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Beat Records is proud to reissue the classic OST by Ennio Morricone for the Western movie “Il mercenario” (aka “The Mercenary”), Ennio Morricone composed a wonderful soundtrack for a genre for which he has written immortal masterpieces. The Roman Maestro surrounded himself with his usual collaborators such as Bruno Nicolai for the conducting of the orchestra, I Cantori Moderni Choir, and Alessandro Alessandroni for his famous whistling. For this CD, lasting 38:14, the original stereo master tape…

Beat Records è lieta di riproporre su CD le brillanti musiche di Ennio Morricone per La Vita, A Volte, È Molto Dura, Vero Provvidenza? diretto nel 1972 da Giulio Petroni e di Ennio Morricone e Bruno Nicolai per Ci Risiamo, Vero Provvidenza? diretto nel 1973 da Alberto De Martino, due western comici interpretati dal mitico Tomas Milian. Per la prima avventura di Provvidenza Ennio Morricone ha composto un commento allegro e brillante dove emerge un ricorrente pezzo di sapore religioso-country per …

''Anastasia mio fratello ovvero il presunto capo dell'Anonima Assassini'' (aka ''My Brother Anastasia'') is a crime drama directed by Steno in 1973 and starring Alberto Sordi and Richard Conte. Don Salvatore Anastasia, brother of Alberto (called "Big Al"), leaves Calabria to go to New York. Welcomed with great respect, he was hired as an assistant pastor by don Michele in the parish of St. Lucia in Little Italy. Alberto is entrusted to Sonny Boy, his bodyguard, but the naive priest believes that…

Beat Records is pleased to re- issue on double CD ''Tutti Dentro'' (aka ''Ab in den Knast'' and ''Everybody in Jail'') a comedy directed in 1984 by Alberto Sordi, with a screenplay by Alberto Sordi and Rodolfo Sonego, photography by Sergio D'Offizi, editing by Tatiana Casini Morigi, music score by Piero Piccioni and production by Augusto Caminito for Scena Film. The cast includes Alberto Sordi, Joe Pesci, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Armando Francioli, Giuseppe Mannajuolo, Giorgia Moll, Gianni Rizzo, Fran…

Beat Records presents for the first absolute time on CD the complete edition of the soundtrack by Nino Oliviero and Bruno Nicolai from Il Pelo Nel Mondo (aka ''Go, Go, Go World!''), a documentary directed in 1964 by Renato Marvi and Antonio Margheriti, a report on the most extreme customs in the most diverse corners of the world, the various episodes include - in addition to some strip-teases - visions of half-naked savages, documentation on the beheading of roosters, the slaughter of wild boars…

Beat Records presents for the first absolute time on CD the complete edition of the soundtrack by Piero Piccioni for ''L'Italia vista dal cielo'', a series of fourteen documentaries directed by Folco Quilici from 1966 to 1978, all commissioned, sponsored and produced by Italian Esso with the aim of portraying the scenic, artistic and architectural beauties of each region of Italy with aerial shots taken by helicopter. The most prestigious theaters were chosen in the capitals of the interested re…

Un Italiano In America (aka An Italian in America) is a comedy with nostalgic overtones directed in 1967 by Alberto Sordi on the heels of his 1966 debut, Fumo di Londra. Giuseppe (Sordi), working at a petrol station in Italy, is called to join his father (De Sica) who lives in the United States and suddenly reemerges after years of silence. The meeting takes place in New York during a television "show," with Giuseppe re-embracing his father and receiving a gift of ten thousand dollars and a luxu…

We select this beautiful score composed by popular Maestro Piero Piccioni for a 1971 film directed by Luigi Zampa in which Alberto Sordi acts alongside Claudia Cardinale: Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata. It's the story of Amedeo Battipaglia (Sordi), who emigrated to Australia 20 years prior and is searching for an Italian wife. Thanks to the help of a priest, he gets in contact with Carmela (Cardinale), an ex-prostitute who would prefer to keep her past hidden. T…

