Prince Of The City
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Jay Productions, presents the premiere CD release of Paul Chihara’s noir score for Sidney Lumet’s masterful Prince Of The City (1981), starring Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach and Carmine Caridi. The film is about a New York City narcotics detective (Williams) who reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption; he soon realizes he’s in over his head and that nobody can be trusted.
Lumet chose Maestro Chihara, widely a…
The Twelve Chairs
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Jay Productions, presents the premiere CD release of John Morris’ score for his second collaboration with Mel Brooks, The Twelve Chairs (1970), starring Ron Moody, Frank Langella, Dom DeLuise and Brooks himself in the role of Tykon. Other scores by Morris include Young Frankenstein, The In-laws, The Elephant Man and Clue. Based on a 1928 Russian-language novel by Soviet satirists Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, The Twelve Chairs is a bittersweet comedy about 19…
Arabella
Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection proudly present the world premiere release of Ennio Morricone’s charming score for Virna Lisi’s 1967 romantic-comedy Arabella, directed by Mauro Bolognini and also starring Terry-Thomas (in multiple roles), James Fox and Margaret Rutherford. This was Morricone’s first collaboration with Bolognini, marking the beginning of a long relationship spanning three decades and producing some of the Roman maestro’s finest and most roman…
Tokyo Violenta 4 - The Golden Age Of Sonny Chiba
Tava Tava Records proudly announces the release of “Tokyo Violenta 4: The Golden Age Of Sonny Chiba”, a special black vinyl edition featuring the unforgettable compositions of legendary Japanese composer Watanabe Chumei. Available via leading international retailers in 2025, this LP pays tribute to the audacious era of Japanese cinema personified by martial arts icon Sonny Chiba.
This highly anticipated original EU pressing (catalog TTSLP05) immerses listeners in the visceral soundscapes that sc…
Copkiller (Original Soundtrack)
Morricone's elusive 1983 score emerges remastered from original tapes. Featuring Johnny Rotten and Harvey Keitel, this psychedelic, percussion-heavy crime thriller soundtrack anticipates industrial music aesthetics while showcasing the composer's urban paranoia mastery. A crucial missing link in his evolution.
Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ennio Morricone's subversive 1970 masterpiece finally emerges in full stereo after 55 years. This restored edition of Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto reveals the composer's deliberately "imperfect" instrumentation—out-of-tune piano, mandolin, synthesizer—as radical social commentary. Essential archival triumph.
Riddles of the Sphinx
Lost 1977 electronic score by Soft Machine's Mike Ratledge, crafted with enigmatic Denys Irving on modified Moog/ARP synthesizers delivering ten hypnotic sequences of minimalist repetition. Transferred from BFI archives after master tapes vanished, this new 300-copy reissue follows the long out-of-print 2016 edition. Essential Riddles Of The Sphinx finally unearthed.
Fellini Satyricon
Nino Rota's most radical work finally gets deluxe treatment. His groundbreaking Fellini Satyricon score abandons melody for archaic soundscapes - tribal percussion, atonal instruments, dissonant choirs creating an alien musical language. This avant-garde masterpiece evokes ancient worlds through pure sonic imagination. Limited transparent red vinyl edition of 500.
La Proprietà Non è Più un Furto
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia, presents the definitive, remastered reissue of Ennio Morricone’s complete score for Elio Petri’s 1973 film La proprietà non è più un furto (“Property Is No Longer a Theft”). This darkly satirical drama—starring Ugo Tognazzi, Flavio Bucci, and Daria Nicolodi—marks the final chapter in Petri’s celebrated “trilogy of neurosis,” following Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto and La classe operaia va in…
Il Commissario Pepe (Original Soundtrack)
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.…
Idoli Controluce / E La Donna Creò L'Uomo
Beat Records is pleased to re-release on CD the OSTs by Ennio Morricone for the romantic comedy films Idoli controluce and …E la donna creo’ l’uomo (aka Volles Herz und leere Taschen). In this score, Morricone alternates pleasant, lounge-flavored tunes (“Sophisticated boy," “Relax in solitudine," “Rendez –vous”) with romantic themes (“Le meno importanti," “Le cose più importanti”). This CD reissue, lasting 51:04, includes for the first time the Baroque-flavored piece “Villa Madama,” which was fe…
Anna Quel Particolare Piacere
Beat Records is pleased to reissue on CD the OST by Luciano Michelini for the dramatic film Anna, quel particolare piacere (aka Anna: The Pleasure, the Torment and Secrets of a Call Girl), directed in 1973 by Giuliano Carmineo with screenplay by Sauro Scavolini, Francesco Miliazia, and Ernesto Gastaldi, photography by Marcello Masciocchi, editing by Eugenio Alabiso, music by Luciano Michelini, production by Dania CC Champion, distribution by Interfilm, and starring Edwige Fenech, Corrado Pani, R…
Sotto Il Vestito Niente
For the first time on CD and vinyl, the soundtrack of the cult Italian Giallo film Nothing Underneath composed by Pino Donaggio. This soundtrack perfectly represents Pino Donaggio's style, capable of transitioning from terrifying and sharp symphonies to sweet and sensual electronic pieces. The atmospheres are reminiscent of films such as 'Body Double' and 'Dressed to Kill.' A limited edition not to be missed, for all lovers of Italian thrilling giallo and for all fans of Brian De Palma's films.
