012 for the soundtrack of The Amazing Spider-Man.

In 2013 Dhafer Youssef released his album Birds Requiem. This album is a very personal recording that has been prepared at a turning point of the artist's life. The album is structured around the Birds Requiem Suite ( Birds Canticum', Fuga Hirundinum', Archaic Feathers' and Whirling Birds Ceremony') and can be posed as music for an imaginative movie.

The very first rock and roll album to reach #1 on the charts and sell over a million copies, Elvis' debut LP is a classic piece of American music history, from the iconic cover to the unforgettable track listing. Recorded in Nashville, New York, and at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis, this is THE KING's most famous moment, a debut LP that changed the course of music history.

In a career spanning over four decades, composer, conductor and arranger Enrico Henry' Mancini (1924-1994) won numerous Academy and Grammy awards for his scores to well-known films and television series, including The Pink Panther, Hatari!, Two For The Road, Wait Until Dark, Peter Gunn, and of course, 1961's Breakfast At Tiffany's (which alone won five Grammys and two Oscars)! The Breakfast At Tiffany's soundtrack is probably best remembered for Audrey Hepburn's legendary performance of Mancini's Moon River' (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), which won an Academy Award for Best Song that year. Moon River' went on to become one of the best loved songs of all time, but it first made its appearance here, in Breakfast At Tiffany's. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Coltrane's third session as a leader and one of the most iconic jazz albums of all-time, Blue Train, is available now on a picture disc LP. Featuring Curtis Fuller, Lee Morgan, Paul Chambers, Kenny Drew, and Philly Joe' Jones, this is an absolutely essential jazz album and the title track is one of the most celebrated in jazz history, maybe matched only in recognition by Miles Davis' So What' or Brubeck's Take Five'.

'Fragment' is the next instalment from Moscovitch Music (Terror/Prey), the brainchild of producer/compiler Joel Martin (Quiet Village/Velvet Season & The Hearts of Gold/Maxxi & Zeus) whose 'de Wolfe Music' compilations 'Bite Hard/Bite Harder/Witchfinder General)' are considered essential primers of the library & soundtrack genre.
Composed by veteran English Jazz saxophonist/flautist - John Scott (Symptoms/Wake in Fright/Craze) and musically comparable to classics like Chico Hamilton's 'Repulsion' and Krzysztof Komeda's 'Cul-de-sac', the score to cult horror movie director Norman J Warren's (Terror/Prey/Inseminoid) unique 11-minute short about a disturbed young woman wandering through a wintry London landscape, is a treasure of unheard British jazz from the Golden era.
This EP is almost a companion piece to Scott's rare Columbia Lansdowne LP 'Communication' (1967), a firm Gilles Peterson favourite, with its Conga-tastic version of Ellington's 'Caravan'. For fans of filmic UK Jazz this release is a real gem, and there are strong musical connections to the 60s American 'Third Stream', Dorothy Ashby, France's Michel Magne and Francois de Roubaix and of course our own talented composers like Tubby Hayes, Graham Collier and Neil Ardley.
'Ride in a Pontiac' with its driving bongo rhythm is pure Spy-Jazz (Courtesy of KPM Drummer Barry Morgan) - Remarkably similar in feel to tracks from the legendary 'All Night Long' (which also featured John Scott alongside friends such as Tubby Hayes and Johnny Dankworth). 'Night of Love' is an evocative mood piece, pensive yet gentle, with an air of Miles Davis's smoky 'L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud score while 'Waiting/Revelation' begins with a lonely Flute motif which erupts into a percussive hard bop workout worthy of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers!
Prepare yourselves to be transported back to an icy night in Soho where the year is 1965 and you've just left Ronnie's with the haunting flute of Johnny Scott echoing through your mind. It's 3am and you pull up the collar of your sheepskin...
Another Scotch for the road

1953's The Wild One is an iconic piece of American cinema, the original outlaw biker film, and one of Marlon Brando's most immortal roles, as Johnny Strabler, a character whose look and style was hugely influential throughout the rest of the decade. The jazz score is a perfect complement to the film, frantic and swinging, composed and performed by Leith Stevens, a child prodigy pianist who wrote countless scores for television and film. Available again on a glorious picture disc LP.

