Reissues

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 released on CD the complete original soundtrack music with some tracks never released before of the cult movie Il medico... la studentessa, with Gloria Guida, Jacques Dufilho, Pino Colizzi, Susan Scott directed by Silvio Amadio. The music composed and directed by the great Roberto Pregadio is one of the mile-stone of the italian Easy Listening, nearly one hour of beat, bossanova and easy tunes create an altenate entertaining background for every sitaution with easy, cool or simply relaxi…

Beat Records is pleased to reissue on CD Riz Ortolani's scores for Requiescant and O’Cangaceiro, with a special bonus: the world premiere release of his music from the film I Tre Spietati! This interesting Western-adventure triptych, made between 1963 and 1969, bears the authoritative signature of the great Maestro Riz Ortolani. All the material included here comes from the mono masters of the original sessions, with the exception of "O’Cangaceiro," of which only the two tracks of the original 4…

Beat Records is glad to release the first absolute edition of the soundtrack composed by Vasco Vassil Kojucharov for the movie Byleth il demone dell'incesto (1972, Leopoldo Savona).From Nomus foundation archive, from which we have taken a number of scores composed by the Maestro, we make available this nice soundtrack that features the presence of melodic cues and sonic masses close to experimentation, both genres in which the artist makes a display of his usual talent, this time scoring a gothi…

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…

Thanks to the partnership between Roman labels and distributors Cometa Edizioni Musicali, Beat Records and Four Flies Records, one of the most iconic and essential works by Piero Umiliani has finally emerged from the archives: La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no. The movie was directed by Giorgio Capitani starring Lando Buzzanca and Chaterine Spaak, its soundtrack recorded at Ortophonic Studios in Rome in September of 1973. Widely regarded as one of the most sought-after productions by the famous Ital…

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…

Beat Records is glad to announce a new series of releases dedicated to the work and memory of a Maestro composer very close to our publishing group, Vasco Vassil Kojucharov, of whom Franco and Luciana De Gemini were even marriage witnesses. The Maestro's contribution to the 8th art has always been concealed in hidden archives, if not for the few albums released by Beat Records during the years. Thanks to the precious archival collection of Nomus Ass.ne Cult.le, in Milan, it has been possible to …

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…

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…

Superseven chiama Cairo (Super Seven Calling Cairo) is a movie directed in 1965 by the great Umberto Lenzi. Starring Roger Browne, Fabienne Dali and Massimo Serato , it's a film belonging to the so-called Eurospy genre, very much in fashion at the time speaking. Previously unreleased, M° Lavagnino's score was recently discovered in the family estate's archives, an exceptional revelation that finally allowed us to homage one of the fathers of Italian film music, a talented artist and teacher of o…

We continue our classic CR (Collector Releases) series with this first-ever release of Carlo Savina's score for the Western movie I tre del Colorado (1965, Candadian Wilderness), directed by Armando De Ossorio and starring George Martin, Diana Lorys, Luis Martin and Santiago Rivero. The Italo-Western genre had just exploded, but some productions were still inspired by the Hollywood canon. For this production, we find ourselves on that trail with a distinctly spectacular film that tells a story i…

This month our flip-cover CD is dedicated to the mythical Tuscan-born, Roman-adopted Maestro Piero Umiliani and his wonderful score for the 1966 spy caper Jerry Land – Cacciatore di spie (aka ''Man on a Flying Trapeze'') by Spanish director Juan de Orduña. The movie starred Wayde Preston, Helga Sommerfeld and Reinhard Kolldehoff and followed the trail of the dynamite success of the Bond movies scored by one of the most talented Maestros of that genre. A previously-unreleased score that can easil…

Contro 4 bandiere, a movie directed in 1979 by a director already popular at the time speaking, Umberto Lenzi. A great budget film with a great score: George Hamilton, Horst Bucholz, Anny Duprey, Ray Lovelock, Georges Claisse, Jean Pierre Cassel, Capucine, Sam Wananamaker interprets some characters and their vicissitudes on the background of Wwii. The score by the famous composer Riz Ortolani, epic and melodic, is the perfect compendium for the great action scenes and the various relations among…

A completely unreleased score (pay exception for a 45rpm single), Operazione Poker, in this De Luxe edition pays homage to one of the greatest Italian composer for cinema, Piero Umiliani. A 1967 movie in the trail of the bond series with a great soundtrack, jazzy, melodic, orchestral, by one artists that deserve the most respect and doesn't need introductions, author of hundreds scores, one better of the other. The product is released in Digipack case with a poster of 24x36cm featuring original …

A popular title in Beat Records' back catalog, Un uomo chiamato Apocalisse Joe (1970, Apocalypse Joe) is a Western score composed by one of the Italian greats, Bruno Nicolai. Very much influenced by the collaboration between the Maestro and Ennio Morricone, at times it seems to us that we're listening to an alternate version of A Fistful Of Dollars, reinterpreted with the unique skill of the Roman composer. The previous release by Beat Records (which paired the score with Lo Chiamavano Tre Sette…

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…

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…

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…