Francesco De Masi
Francesco De Masi (1930-2005) was an Italian composer and conductor from Rome who wrote music for more than 200 films and television productions. He worked on spaghetti westerns, sword-and-sandal epics, gialli, horror and action films, and is best remembered for his western scores, written in a style of his own rather than in the manner of Ennio Morricone. De Masi studied composition at the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory in Naples with his uncle Achille Longo, and came to film music by assisting Longo on a score. His credits include Enzo G.
Il Ranch degli Spietati - Una Bara per lo Sceriffo
Eight chapter of the Francesco De Masi western scores series dedicated to an earlier work in the Maestro filmography. Il ranch degli spietati (aka Oklahoma John), directed in 1965 by Jaime Jesus Balcazar and Roberto Bianchi Montero with Anton Geesink, José Calvo and Sabine Bethmann features an orchestral score composed by the great Maestro de Masi in a style that offer us all the main traits of his talent. Great themes and a great orchestration bring us directly in to the heat of the action, on …
Sartana non Perdona
The third release in the series dedicated to the Western scores by Francesco De Masi is another gem in Beat Records' catalog: Sartana non perdona (1968, Sartana Does Not Forgive), directed by Alfonso Balcasar. The Maestro's wonderful music will bring you back to the ‘60s, overflowing with the mythos of Italo-Western movies and their phenomenal success. The CD was remastered from the original mono master tapes and is now released complete for the first time, with liner notes (in Italian and Engli…
Ammazzali Tutti e Torna Solo
The second release in the series dedicated to the Western scores of Francesco De Masi is another classic in Beat Records' catalog: Ammazzali tutti e torna solo (1968, Kill Them All And Come Back Alone), directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The wonderful score composed by the popular Maestro Francesco de Masi will keep your ears glued to the stereo for nearly 60 minutes of great music in this complete, definitive edition!
The CD comes with an 8-page booklet full of original artwork and features liner …
Vado, L'Ammazzo e Torno
The first release in the series dedicated to the great Maestro Francesco De Masi and his scores for Western films is the complete presentation of his score for the famous Vado l'ammazzo e torno (1967, Any Gun Can Play), directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Among the most important composers of the 20th century, Maestro de Masi is one of the most prolific contributors to this genre of Italian cinema, which marked the evolution of Western movies from the classic American style to a more violent and rea…
Thunder - Thunder 3
25 years after the move Thunder by Larry Ludman (Fabrizio De Angelis), Beat Records releases the complete remastered score (with some never released before tracks) both of "Thunder" and Thunder 3.
These are two excellent works of Francesco De Masi whose atmospheres range from western to thrilling with romantic dives and arrangements that go from big orchestra and sometimes mix a classic style with electronic synts. Everything done without never abandoning the elegant and sinphonic stile that alw…
Napoli Spara!
For the very first time a CD with the complete original soundtrack music of the film Napoli spara! in full stereo composed by the great Maestro Francesco De Masi.A score that shows once more the great talent of the Maestro that has created a soundtrack with a lot of different melodies arranged for a big orchestra.It's worth to spend some words about the CD. For the first time in Italy we did a heavy cardboard box (it's not a digipack) similar to the japanese productions that, when opened resembl…
Colpo Maestro al Servizio di Sua Maestà Britannica
One of the most beautiful soundtrack of Maestro Francesco De Masi. Typhical atmospheres of the period for a spy-movie. Terrific sonorities in a Digipack box with high level graphic editing and a 12 pages booklet with a huge number of pictures, lobby cards, posters of the movie, summary of the plot, critics and a nice anedocte by Maestro De Masi. It's the CD with which Beat officialy inaugurates his 40th year of life and music!
Lo Squartatore di New York - Una Tomba Aperta... una Bara Vuota
Two scores on one disc from the Beat Records catalogue. Tracks 1-12 come from Francesco De Masi's music for Lo squartatore di New York (The New York Ripper), the 1982 horror directed by Lucio Fulci, one of the most discussed films of his career.
Tracks 13-20 are Piero Piccioni's score for Una tomba aperta... una bara vuota, also known as Il cadavere di Helen non mi dava pace, a 1972 Italian-Spanish thriller directed by Alfonso Balcázar under the pseudonym Al Bagran.
Fuga Dal Bronx
Beat Records is excited to release on CD, for the first time ever, the original soundtrack by Francesco De Masi for Fuga Dal Bronx, directed in 1983 by Enzo G. Castellari.It's a wonderful score that until now was only available on vinyl, released by our publishing group at the time of the film's release. For this soundtrack, Maestro de Masi skillfully weaved electronics with a real orchestra to great effect, riding the high-energy wave of the synthesizers and a powerhouse orchestral ensemble, ar…
I Familiari delle Vittime non Saranno Avvertiti
A real Christmas miracle, this score pops out from Beat Records' dustiest archives after a simple rearranging of some shelves, the four ¼ inch master tapes enigmatically labeled ''Francesco De Masi – 1972.''
