Library & Soundtracks / Police

A great Japanese jazz soundtrack from the late 60s by Toshiro Mayuzumi and Masao Yagi– as full of feeling and creative inspiration as some of the best French jazz scores of the New Wave! The tunes here mostly stand out as strong jazz numbers on their own – although there are a few shorter, more introspective or scene-setting passages – and although the players and notes are all in Japanese, we can tell you that the music's mostly in a small combo mode, with strong solos on tenor, trumpet,…

Stone Killer (recorded in 1973) This outstanding uk film score by Mr Roy Budd has been Holy Grail of soundtracks among music collector for as long as I have known it. Now for the first time Dynamite cuts making a 2x7" 45 collections of some of the Gems it holds some of the gem Deep slow heavy grooves that makes you tingle. Y now a master of the cinematic world. Now for the first time Dynamite cuts making a 2x7" 45 collections of some of the Gems

Dynamite Cuts issue the best cuts from Roy Budd's classic 1974 soundtrack ‘The Black Windmill’. Very much on the ‘Stone Cold Killers’ vibe - essential!

Six cuts taken from this incredible 1975 soundtrack, the soundtrack to an adventure film set in Israel, is one of the finest in Roy Budd's catalog. Diamonds is a memorable soundtrack because it presents Roy Budd's unique combination of jazz, soul, and orchestral styles at its most catchy and innovative. Fans of funky soundtracks will love this album because it overflows with intense rhythms. "The Thief" layers suspenseful strings and heavy brass over a thick bassline that is pushed along by tigh…

*2022 stock* "Mark il poliziotto" (Blood, Sweat and Fear) is a 1975 movie directed by Stelvio Massi, the first of a successful trilogy featuring Franco Gasparri as main character in the role of drug squad commissioner Mark; the actor had been borrowed from the world of photonovels, typical Italian photographic stories published on several magazines that saw him as protagonist for several years. The film is one of the most successful examples of the 'Italo-crime' genre under many points of view:…

Huge Tip! ** Double LP, 300 copies. Black Vinyl  **  Soundtrack to classic police movie from 1975. First time on LP. Played by Cyan & Baba Yaga. Percussions: Tony Esposito. Track 1 & 2 sung Sammy Barbot. Track 10 & 11 vocalism by Edda Dell'Orso. Between the 60s and 80s, Albert Verrecchia played a major role in Italian pop music and in the European disco and Afro-cosmic scene, both under his own name and under the monikers Albert Weyman and Albert Prince. He was the keyboardist of legendary Itali…

** 180g black vinyl with a gatefold tip-on cover** Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents the first fully licensed and official release of the sought after soundtrack of Keoma, now on vinyl for the first time! Keoma features a unique and pervasive score by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. These prolific musical brothers are well known for their predominantly song-based approach to scoring Italian films. With their background in popular music, it's no surprise that their film scoring approach is p…

Chris' Soundtrack Corner proudly presents for the first time the complete soundtrack to Massimo Dallamano's 1973 crime thriller, Si Può Essere Più Bastardi Dell'ispettore Cliff? (which loosely translates as Can Anyone be More [of a] Bastard than Inspector Cliff?), also known by its American release title, Mafia Junction). The film features a powerful, jazz-based score composed by internationally-popular Italian film composer Riz Ortolani (1926-2014). Ortolani may be best known internationally fo…

This almost unheard score holds some never before heard Roy Budd gems. Dynamite Cuts release for the first time a 7” 45 with a selection of original cues and dialogue taken from the Film. How, James Coburn as Professor Robert Elliot creates a masterful plan to get four people, who know too much, to kill each other is a fine example of a classic British thriller with a superb twist at the finale. This 45 is a journey through the film that includes some never before heard tracks. A must have!

*300 copies limited edition* Manuel De Sica wrote an orchestral comment based on a recurring symphonic tarantella, which is the main theme retaken in symphonic version or with a solo guitar, alternated with lounge tracks like “Rough”, sung by M° De Sica himself, who was 23 years old back then, with the fabulous “Bossa Nova Boss”, with the extravagant “Casa da gioco” and with the “Anna e Tonino” love theme. RCA printed a promo LP (SP 8046), put together by M° De Sica, 30:30 minutes long. In 1994 …

Another amazing find of our research - this obscure LP by The Braen's Machine is dated 1971 and is part of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic periods of Italian music history. Library Music, made for radio and TV mainly, pressed on a few vinyl copies..."Quarta pagina" portrays with great ability some possible - who knows if they ever had been realized - crime scenes, with hard-boiled and dark atmospheres, alternating with the Psych-Funk rides that have always characterized many of the pro…