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…

''Ritratto di donna velata'' is a very successful TV series produced in 1974 and broadcasted in five episodes beginning September 14, 1975. It was directed by Flaminio Bollini and starred Daria Nicolodi, with music by Riz Ortolani.The complex story finds an archeology student and a young pilot in an intriguing mystery with an esoteric background, with a veiled woman and a horseman dressed in black glimpsed in the mist during the night. For this series, Riz Ortolani composed some of the most beau…

A totally unreleased score is added to the wonderful discography of Maestro Cipriani, I 4 Del Clan Dal Cuore Di Pietra. Directed in 1975 by Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent and featuring Antonio Sabato in the cast, it's the story of a jailbreak by a gang of convicts who start living a life of ruthless lawlessness led by none other than a priest! The movie didn't make a big impact with audiences but is still notable thanks to this score by the great Roman composer. Among the most obscure and unknown …

We return to our series dedicated to Maestro Piero Piccioni with this score composed for the film Giovinezza Giovinezza. A dramatic feature film of 1969 against the backdrop of World War II and the everyday stories, love, friendship and Fascist Italy. Directed by Franco Rossi, among others in the cast Olimpia Carlisi, Antonio Centa, Alessandro Haber. Soundtrack masterpiece of Maestro who testifies, for the umpteenth time, his multifaceted talent through the music that reflect the historical situ…

Maria R. e gli angeli del Trastevere is a 1975 film directed by Elfriede Gaeng and starring Barbara Betti, Alessandro Haber, Giovanna Mainardi and Glauco Onorato. A drama in which a young widow, struggling with the difficulties of life, resorts to prostitution in order to provide a better future for her son. Amidst difficult moments of despair, a moment of relief may come when Maria meets a Venetian worker, Michele, who genuinely cares about her and her son. A movie where the strings of sensitiv…

Beat Records releases on CD two scores composed by the late Maestro Ubaldo Continiello for two comedies from 1975 starring Franco Franchi : Il sogno di zorro and Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno. Presented here for the first time ever and sourced from the original stereo master tapes, these two brilliant soundtracks are characterized by lovely music of Latin American flavor with a recurring romantic love theme (Zorro), funky period music and atmospheres that alternate between comedy and noir. Now a…

I giorni dispari is a 1999 film directed by debutant Dominick Tambasco, who engages in the history of two female characters, three interlinked stories and a camera to document their vicissitudes, including friendships found and bidden farewell. Maestro Ludovico Einaudi's score feeds on this varied background and the vibrancy of the progressive movement of the heart, creating a dense soundtrack, neoclassical and full of references and extremely cultured nuances marked by the contrast of lyrical p…

Beat Records releases for the first time on CD a rare treat by the prolific Stelvio Cipriani for a docu-film exploring fraud in the sport of boxing. The film was directed in 1975 by Oscar Brazzi and starred his brother Rossano Brazzi in the role of a journalist who boldly investigates the seedy underbelly of the boxing world. Stelvio Cipriani composed a brilliant score, almost in contrast to the brutal images of the movie, incorporating styles such as Charleston, Country, Blues and a recurring S…

Beat Records continues to explore the career of Gianni Marchetti by issuing his complete soundtrack from the film Colpo di stato (aka Coup D'Etat), a satirical, political comedy directed in 1969 by Luciano Salce . In addition to the original 33 rpm album material in stereo (29:02), another 25 minutes of mono bonus tracks were discovered and added for a total time of 54:20. Maestro Marchetti proves once again his enormous talent by writing a memorable score with classic flavor and lounge music so…

This release pays homage to the popular Argentinian composer and Oscar Award winner Luis Enrique Bacalov and his contributions to Italian cinema (to which he has given so much during his long and still active career). Luomo che sfidò l'organizzazione (One Man Against The Organization) was directed by Sergio Grieco in 1975 starring Howard Ross, Karin Schubert and Jean-Claude Dreyfus. The great Maestro's score - a true rarity - is finally made available, filling a gap that has long needed to be fi…