La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso
Quartet Records (in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia) and Goodfellas proudly present the definitive remastered edition of Ennio Morricone's groundbreaking score for La Classe Operaia Va in Paradiso (The Working Class Goes to Heaven, 1971). Directed by Elio Petri and starring the unforgettable Gian Maria Volonté in his Palme d'Or-winning performance, this incendiary social drama follows a factory worker's radical awakening after a horrific accident - with Morricone's s…
L’Anticristo – Sepolta Viva
Beat Records Company is glad to present the expanded version of the original motion picture soundtrack of the movies L’Anticristo (Alberto De Martino, 1973), featuring the music by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai and Sepolta Viva (Aldo Lado, 1974) by Ennio Morricone, already available in the classic Collector Releases series, out of production since a while. This album, very popular among the two composer’s fans offers two OSTs realized for excellent movies, the first, on the Excorcist (Willia…
La Morte Non Conta I Dollari
Beat Records is relaunching on the market the classic Western OST by Nora Orlandi and Robby Poitevin for the film La morte non conta i dollari (aka Death at Owell Rock), directed in 1967 by Riccardo Freda (under the pseudonym George Lincoln), with a screenplay by Giuseppe Masini and Riccardo Freda, photography by Gábor Pogány, editing by Anna Amidei, music by Nora Orlandi and Robby Poitevin, produced by Enrico Cogliati Dezza for Cinecidi, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Mark Damon, Ste…
The Stone Killer
*2025 stock* This is the soundtrack album for 'The Stone Killer' by director Michael Winner starring Charles Bronson, which came in the middle of a 3-part crime thriller series (1972, 1973, 1974). It follows Charles Bronson as a detective getting to the bottom of the killings in the Sicilian Mafia, with a score by the British film composer Roy Budd ('Get Carter', 'Fear is the Key'). The soundtrack was initially released in Italy and Japan on LP and 7” single, respectively, but only limited copie…
The Marseille Contract
*2025 stock* Another thriller film score by Roy Budd, The Marseilles Contract (The Destructors) is reissued on LP for the first time. The Marseilles Contract is a 1974 crime thriller directed by Robert Parrish, one of the directors of Casino Royale (1967), starring Michael Caine, James Mason, and Anthony Quinn. The score is a prime example of Roy Budd’s signature action thriller jazz/crime sound but has been somewhat overlooked by Budd fans and soundtrack fans alike. The original album was only …
Dietro Il Processo
“Dietro il Processo” is a set of TV investigation episodes directed by Franco Biancacci and broadcast in Italy by RAI from 1978 to 1980, as part of the “Storie allo Specchio” series. Ennio Morricone wrote the main theme for “Dietro il Processo” and scored the three episodes “L’urlo”, “L’ultima notte di Pier Paolo Pasolini” and “Il caso Montesi”. None of Morricone’s tracks were initially released and only in 2009 this soundtrack appeared on CD.
For “Dietro il Processo” Ennio Morricone wrote a dar…
L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo
* Black vinyl edition. Gatefold cover * Dario Argento’s opera prima ‘L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo’ was premiered in 1970 and marked an historical and revolutionary debut, being a truly original and innovative thriller. The stylistic choices of Argento mark a clear step forward from the thrillers of that era and even the soundtrack was something utterly special.Argento assigned the score to Ennio Morricone, composer of the soundtracks for ‘Comandamenti per un gangster’, ‘C’era una volta il …