Armando Trovajoli

After a long wait, finally available on CD one of the greatest albums from the 70s Beat Records catalogue, the original soundtrack from the motion Picture Blazing Magnum (Una magnum special per Tony Saitta) composed by M° Armando Trovaioli. The typical American cop movies sound with a great Orchestra and the orchestration in the style of the 70s will let you dive into the funkyest decade of the history!. A great proof of the genius of the Maestro that gives evidence of his unearthly class. Since…

For the first time on CD the complete original soundtrack music composed, orchestrated and conducted by the great Maestro Armando Trvoaioli taken from the movie Rapporto Fuller Base Stoccolma (Fuller Report - Trahison à Stockholm) directed in 1967 by Sergio Greco (with the pseudonym of Terence Hathaway) and that starred Ken Clark (an actor specialised in spy movie), Beba Loncar, Paolo Gozlino, Serge Marquand. The plot is about Dick Worth an American car pilot that findes himself in Sweden. Fate …

20 Pages booklet in Italian, English and Japanese languages - Digipack deluxe box - High quality graphic layout Here we are, almost 30 years have passed and one of the most beautiful soundtracks of the 1970s returns to again give us proof of Maestro Armando Trovaioli's never-ending charm! Sesso matto , the cult movie directed by Dino Risi and with amazing performances by Laura Antonelli and Giancarlo Giannini, has a great soundtrack composed by our beloved Maestro. It is a masterpiece we wanted …

Finally on CD comes this classic title in Beat Records' catalog, until now available exclusively on vinyl in the iconic F series: Noi Donne Siamo Fatte Cosi' (1971), starring the lovely Monica Vitti, directed by Dino Risi and featuring a moving score by the immortal Maestro Armando Trovajoli. The protagonist plays a host of roles throughout the episodic (twelve!) movie, including the beguiled and abandoned, the mother of 22 children, the artist-victim of the husband, the woman in a supposedly op…

One hundred years after the birth of legendary Maestro Armando Trovajoli and shortly after distributing the wonderful score to Lovemaker (on Pentamusic), Beat Records is proud to continue its homage to the great friend of the Roman label's historical manager Franco De Gemini with this release, posing as a tribute for the 50th anniversary of a cult movie of the late ‘60s directed by Ettore Scola and starring Alberto Sordi and Nino Manfredi, Riusciranno I nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosa…

Italiani Brava Gente is a movie based on a tragic page of Italian history during the Second World War. Hitler opens the Russian front, and his ally Mussolini sends an Italian army to support the German advance. The aftermath is disastrous; a poorly-equipped and under-supported war force is sent to be butchered in the frigid Russian winter. Although a work of historical fiction, De Santis' film was shot in an almost documentary-style and focuses heavily on the stories of the Italian and Russian p…

Armando Trovajoli was not a western man. By 1967 he had two decades of work behind him - jazz, sophisticated comedies, orchestral scores for Vittorio De Sica. He knew how to make audiences laugh, how to make them cry, how to write for big bands and strings alike. But dust, horses, guns? That was Morricone territory, Bacalov, Nicolai. Yet when Florestano Vancini called him to score his only foray into the genre, Trovajoli responded with something no one expected. I Lunghi Giorni Della Vendetta do…

The soundtrack of “La Matriarca” is one of the finest examples of 1960s Italian musical comedy — ironic, sensual, and perfectly tailored to Catherine Spaak’s character. Trovajoli succeeds, like few others, in giving voice to the contradictions of an era through music — an Italy discovering freedom, yet with an ironic smile on its lips. Limited transparent Magenta Vinyl edition of 500.

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and EMI General Music Publishing, proudly presents the first complete, expanded, and remastered edition of Armando Trovajoli’s infectious score for Ettore Scola’s 1969 film noir Il Commissario Pepe, starring Ugo Tognazzi and Silvia Dionisio. A highlight of the legendary partnership between Trovajoli and director Ettore Scola, this score captures the film’s bittersweet, urban atmosphere and moral ambiguity with a memorable blend of jazz, lounge, and pop.…

Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Adulterio all’italiana (Adultery Italian Style) is a biting comedy that targets bourgeois hypocrisy and the paradoxes of marriage in 1960s Italian society. Starring Ugo Tognazzi and Catherine Spaak, the film follows a couple in the midst of a full-blown marital crisis, navigating infidelity, subtle acts of revenge, and a battle of the sexes portrayed with intelligence and irony. Adding rhythm and color to this emotional battleground is Armando Trovajoli, who…

The film 7 Times 7, directed by Michele Lupo in 1968, is a brilliant comedy with heist movie overtones, crafted in a very British style but with a strong Italian identity. The international cast (including Gastone Moschin, Lionel Stander, and Raimondo Vianello) plays a group of inmates who break out of prison solely to rob the Bank of England... and then comfortably return to their cells, using prison as the perfect alibi. In this lighthearted and clever setting, the soundtrack by Armando Trovaj…