80 years after his birth, Beat Records in collaboration with Nocturno Cinema pays homage to Joe D'Amato (aka Aristide Massacesi), a brilliant, irreverent, talented pioneer of our local film industry. An undisputed and controversial maestro of cinema, the great cameramen and daring filmmaker made over 200 films spanning virtually every genre, from westerns to horror, from swashbucklers to peplum, from fantasy to hard and softcore erotica. Our first release in this new series dedicated to a great …

In this double-bill dedicated to the work of maestro John Sposito, we present two rare scores composed by him in 1987 for two diametrically different films by Mario Bianchi: Riflessi di luce (Reflections Of Light) and Non aver paura della zia Marta (aka The Broken Mirror and Don't Be Afraid Of Aunt Martha). The first is a softcore drama starring the beautiful Pamela Prati, the second a horror feature presented on TV by Lucio Fulci - two movies with alternate fates that have the artistry of the R…

After Yeti il Gigante del XX° secolo, Beat Records is pleased to add a new release from the discography of the Maestro Sante Maria Romitelli to its catalog: Top Sensation, directed in 1969 by Ottavio Alessi. Everything seems to shine on a luxury yacht under the hot summer sun in the middle of the deep blue sea, but a bloody tragedy among breathtaking babes, brutal murders and a young psychopath out of control is right around the corner. Maestro Romitelli paints the contrasting scenes with Beat m…

Jona che visse nella balena (Look to the Sky) is a movie directed by Roberto Faenza in 1993 starring Jean-Hugues Anglade, Juliet Aubrey and Jenner Del Vecchio. The story is based on the deportation of a Jewish family from Amsterdam to a Nazi prison camp and the holocaust as witnessed through the eyes of Jona, wrenched from his world and forced into a horrible new setting. It's a wonderful movie that brings a new variant on the theme, filtered through the eyes of a child and featuring a powerful …

Il Fischio Al Naso (aka ''The Seventh Floor '') is a dramatic movie directed in 1967 by Ugo Tognazzi. Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Tina Louise, Olga Villi, Alicia Brandet, Franca Bettoja, Gigi Ballista, Gildo Tognazzi, Marco Ferreri, Riccardo Garrone, Alessandro Quasimodo, Max Turilli, Federico Boido, Cristina D'Avanzo, Cesare Gelli, Janine Reynaud, Luigi Leoni, Rossella Bergamonti, Renato Nicolai, Giulio Scarnicci, Renzo Tarabusi, George Wallis, Genny Folchi, Ermelinda De Felice, Mario De Simone, Alessa…

Beat Records adds to its catalog a score composed by the great Carlo Rustichelli , an artist who if we had a film music constitution would surely be one of its founding fathers. Scacco internazionale (The Last Chance, 1969) is an Italian ''Bond'' movie, also known as Eurospy, on the prolific trail of the deeds of the popular James Bond, the MI6 agent with ample supplies of high-tech gadgets and beautiful women. In this movie we find a link to that fortunate franchise in the presence of Daniela B…

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…

We continue our renaissance of the great Piero Umiliani's body of work with this 2-CD edition of the score of La legge dei gangsters (Gangster's Law), a movie directed by Siro Marcellini in 1969 starring Klaus Kinsky, Maurice Poli and Franco Citti . The backdrop for the Maestro's score is the streets of Genoa, a robbery, treachery and gunfights: fertile ground in which the Florentine composer put the roots of his talent with a dynamic and harmonic score, sophisticated and original, romantic and …

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…

I demoni di San Pietroburgo(2008, The Demons OF ST. Petersburg) marks the twelfth collaboration between director Giuliano Montaldo and composer Ennio Morricone. The score was released as a limited edition earlier this year by Keep Moving Records and quickly sold out. Now available once again in this deluxe edition by Beat Records, the Maestro's intimate, orchestral, melodic score is celebrated once again, with a 16-page booklet featuring original artwork from the film and liner notes by French c…