Michelle Legrand, the so-called Mozart of the new wave cinema, was made fully aware that he was actually the director's second choice for EVA's soundtrack. He originally wanted Miles Davis for the project. But his beautifully constructed jazz score serves as a perfect compliment to director Joseph Losey's charismatic images of the films Venetian setting. It is the main character of the movie, Eva's love of jazz music that is reflected within Legrand's score. The film also contains two Billie Holiday tracks 'Willow Weep for Me' and 'Loveless Love. A fascinating and musically rich score, one of those European 60's soundtracks that simply shouldn't be missed!

GDM Music is proud to announce the release of the original soundtrack of Gomorra - La serie, the Italian television crime drama inspired by Gomorrah, the all time best-selling book of Roberto Saviano. Gomorrah received unprecedented critical acclaim all over the world. The Guardian (UK) called it 'The unmissable, ultimate mafia show' and German magazine Spiegel-Online says, 'Forget the Sopranos, here they are the Savastanos!'

The music from both seasons of Gomorrah is composed and performed by Mokadelic, a Rome based Psychedelic-Post-Rock collective, specializing in music for film. The music of Mokadelic is influenced by the contemporary sounds of such names as Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, and Godspeed You Black Emperor, without forgetting the lessons from the great Italian soundtrack composers of the sixties and seventies. An eclectic sound palette that alternates from spacious, melancholic atmospheres to extremely dense climaxes. An emotionally intense musical narrative, deeply inspired by Gomorrah's haunting realism.

Goodfellas is proud to announce the release of Mokadelic's new album. Mokadelic is considered the best Italian psychedelic-post-rock collective, a powerful band influenced by both the great Italian soundtrack composers of the sixties and seventies, and by today's bands such as Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Explosions in The Sky.

After years of experience in the field of film music, including collaborations with directors such as Gabriele Salvatores and Stefano Sollima, Mokadelic became world famous thanks to their original soundtrack to the Italian TV series, Gomorra. That soundtrack was an emotionally intense musical narrative, including both spacious, melancholic atmospheres and extremely dense climaxes, all inspired by the TV series' haunting realism.

Mokadelic's new release appears to be their first stand-alone album in ten years, the first piece of work with no connections to film soundtracks or other special projects. A highly dense double set of music including a first volume of post-rock oriented soundscapes, strategically followed by a heavy, electronics inspired second chapter.

Goodfellas is proud to announce the release of Mokadelic's new album. Mokadelic is considered the best Italian psychedelic-post-rock collective, a powerful band influenced by both the great Italian soundtrack composers of the sixties and seventies, and by today's bands such as Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Explosions in The Sky.

After years of experience in the field of film music, including collaborations with directors such as Gabriele Salvatores and Stefano Sollima, Mokadelic became world famous thanks to their original soundtrack to the Italian TV series, Gomorra. That soundtrack was an emotionally intense musical narrative, including both spacious, melancholic atmospheres and extremely dense climaxes, all inspired by the TV series' haunting realism.

Mokadelic's new release appears to be their first stand-alone album in ten years, the first piece of work with no connections to film soundtracks or other special projects. A highly dense double set of music including a first volume of post-rock oriented soundscapes, strategically followed by a heavy, electronics inspired second chapter.

This novelty album, released in 1966 during the height of the Batman & Robin craze, was initially credited to the "The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale" and featured an album full of tracks based on the popular TV show like "The Batman Theme Song", "The Penguin Chase", and "The Batcave". The album is entirely instrumental, except for someone singing "Batmaaaan!" in the theme song. But the interesting thing about this album, and what makes it an absolute cult gem, are the musicians who are behind it all: basically a joint collaboration between Sun Ra's Arkestra and Danny Kalb's Blues Project (one of the first psychedelic rock bands as well as one of the world's first jam bands). "Dan and Dale" were actually blues guitarist Danny Kalb and Steve Katz (later of Blood, Sweat & Tears) on dueling guitars, while Sun Ra and Al Kooper take over organ duties (a Hammond B-3) and members of Ra's Arkestra play sax.

The all new and incredible follow-up to the successful Britxotica! and Britxotica Goes East! LPs. But this time Jonny Trunk and legendary DJ Martin Green take you to a magical musical place full of tropical delights - with songs of heatwaves, coral reefs, Haitian rituals and treasure islands, not forgetting the stormy seas and the odd hurricane. 16 tracks in all from a post war era of musical adventure - this is Britxotica at it's very hottest, most exotic and very best - just incredible, rare, lost and exotic music from the wild British isles!