“Vedo Nudo” is a comedy in episodes that explores the many facets of desire and Italian society in the 1960s. Starring the brilliant Nino Manfredi, the film ranges from irony to social critique, addressing themes of sexuality, taboos, and cultural changes with a light touch. The soundtrack adapts seamlessly to each episode, modulating its tone to suit the narrative and the characters. Armando Trovajoli demonstrates an extraordinary ability to create music that complements and enhances the mood o…

*2025 stock* This stunning soundtrack for a lesser-known Marcello Mastroianni film from 1970 features the exceptional talents of Armando Trovajoli. The score blends electric keyboards, ethereal vocals, and dreamy orchestrations into a beautiful, atmospheric mix. The album has a smooth, captivating groove, drawing on Trovajoli's earlier bossa nova influences, with subtle hints of electric 70s elements, but never overdoing it. The entire piece is as enchanting as the cover suggests, with tracks li…

The soundtrack for “Dramma della Gelosia: Tutti i Particolari in Cronaca”, composed by Armando Trovajoli in 1970 for Ettore Scola's film, is a brilliant fusion of irony and emotion, perfectly aligning with the tragicomic tone of the movie. Trovajoli, a master of Italian film music, captures the film’s essence with a score that oscillates between lightheartedness and pathos, reflecting the emotional contradictions of the characters. Ettore Scola’s film, starring a stellar cast including Monica Vi…

First ever vinyl reissue. Soundtrack to the 1989 television remake of the legendary film directed by Vittorio de Sica.

Finally the first official vinyl reissue of the original Trovajoli soundtrack. Originally  dated 1968 this is possibly one of the greatest Italian cult “road” movie of all times ! Composed by Maestro Armando Trovajoli and featuring Alessandro Alessandroni Cantori Moderni, this is a glorious mix of visionary epic sounds for a thrilling trip through exotic Africa. The plot of this film was in fact located in Angola, then a Portuguese colony. So, by poetic license, the music is heavily influenced b…

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Sony EMI Music Publishing Italia and GDM, presents a greatly expanded release of an Armando Trovajoli gem from a Marcello Mastroianni comedy. Directed by Mario Monicelli in 1965, Casanova’70  tells the story of UN diplomat Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, whose globetrotting adventures leave him sexually frustrated. Women throw themselves at the handsome man, but he unfortunately has performance issues: he can only get aroused if there is some sort of chase involve…

Edition of 350 copies. Quartet Records, in collaboration with Universal Music Publishing Italia and GDM, presents a greatly expanded edition of one of the most celebrated collaborations between composer Armando Trovajoli and director Ettore Scola. Brutti, Sporchi E Cattivi (1976) is about a poor outlaw family living in the suburbs of Rome. Headed by patriarch Giacinto Mazzatella (Nino Manfredi), the family practices all sorts of debauchery in the midst of the shantytown. When Giacinto comes into…

*In process of stocking* First of a trilogy of films directed by Luigi Magni dedicated to the papal Rome of the Risorgimento period, Nell'anno del Signore (In the Year of the Lord) depicts a Rome subjected and accustomed to the temporal power of the church.After this feature film will follow: In the Name of the Pope King (1977) and In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990), which will have the same stylistic line. In the first two feature films, the scores were written by Armando Trovajoli, whi…

GDM Music is pleased to reissue one of RCA's rarest 33 rpm records: ''Ciao, Rudy,'' performed in the theater by Marcello Mastroianni, in the 1966 jazz version performed by Armando Trovajoli on piano, Carlo Pes on guitar, Maurizio Majorana on double bass, and Roberto Podio on drums. The themes such as ''Four Palms of Land in California,'' ''We Have Julio,'' ''This is Called Love,'' and ''Women Liked It'' from Garinei and Giovannini's famous musical written together with Luigi Magni with music by …

*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…

A compilation exploring the explosion of jazz into the late '50s and '60s Italian cinema Unearthing rare and previously unreleased tracks by Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Piero Piccioni, Armando Trovajoli, Riz Ortolani and many more Featuring Chet Baker, Gato Barbieri Gianni Basso, Oscar Valdambrini, Nunzio Rotondo, and many more. For a whole decade, spanning between the second half of the ‘50s and the second half of the ‘60s, jazz took over the Italian screens. The Californian be-bop rhythms…

The long-overdue first reissue of two super rare grooves from Armando Trovajoli’s score to Sessomatto, one is a super-sexy afro-funk track featuring legendary vocals by Edda Dell’Orso, the other a wild and fun electronic samba.