A quick investigation with the Maestro's son, Filippo, led us to identify the wonderful music of I Familiari Delle Vittime Non Saranno Avvertiti, directed by Alberto De Martino with an exceptional cast starring Antonio Sabàto and Telly Savalas.
The score is a marvel, wonderfully recorded and…
La Carica delle Patate
La carica delle patate is a movie from 1979 directed by Walter Santesso. It's the story of two juvenile gangs that ''operate'' in the Venice lagoon, ''I Leoni di San Marco'' (San Marco Lions) and the ''Sparvieri della laguna'' (The Lagoon Vultures), always clashing for supremacy of the territory.
One day, a kitten belonging to Anna, one of the Leoni girls, is kidnapped. The search leads to a circus run by a group of evil men, and soon the two gangs realize that the danger they face is real and j…
Ettore lo Fusto
A title that deserved since a while a complete release, after his first press of the 70s, Ettore lo fusto a comedy inspired to Omer Iliad interpreted by the brilliant direction of Enzo Castellari also through the score by Francesco De Masi.
An original sound in the composer discography, this score with late 60s early 70s atmospheres features Rock at full spin composed and arranged by the Maestro and played by Il Punto band.
The CD features a jewelbox with the original tracklist plus many never r…
La Montagna di Luce
La montagna di luce, a movie directed in 1964 by a living icon of Italian cinematography, Umberto Lenzi, is based upon the novel by Emilio Salgari, a beautiful adventure in far east amidst Maharaja, Fakirs and odalisques. For this wonderful movie the director made the use of a great contemporary artist, Maestro Francesco De Masi. The result is a great adventurous, symphonic, melodic entertaining score, a perfect pairing for the images directed by the Italian filmmaker: a great recovery that allo…
La Morte Viene da Manila
A summer dedicated to spy movies, with intriguing landscapes, breathtaking girls and adventure!
For the first time ever, Beat Records releases the complete score for La morte viene da Manila, another hidden gem composed by Maestro de Masi, master of the genre and one of the most prolific composers of the ‘60s. With his symphonic orchestral score and spy-oriented sound, this great music in the typical style of the period will bring mysterious and suggestive atmospheres to your summer listening ex…
Sinfonia per Due Spie
Sinfonia per due spie (Serenade for Two Spies) is an Euro Spy movie directed by Alberto Cardone in 1965 starring Hellmut Lange, Tony Kendall and Barbara Lass . The movie taps into the gold vein discovered by the Bond movie franchise and is considered an entertaining production by lovers of the genre. The score by the late Maestro surely provides punctual proof of the skill and expertise of the popular Roman composer, able sculptor of perfect atmospheres for these kinds of movies (such as Colpo M…
Alla Scoperta del'Africa
Beat Records releases for the first time on CD the complete score by Francesco De Masi for the TV program Alla scoperta dell'Africa, directed by Folco Quilici in 1966. For this CD we used the mono master tapes of the original recording session which allowed us to discover additional music not included on the CAM 33 rpm. Maestro De Masi composed a fascinating lounge score with jazz atmospheres alternated with other exotic and mysterious sounds.
Now available in our BCM series with a 12-page bookl…
Fbi Operazione Vipera Gialla
The story follows an FBI agent who's up against a dangerous criminal gang that takes its name from the yellow viper's deadly poison which they use for their lethal poison-tipped arrows.
It's a title of great interest to Beat Records since it's completely unreleased and was composed in one of the most creative periods of Maestro de Masi's career (during which he composed some of the most beautiful Spy-Jazz scores ever, including Troppo per vivere… poco per morire, Colpo maestro al servizio di Sua…
Fbi Operazione Pakistan
We continue our exploration of the immense discography of late Maestro Francesco De Masi, Italian and international film score icon and dear friend of our label.
FBI Operazione Pakistan (1966) is another piece of the immense jigsaw of great music, colors, emotions and art that make up the immense sonic tapestry produced by the Roman composer, always of the highest quality. This score takes its inspiration from the Euro Spy genre, very well tested in the compositional mechanism of the artist, alw…
Ti-Koyo e il Suo Pescane
A project very dear to us, Ti-Koyo e il suo pescecane (Tiko and the Shark) is a bona-fide classic in M° de Masi's discography. Directed in 1962 by Folco Quilici, it features a pleasant story about the friendship of a young Polynesian, his shark and a girl on vacation.