'Satan's Slave' is the latest release from Moscovitch Music (Terror/Prey), the brainchild of producer/compiler Joel Martin (Quiet Village/Velvet Season & The Hearts of Gold/Maxxi & Zeus) whose 'de Wolfe Music' compilations 'Bite Hard/Bite Harder' are considered essential primers of the library genre.

This Holy Grail Black-Magic British Jazz soundtrack from 1976 is the most requested movie score of cult film composer and top English Jazz saxophonist/flautist - John Scott (Symptoms/Wake in Fright/Craze). For aficionados of rare library music and obscure Horror soundtracks this is an essential album.

'Satan's Slave' - The original soundtrack to Norman J Warren's (Terror/Pre /Inseminoid) nihilistic tale of Witchcraft and occultism conjures an uneasy yet compelling experience for fans of exploitation OST's, and a veritable smorgasboard of dark progressive samples for the producers. The ritualistic tribal beats of 'Sacrifice' could have been culled from the KPM library catalogue (John Scott was a regular session player for them) while 'Drive to Alexander's and crash' is forgotten filmic UK Modal Jazz with a tropical flavour which harks back to Scott's legendary Columbia Lansdowne LP from 1967 'Communication', a firm Gilles Peterson favourite. 'A walk in the grounds' is pure mellow heat - fuel for the MPC 2000, with its crisp Fender Rhodes chords and 'Dusty Fingers' vibe, and 'Unused Cue' which is an additional recording we discovered on the reels is a fiery free-Jazz odyssey for explorers of the fifth dimension!

The complete 'Satan's Slave' soundtrack, which is being presented here for the first time on any format, has been lovingly remastered from the original half-inch master tapes courtesy of Sean P(Z Records), and sounds as edgy, fresh and relevant as it did back in the swinging seventies.
Pour the Absinth, switch off the lights and say a little depraved prayer!

Death Waltz Recording Co. is proud to present a re-issue of Jay Chattaway's soundtrack to the 1980 classic Maniac. An absolutely phenomenal, sleazy synth score from Jay Chattaway, perfectly capturing the unease and grime of Times Square in its pre-Disney clean up era. Its minimal synth lines, full to the brim with dark brooding menace, exaggerated ring modulations and discordant strings manage to echo the utter despare of Joe Spinell's character on screen. This stands head and shoulders above similar 80's synth scores which often riffed on John Carpenter's Halloween score a little too much. Maniac sees Chattaway going wild, adding layers of noise & dialogue into the mix, giving the score an utterly claustrophobic feel that manages to be both terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. This is a genuinely uncomfortable listen and it is easy to see why it has become such a classic amongst synth-heads and horror fans alike.

Presenting Hiele's soundtrack to the film Saints', by Dieter Deswarte. Eleven tracks on this 10 inch vinyl
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Specks of land in the vast infinite sea, Islands have long fascinated the human imagination. Distant and isolated worlds offer possibilities of escape and create fears of entrapment. The tiny island of Saint Helena is so remote, it lies a five-day boat journey from the nearest mainland.

Oddly exotic & gently paced, Hiele's soundtrack drags the listener into eleven pastorales bulking of fragile sustained breaths of melody. Accents of resonating strings, airy playfulness & almost sacred fragments of droning nature drive on the repeating instrumentarium of clarinet, double bass and various electronics.

All music written, produced and mixed by Roman Hiele. Clarinet played by Valgerður Sigurðardóttir. Mastered by Frederic Alstadt at Ångström mastering. Cover photo by Sylvie De Weze.

Saints' the documentary film takes the viewer onto a voyage of discovery. An exploration of isolation and the impact that it can have on a small society. As the construction of the long awaited airport begins, the Saints wonder how their lives will

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance-disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its ill-fated maiden voyage.Upon its release on December 19, 1997, Titanic achieved critical and commercial success. Nominated for fourteen Academy Awards, it tied with All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations, and won eleven, including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director, tying Ben Hur (1959) for the most Oscars won by a single film. With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion, Titanic was the first film to reach the billion-dollar mark.Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture was composed, orchestrated and conducted by James Horner (Avatar, The Amazing Spider-Man, Southpaw, The Magnificent Seven). Céline Dion, who was no stranger to movie songs in the 90s, sang My Heart Will Go On', the film's signature song written by James Horner and Will Jennings. The song became a worldwide smash hit, going to the top of the music charts around the world.