La stanza del vescovo (aka The bishop’s bedroom - La chambre de l’évèque) is a dramatic movie directed in 1977 by Dino Risi and starring Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti and Patrick Dewaere. For this film Armando Trovajoli wrote one of his most intense soundtracks. The romantic, sad and dramatic music and the recurrent use of a moog keyboard perfectly reflect the loneliness of the main characters , all physically close but at the same time so distant from one another. M° Trovajoli arranged the classic…

CFSoundtracks and Beat Records are pleased to release on CD the complete edition of the Armando Trovajoli soundtrack for “Straziami, ma di baciami saziami” (aka “Torture Me, but Kill Me with Kisses” – “Fais-moi très mal mais couvre-moi de baisers”) a co-produced Italian–French comedy directed in 1968 by Dino Risi, with a screenplay by Age, Scarpelli and Dino Risi, photography by Sandro D’Eva, editing by Antonietta Zita and music score by Armando Trovajoli. The film was produced by Edmondo Amati …

Armando Trovajoli composed and directed a brilliant lounge-style soundtrack based on the main theme. It is introduced in the opening credits and sung by Mal dei Primivites on the first track, and is then reprised with captivating instrumental arrangements. For the four protagonists, maestro Trovajoli composed a jazz motif with a spy-like atmosphere. Armando Trovajoli performs the scat singing with an airy piece using organ and tempo and performs the main theme on the piano. For this release, Dig…

Four Flies is proud and excited to present the first full-album release of the long-forgotten, previously unreleased soundtrack composed by Armando Trovajoli for Piero Vivarelli’s 1964 movie Il Vuoto.  Rightly considered by many to be a key figure, if not the key figure, in the history of Italian jazz, Trovajoli was responsible for fostering an appreciation and understanding of jazz among the generation of music listeners and musicians raised under Mussolini and Fascist nationalism. His outstand…

Roman pianist and film composer Armando Trovajoli scored over 300 feature films during his remarkable career. Starting out in the 1930s as a player in Orchestra Rocco Grasso and Sesto Carlini’s beloved jazz orchestra, in 1949 he represented Italy at the Festival du Jazz de Paris and he began composing films three years later. Jazz Piano, released by RCA in 1959, saw Trovajoli fronting a quartet with three of his regular orchestra members, namely drummer Sergio Conti, bassist/arranger Berto Pisan…

**Color vinyl; edition of 500. ** First vinyl reissue of this true gem from the "cocktail generation" soundtracks! The great Armando Trovajoli, an exceptional composer and the one who brought American jazz to the Italian cinema, with his experienced touch, elegant phrasing and irony curry the listener over this incredible sound experience supported by the mighty vocal band, I Cantori Moderni di Alessandro Alessandroni. Bossa jazz vibes for this truly magnificent score for this Italian crime come…

Doxy present a reissue of Nino Rota and Armando Trovajoli's soundtrack for the 1962 Italian anthology film, Boccaccio '70. From original liner notes: "Two of Italy's top soundtrack musicians, Nino Rota and Armando Trovajoli, are responsible for the exciting music featured in Boccaccio '70. Rota has been the composer of dozens of famous film soundtracks and his music contributed greatly to Fellini's previous hit films, La Strada (1954), I Vitelloni (1953) and La Dolce Vita (1960). In The Tempt…

Presenting one of the greatest works by maestro Armando Trovajoli; a solid Italian easy listening masterpiece. After its commercial debut in 1968 as an original soundtrack of famous Italian TV-movie, this record gained renewed interest in the 1990s when four tracks were compiled in the immortal Easy Tempo series. From then on, La Famiglia Benvenuti has not only been considered one of Trovajoli’s most sought after records, but has achieved the status of being the manifesto of the Roman swin…

Goodfellas present a reissue of Armando Trovajoli's soundtrack for Brutti, Sporchi E Cattivi, originally released in 1976. The soundtrack composed by Trovajoli - famous for standard jazz records, such as Trovajoli Jazz Piano (1959), and soundtracks, including 1973's Sesso Matto (SME 025LP), C'Eravamo Tanto Amati (1974), and The Beat Generation (1960), to name but a few - highlights the composer's skills in this amazing dark humor comedy directed by Ettore Scola. The movie was awarded the Prix de…

Class on your turntable. What we have here is a stunning crime-jazz soundtrack blended with exotica flavor, composed by one of the main legend of Italian sound: an Armando Trovajoli at his best, with an outstanding, still undiscovered film score, unreleased on every format until today. The amazing main theme, sung by the astonishing voice of Lyda McDonald, was published on an mega-rare 7'' on RCA label in 1961 and is now impossible to find. All the rest of the score is completely unheard, finall…

In 1960, when Armando Trovajoli composed the soundtrack for Anton Giulio Majano's horror film Seddok, L'Erede Di Satana (known internationally as Atom Age Vampire and Lycanthropus), the landscape of electronic music was still in its infancy. The Moog synthesizer wouldn't reach commercial availability until 1964. Wendy Carlos' groundbreaking Switched-On Bach was still eight years away. Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, and the entire krautrock movement lay a decade in the future. Yet here was Trovajoli…

  Original soundtrack from the film directed by Vittorio De Sica in 1963.