I dolci vizi della casta Susanna (The Sweet Sins Of Sexy Susan) belongs to a genre that can only be called ''decamerotic.'' The Italian-Austrian-Hungarian co-production was directed in 1967 by Franz Antel and starred Teri Tordai, Mike Marshall and Pascal Petit. The most memorable aspect of this humorous comedy with blushing cheeks is surely the beautiful score by the late Maestro Gianni Ferrio. Cheerful, lively and baroque-flavored sounds explode in unchained shakes and beat cues that will make …

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…

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…

The eighth and final release of the short series dedicated to the work of the popular Roman composer Piero Piccioni, Fratello Mare (Brother Sea) was directed in 1975 by Folco Quilici and focuses on the tourism that is plundering one of the heavens on Earth: in this case, Polynesia. Through his personal recollections, the protagonist, an old fisherman, gives life to his relationship with the seaside and the social evolution of his homeland. With great bitterness, he bears witness to the unscrupul…

Vita Segreta Di Una Diciottenn (The Eyes) gives us an opportunity to bring to light another great score by the eclectic Italian composer Gianni Marchetti, a fine musician with profound artistic vision. In an ongoing effort to rediscover his work for cinema, we've dedicated a lot of releases to the Maestro in the past few years, including Milano: Il Clan Dei Calabresi, Le Notti Porno Nel Mondo N. 2, Il Sole Nella Pelle, Nipoti Miei Diletti and Cicciolina Amore Mio. Creating unforgettable sounds o…

Following our release of the score for Vita Segreta Di Una Diciottenne, we present the definitive edition of Diario Segreto Di Una Minorenne, again composed by the great Maestro Gianni Marchetti, the popular Italian composer who recently passed away. The movie was directed in 1968 by Oscar Brazzi and stars Rossano Brazzi and Mimma Biscardi in the role of a teenager trying to understand life. The score by the Maestro is, as usual, of great craftsmanship, with infectious rhythms and a style that w…

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…

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 Mark Donen Agente Zeta 7, a project waiting far too long to be released and making his appearance with La Morte Viene Da Manila. The music is different but the execution equally excellent. Maestro Aldo Piga brings nocturnal jazz, tension, thrills, action and wonderful orchestral sonorities that make you believe in the existence of m…

The 7th release in the series dedicated to the great scores composed by M° Piccioni features a cinematic meeting of the great Maestro with Alberto Lattuada, director of Cuore di cane (1976, Dog's Heart), starring Max Von Sydow, Eleonora Giorgi, Mario Adorf and Cochi Ponzoni. Set in the Soviet Union of the 1920s, the movie presented a new challenge for M° Piccioni, namely how to score the vicissitudes of a character engineered in a laboratory, half man, half dog. The eclecticism of this extraordi…

A milestone release! After two years of suffering, we finally succeed in giving birth to the wonderful score for the movie Basta guardarla, a masterpiece directed in 1970 by Luciano Salce and starring Maria Grazia Buccella, Carlo Giuffrè, Mariangela Melato and Pippo Franco . It's the story of Silver Boy and Enrichetta, a girl from the country who ends up as a performer in a traveling theater company in a kaleidoscope of funny situations counterpointed by the wonderful score composed by M° Franco…

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 …

This release marks the debut of an unreleased ''couple'' in our catalog: director Umberto Lenzi and composer Sergio Patucchi (aficionados of our productions). The latter was given the task of composing the score for The Man From The Deep River (in Italy known as Il Paese Del Sesso Selvaggio), an adventure movie shot by the great living Tuscan Icon in 1972. The movie starred Ivan Rassimov in the guise of an adventurer in faraway lands. The music? In the director's words, ''The score was given to …