Waxwork Records is proud to announce the debut vinyl soundtrack release of 1967's MAD MONSTER PARTY. Featuring film-movie stars Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller, the Rankin / Bass stop-motion animated musical horror-comedy has become a holiday cult-classic.

The classic 1967 film centers around Baron Boris Von Frankenstein (Boris Karloff) and a group of ghastly monsters including Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, The Wolfman, The Mummy, The Hunchback, The Invisible Man, The Creature From The Black Lagoon, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and more. The energetic soundtrack features horror-centric, yet whimsical instrumental tracks with a selection of performer credited lyrical compositions such as Never Was A Love Like Mine (Gale Garnett) and The Mummy (Little Tibia And The Fibias).

Believed to never receive an actual official physical release, the soundtrack to Mad Monster Party has been mastered for vinyl from the original source material and given the deluxe treatment from Waxwork Records. Features include heavyweight colored vinyl, old style tip-on gatefold jackets, printed inserts, all new artwork by illustrator Rich Kelly, and an essay on Mad Monster Party from Finders Keepers Records founder, Andy Votel.

Waxwork Records is honored to officially debut the classic soundtrack, in its entirety, to the beloved cult-classic film, MAD MONSTER PARTY. The deluxe LP package is perfect listening for the Halloween season.

Death Waltz Recording Company are proud to present The Greasy Strangler. The film was featured on Sundance's Midnight section and drew immediate hype for its singular vision. The Fright File wrote Complementing every scene in an incalculable way is one of the most pronounced and inspired music scores and soundtracks in recent memory, an instantly catchy, appropriately playful lo-fi orgy of electronic synth compositions from Fuck Buttons band member Andrew Hung'.

Hung's score reflects the onscreen insanity perfectly offering an extremely twisted musical electronic soundtrack reminiscent of 80s video games complete with chiptune vocals, children's keyboards and playful bouncy beats, it's the kind of off kilter musical styling's you might find from the residents in some of their more delirious pop moments.

Andrew Hung is a producer/composer who first came to prominence as a founding member of electronic-rock band Fuck Buttons. The group is highly regarded for their powerful live performances and all three of their album releases were met with universal critical acclaim. Since their inception in 2007, they have headlined multiple world tours, headlined many festivals including the Park Stage at Glastonbury, collaborated and remixed Jean-Michel Jarre, Moby and Caribou (amongst others), and featured in the opening ceremony of the Olympics 2012 which was watched by over 900 million people worldwide.

In 2012, Hung founded the songstress project Dawn Hunger, which featured his writing and production, performed by an electronic/vocalist duo. The group went on to tour the UK that year and released their single Stumbling Room' on Hung's own label Mourning Joy'.

In 2015, Hung released two eps of fun-inspired music called Rave Cave 1' and Rave Cave 2' both written whilst on tour. Pitchfork noted the music was heavy on the ears and on the heart'. This same year, Hung produced the blistering Mauritius afro-punk 5-piece band Zun Zun Egui. The result was Shackles Gift', the album's hyperkinetic sound heaped praise on by the music press.

At the end of the same year, Hung was asked by director Jim Hosking to compose the soundtrack for his depraved comedy The Greasy Strangler'. The film featured at Sundance's Midnight section and drew immediate hype for its singular vision. The Fright File wrote Complementing every scene in an incalculable way is one of the most pronounced and inspired music scores and soundtracks in recent memory, an instantly catchy, appropriately playful lo-fi orgy of electronic synth compositions from Fuck Buttons band member Andrew Hung'.

In 2016, Hung collaborated with Brit Award winner Beth Orton on her album Kidsticks'. The two wrote and produced the music together over the course of 2 years. The album was proclaimed a return to Orton's career high with many proposing it her best yet. Treblezine wrote, "Hung's contribution to Kidsticks may be the most striking and sweeping of any collaborator Orton's ever employed—not a paltry statement since those past partners include William Orbit and Jim O'Rourke'

The 2003 Christmas comedy Elf has become a staple of the festive season and what better to find wrapped up under the tree with your name on it than a copy of the soundtrack It's packed full of seasonal cheer: Leon Redbone's gravelly baritone voice is instantly recognisable on Christmas Island' and Winter Wonderland', and his duet with Elf star Zooey Deschanel on the standard Baby Its Cold Outside' positively glows with Yuletide warmth. Former Stray Cat star Brian Setzer created his own big band guitar-led sound and Nutcracker Suite' captures it perfectly, while Ella Fitzgerald performs quite simply one of the best interpretations ever of the perennial song, Sleigh Ride'.