The wonderful score by M° de Masi was previously released, but loving the music as we do, we couldn't refrain from releasing it again in a definitive edition. The popular Roman composer, particularly inspired by the movie, created …
Concerto per Pistola Solista
Beat Records keeps on exploring original soundtracks composed by Francesco De Masi with this release of Concerto per pistola solista, a movie directed in 1970 by Michele Lupo that starred the great Gastone Moschin as a busy policeman looking for a mysterious assassin. The score composed by the Maestro is intense and provides excellent support to the movie. A symphonic score performed by a great orchestra, it is accomplished through gorgeous sounds and keen intuition, starting with the main title…
The Ecstasy Of Gold: 23 Killer Bullets From The Spaghetti West (Vol. 1)
2018 release ** Named for the iconic Ennio Morricone composition, The Ecstasy of Gold: 23 Killer Bullets from the Spaghetti West, Vol. 1 is the first installment in a five-volume set of some of the grooviest deep cuts to come from the European Western movie craze of the '60s and '70s. Filled with plenty of reverb-drenched guitars, wailing horns, and plaintive vocals, this collection is a must-listen for fans of the glorious melodrama of spaghetti Western scores.
Lo Squartatore di New York
On Lo squartatore di New York, Francesco De Masi fuses rock‑charged aggression with aching lyricism, setting Lucio Fulci’s urban nightmare to a score where feral action cues collide with the unforgettable tenderness of “New York One More Day” and the bittersweet elegy “Fay.”
Piombo Rovente
Lucky restock. A Journey Into The 70's Italian Police! Screeching tyres on rain-slicked Roman cobblestones. A Fiat 131 careening through Trastevere at midnight. The dull thud of a silenced Beretta. And underneath it all, the relentless pulse of wah-wah guitar, pounding drums, and funky flute lines that refuse to let go.
Piombo Rovente captures the sonic DNA of Italy's most visceral cinematic era: the poliziottesco. These were films born from the "Years of Lead"—a nation caught between political …
Tropicale - When La Dolce Vita Discovered Exotica, Calypso, Mambo, Samba and Other Tropical Rhythms (1959-1969)
Tropicale is the explosion of joy of the Italian economic miracle, the promise of distant destinations becoming all of a sudden tangible, the illusion of a taboo world where everything seems possible. Through rare and unreleased cuts from the CAM Sugar archive, Tropicale traces the incendiary liaisons between Italian film music and tropical culture in the 1960s across bossa nova, samba, Latin jazz, exotica, calypso, mambo and other tropical rhythms.
Featuring music by the likes of Ennio Morricon…
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L'Uomo Della Valle Maledetta
Beat Records is glad to present the expanded original motion picture soundtrack by Francesco de Masi for the Western movie L’uomo della valle maledetta, one of the very first Italian production inspired to the super popular Hollywood cinematic genre. Already available in the CDCR series with the code 47, a selection of this score made part of a trio of soundtracks together with the OSTs of La sfida dei MacKenna and …e venne il tempo di uccidere, since a long time sold out.
Transferring first gen…
La Macchina della violenza (The Big Game)
Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents the world premiere complete and remastered score of La Macchina Della Violenza aka The Big Game, by Francesco De Masi! A true masterwork The Big Game was originally released on vinyl by BEAT Records in 1972, and now it has finally come to CD!
This splendid example of prime Silver Age scoring was composed for the 1972 science fiction thriller starring Stephen Boyd, Cameron Mitchell, and Ray Milland. The plot, concerned with corrupt world powers vying for …
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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…
Lesbo
Lesbo is a 1969 erotic film directed by Edoardo Mulargia, his only experiment in this genre within a filmography mostly focused on Western films and sentimental/romantic comedies. Calling "Lesbo" an underground film is practically an understatement, as no official home video releases of this movie seem to exist; its soundtrack instead has luckily survived to the present day and, given the caliber of its two composers, it could only be a terrific work.
The friendship between Francesco De Masi and…
Cinevox Tidbeats
**2CD version** Long coveted by diggers, samplers, and beat makers, library music and film soundtracks have, over the decades, revealed themselves to be one of the great treasure troves of 20th century music. A wonderful, often overlooked world of sound - vast in its breath and endlessly adventurous and unpredictable in the realizations of its creative ambition - there are few veins more remarkable and thrilling than those efforts produced within Italy during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. We are th…
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Soundtracks - 3° Collection / 4 LPs in bundle
All the four new Spettro groundbreaking Soundtrack LPs in bundle!
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7 Hyden Park - La Casa Maledetta
Limited to 100 copies on bloody red vinyl. The disturbing soundtrack of 7 Hyden Park - La Casa Maledetta, directed by Alberto De Martino in 1985 and composed by Francesco De Masi, author and Roman arranger already famous for classic B-movie soundtracks such as 1982's Lo Squartatore Di New York (The New York Ripper) and 1983's Fuga Dal Bronx (Escape From The Bronx). For a long time associated with "genre cinema", De Masi had an innate passion for primitive electronics. A long suite divided into…
India
Scored for the Folco Quilici documentary, Alla Scoperta Dell’India, "India" is surely one of the most refined Italian Library soundtracks ever published. All in all, a sublime Eastern tinged, exotic jazz featuring Alessandro Alessandroni on Sitar, originally published in the late 60s (and realized in 1966) on the collectable Sermi label. Highest of recommendations!