# 1 in MOJO's 50 Greatest Electronic albums
"Spooky, organic and completely, otherworldly it's a vision of future noise that inspires and baffles, influencing everyone from Eno to Add N To X." MOJO Limited pressing. A classic of Science fiction cinema Forbidden Planet's innovative electronic music score (credited as "electronic tonalities" ) was composed by Louis and Bebe Barron. The Barron's score is widely credited with being the first completely electronic score

Originally released in 1971 by the almighty RCA Italiana 'La Classe Operaia Va in Paradiso' was another strike for Maestro Ennio Morricone, one of the most in-demand composers and arrangers of the time. Avant-garde and slo-funk -with scary fuzz and wah-wah guitars - collide on the track 'Metamorfosi' and before you know it we are in the same vertigo generated by Gruppo D'improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. Classical and lush orchestration are found all along while pounding rhythms are the main course for the original theme: a violin solo offers a dramatic view of the main score just before an aggressive guitar break enters the psych-o-rama. The movie directed by Elio Petri was a dramatic take on the main social issue of the early seventies, dealing with the heavy conditions of the working class. This is one of the most sought-after soundtracks of Morricone's experimental side, as you might know by the original tribute set by John Zorn for ' Big Gundown' in 1986 ('Metamorfosi' was then performed by a who's who cast of stars featuring Vernon Reid, Bob James and Diamanda Galas).

Driveclub has sold over 2million copies on the PS4 and for the first time the critically acclaimed soundtrack (inc Driveclub Bikes OST) is available on limited edition vinyl. It features an original score by Hybrid who fuse their trademark bass & electronics with epic cinematic orchestral stylings. Remixes come from luminaries across the electronica, techno and drum n' bass worlds including DJ Shadow, Clark, Noisia, Photek & Machinedrum.

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ON LIMITED EDITION GOLD VINYL !!

Sony Classical are presenting one the most acclaimed and enduring movie soundtracks in Hollywood history, John Williams's original score for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on limited edition gold vinyl.
The 2 gold, audiophile quality 180 gram LPs are housed in a deluxe gatefold sleeve that faithfully replicates the artwork of the original 1977 release, down to the LP labels and tracklisting insert. The LP will also come with a digital download card.
The music has been transferred using the highest resolution restoration from the original master tapes (up to 127khz/24bit).
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is the best selling score-only soundtrack of all time, and won John Williams the Oscar for Best Original Score in 1977. - With the release of new Star Wars - The Force Awakens on home-video and 'Star Wars - Rogue One' coming to cinemas in December 2016, there is a huge buzz around Star Wars, with media and press attention focussed on the whole Star Wars universe, old films and new.
- Star Wars fans will be revisiting the original films in the build up to the new releases, and newer, younger fans drawn in to the series by the new films will arrive at these originals, creating a fresh and passionate fan-base.

FLIES 15 - Alessandro Alessandroni SANGUE DI SBIRRO (Bloody Avenger)

Gatefold LP 180 gr. inner sleeve with original movie artwork

Perhaps not everyone knows that Alessandro Alessandroni, the Master of Italian library music, had also composed several original soundtracks from late '60s to early '80s, especially for many "genre" movies such as poliziotteschi, sexy comedies, spaghetti western, horror and thriller. Among them, Sangue di sbirro (Bloody Avenger), is certainly one of the most prestigious works made for Italian cinema in the 70s: an Italian noir set in Philadelphia, where the jazz-funk library's background of the Maestro meets deep soul & black music. An obstinate rhythm which opens to jazz, funk and disco, with moments of pure easy listening (Tema di Susie is one of the best Alessandroni's film themes). Sounds and arrangements typical of blaxploitation (including an original reinterpretation of Shaft's theme) but with a proudly Italian's touch.

As always, many excellent soloists, including a young Enrico Pieranunzi on Fender Rhodes, Dino Piana on trombone and Silvano Chimenti on the electric guitar.

A five stars soundtrack for the first time ever on your turntable.

SANGUE DI SBIRRO (BLOODY AVENGER)
Music composed and arranged byAlessandro Alessandroni

If there was ever a composer who best embodied the essence of Italian sound in the decade between the sixties and the seventies, it is without a doubt Alessandro Alessandroni. He is a musician of exceptional eclecticism - a guitarist and multi- instrumentalist who is not only well-known around the world as "the whistler" (thanks to the western movies of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone's soundtracks), but also as the leader ofI Cantori Moderni- one of the most important Italian vocal groups in the field of movie soundtracks and pop music tracks of that period.

Alessandroni is also universally recognized as one of the most important figures in Italian library music. The first important album of background music produced in Italy, in fact, bears his name on it - 1968's mythical Sermi SP 110 (with the legendary blue butterfly on red background on the cover). It was this LP that provided the impetus to the massive and unrestrained market that subsequently developed in Italy for background music used in movies, radio and television. A market where Alessandroni was an absolute leader.

With a curriculum vitae like this, it may seem strange that his production as a soundtrack composer has yet to be explored. Unlike other colleagues, whom have become famous for their film scores, Alessandroni's international consideration is linked more to his work for library music than to his work as a composer for the many Italian "genre movies" he worked on (horror, westerns, erotica, thriller, comedy, spy, etc.).

Among his vast production of scores, still partially unknown,Sangue di Sbirro(Bloody Avenger) is certainly one of his most prestigious works. It is a score that perfectly describes the pulp-noir atmosphere of the film - expressly intended by the film's director, Alfonso Brescia (who here uses the pseudonym Al Bradley, as he had done in his previous spaghetti westerns a few years earlier).

For the soundtrack, Brescia / Bradley specifically asked Alessandroni to create a theme similar to Isaac Hayes' theme forShaft(Gordon Parks, 1971), which was awarded an Oscar in 1972.

As a result, Alessandroni composed his own instrumental reinterpretation of the theme. He added a touch of African flavor throughout the soundtrack, incorporating elements of the jazz-funk groove of his contemporary library works with black soul music. The result is an impressive achievement for the efficacy and freedom of composition: an obstinate rhythm,

tight and sharp, which opens to jazz, funk, and disco, with moments of pure easy listening, all while representing his signature sound ("Susie's Theme" has been recorded in two versions: one instrumental and one whistled). Sounds and arrangements may be a nod to America, but the performance, soul, and groove are proudly Italian.

It's always amazing to think how many excellent soloists of the time were used in those years for the various recording sessions of film soundtracks - among them, a young Enrico Pieranunzi at the piano, and Silvano Chimenti on the electric guitar. These two artists gave birth to the groupPulsar Music Ltd., with the specific goal of playing their own soundtracks for the movie industry (Milano violentais their masterpiece). Lest we forget, we cannot acknowledge the musical talent of the time without mentioning the great trombone maestro Dino Piana - a historical member of the RAI orchestra who was considered one of the spiritual fathers of Italian jazz.

Legend has it that all this happened during a single day of recording on November 15th, 1976 in Ortophonic Studios in Rome, under the supervision of Sergio Marcotulli. Moreover, it seems that during this session much more material than was needed had been registered. The same material that would later become, together with some pieces used inSangue di Sbirro,Alessandroni's LP UST 370Caratteristici Vari(edited by Edizioni Usignolo). As is commonplace in Italian music library production, one follows the "pig's rule" and does not throw anything away.

Pierpaolo De Sanctis, Andrea Fabrizii

Lost Highway is the 1997 French-American neo-noir-horror mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. It stars Bill Pullman as a man convicted of murdering his wife (Patricia Arquette), after which he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic and begins a new life.
The film's score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti, with additional music by Barry Adamson, however Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails was responsible for assembling the soundtrack. David Bowie's I'm Deranged', Rammstein's Heirate Mich', Lou Reed's This Magic Moment', Marilyn Manson's Apple Of Sodom' plus more tracks from Trent Reznor, The Smashing Pumpkins all appear on the double album to accompany the Angelo Badalamenti and Barry Adamson theme music.
Lost Highway premiered in 1997 in the United States on a limited theatrical release and has developed a cult following. Director David Lynch received three Academy Awards nominations, a Golden Lion award from the Venice Film Festival for lifetime achievements as well as a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Wild At Heart in 1990.

- Sortilegio' literally means 'spell' and was shot in Italy between 1969 and 1970. One of the most mysterious movies that came out from the golden age of Italian cinema, its soundtrack was recorded in 1974

- The movie had never been officially distributed and probably had never reached the final stage of post-production. The film is lost, gone forever apparently

- Four Flies Records' researchers had been able to locate the original master tapes of the soundtrack, which had been re-mastered and is going to be released as a deluxe limited edition 180gr LP, with extensive liner notes signed by composer Silvano D'Auria and film critic Davide Pulici (Nocturno Cinema)

- Originally recorded in Rome at the famous RCA Studios, the soundtrack casts a fine blend of jazz-funk and prog-rock elements

One of the most mysterious movies of the golden age of Italian cinema, Sortilegio' is a visionary horror movie directed by Nardo

Bonomi, starring Erna Schurer and the famous Italian director Marco Ferreri as a co-star. The movie also featured Corrado Farina (director of the legendary Baba Yaga') as assistant director. As the influential Italian magazine Nocturno Cinema stated some time ago, the movie had never been distributed and is to be considered definitively lost. Thanks to Four Flies Records' meticulous research, at least the soundtrack of the movie survives: the original master tapes have been finally recovered and restored, thus to be

released for the very first time. Recorded in Rome at the famous RCA Studios, Sortilegio' is a dark and esoteric

soundtrack composed by Silvano D'Auria. The soundtrack casts a fine blend of jazz-funk and prog-rock elements, and features some of the greatest session musicians of those times, like Silvano Chimenti (his fuzzy guitars are unmistakable).

Sumptuous deluxe limited 180 gr. editions, Four Flies' works are accompanied by precious liner-notes and are enriched by archival images, original artwork and lettering designed by Luca Barcellona.

SN Variations is proud to present Adrian Corker' soundtrack to The Have Nots, the new film by acclaimed German director Florian Hoffmeister.This is the next release after the excellently received Scelsi EP(Quietus top 100 releases of the year so far,Vinyl Factory best vinyl releases, 'this beautiful designed record' The Wire,'ear-stretching, life-enhancing stuff' The Arts Desk)

This is the first album release on the label and as well as Corker's music(currently writing the music to Roland Joffe's Sky Atlantic drama Tin Star with Tim Roth) it features amongst others music from John Cage sung by Aisha Orazbayeva last sung by Robert Wyatt and released on Brian Eno's Obscure label in the 1970's as well as music by important London minimalist composer Laurence Crane.

We expect substantial press in Europe as well as reviews in from the above sites as well as new ones such as Tiny Mix Tapes.Following on from support on BBc Radio 3 The Late Junction for initial releases we hope for more airplay there too and we will be exploring other specialist radio stations.

The Shawshank Redemption tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd Red' Redding (Morgan Freeman), and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money-laundering operation.

The film received multiple award nominations (including seven Oscar nominations) and highly positive reviews from critics for its acting, story, and realism. It is considered to be one of the greatest films of the 90s. In March 2011, the film was voted by BBC Radio 1 listeners as their favorite film of all time. The Shawshank Redemption is the highest-rated movie on IMDB with an average star count of 9.3, closely followed by The Godfather.

The Shawshank Redemption score was composed by multiple (Grammy) award winner Thomas Newman. The score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, which was Newman's first Oscar nomination.

A central scene in the film features the soprano Letter Duet' ( Canzonetta sull'aria') from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which is included on the soundtrack. Original songs by Hank Williams and The Inkspots are included as well.

The Shawshank Redemption tells the story of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd Red' Redding (Morgan Freeman), and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money-laundering operation.

The film received multiple award nominations (including seven Oscar nominations) and highly positive reviews from critics for its acting, story, and realism. It is considered to be one of the greatest films of the 90s. In March 2011, the film was voted by BBC Radio 1 listeners as their favorite film of all time. The Shawshank Redemption is the highest-rated movie on IMDB with an average star count of 9.3, closely followed by The Godfather.

The Shawshank Redemption score was composed by multiple (Grammy) award winner Thomas Newman. The score was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1994, which was Newman's first Oscar nomination.

A central scene in the film features the soprano Letter Duet' ( Canzonetta sull'aria') from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, which is included on the soundtrack. Original songs by Hank Williams and The Inkspots are included as well.