Ortolani in a grand groove! A totally great record – every bit the gem you might expect from the legendary Maestro: a journey through landscapes of sound rather than a collection of musical pieces, with instrumental arrangements that are able to conjure an atmosphere so haunting and obscure it may swallow your soul. The music is mainly bass-infused with all the best styles of the very early 70s on keyboards and electric guitar – used on these jaunty pieces that are somewhere between groovy…

**Limited Edition 400 copies. Includes a Gun silhouette** Cinedelic Records continues on with the release of yet another Paolo Vasile gem, and that is his score to Antonio Margheriti’s 1975 poliziottesco, Controrapina (The Rip Off) starring Lee Van Cleef. This soundtrack runs the gamut from strumming guitar and vocal numbers, to straight up dancefloor heaters. This beautifully produced record incorporates smooth sax, disco strings, wah guitar, and a driving beat — all the essential elements of a…

"The Hunter (Drama Suite) / Adventure Story" is a real library-head’s library album. Both sides are dripping with insidious grooves and dramatic spy-score themes, bursting with heavy guitars, swirling flutes, creeping piano-funk and drum breaks galore. Originally released by KPM in 1975, it’s clear that these library heroes were heavily influenced by the tough funk and street soul sonics emerging from the cutting edge Blaxploitation soundtracks.

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents the world premiere release of the cult score from 1977 by Luis Bacalov for Fernando di Leo’s classic polizziesco Diamanti Sporchi di Sangue, which was considered a kind of continuation of his iconic Milano Calibro 9. Following the bankruptcy of his own production company Duania 70, Fernando di Leo returned to working for other producers with Diamanti Sporchi di Sangue, a heist thriller which builds on the director’s knack for cop m…

Quartet Records and Gruppo Sugar presents the premiere presentation of two previously unreleased Stelvio Cipriani groovy scores, both focused on dramas taking place in the Years of Lead (a period of social and political turmoil in Italy that lasted from the late 1960s until the late 1980s).  Adimaro Sala’s LA NOTTE La Notte Dell'Ultimo Giorno (1974) chronicles the making of a fictional thesis film entitled La Fiammata as director Beppe Banti (Tony Kendall) tries to realize his vision without com…

*Ltd. ed. Crystal vinyl* In 1974, when the movie “Il cittadino si ribella” was released in theaters, the so-called ‘poliziottesco’ genre was at its peak, and this film rightfully belongs to the most successful works of the aforementioned kind. Enzo Castellari, as in his previous “La polizia incrimina, la legge assolve”, sets the stage in Genoa and confirms Franco Nero as the main character, this time in the shoes of a simple individual who, finding no help from the police, decides to take justic…

* Remastered, quality vinyl * Two tremendous soundtracks from the mighty Francois De Roubaix – easily one of our favorite film composers of all time! Dernier Domicile Connu is wonderful – with a famous theme that mixes stepping strings and funky drums in this really magnificent way – before moving between spare instrumental moments and the return of the great theme – all with that incredible ear for space and sound that made Francois so different than so many of his contemporaries! Une Aller Sim…

Digitmovies publishes for the first time on LP's the OST of a mini-series in seven episodes transmitted by RAI in 1976 "Dov'è Anna?". In 1976, a 45 rpm was released, this song remaining for weeks on top of the Hit Parade charts. Stelvio Cipriani has composed a musical commentary characterized from various themes of love, suspense, policing style and dance in addition to alternative versions of the main theme. For the production of this LP were used the original stereo master tapes.

A rare soundtrack session from Japanese jazz legend Hideo Shiraki; Also with pianist Takeshi Inomata and saxophonist Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto "Inomata and saxophonist Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto as well! The cover's somewhat unassuming, but the music inside is quite vivid and rich – jazz tracks used as a film score, often with a quality that's like the best jazz soundtracks coming out of French and Italian cinema at the end of the 50s – with a very different vibe than some of Shiraki's later …

Limited to 400 copies on transparent red with black marble vinyl. Remained unseen for over two decades, "Cani Arrabbiati"(aka Rabid Dogs, 1974) is still considered an exceptional work in the distinguished career of Mario Bava. Remastered from the original master tapes at Toxic Basement Studio, Maestro Stelvio Cipriani’s score is finally available for the first time ever in a complete restored version, including unreleased tracks and library cues.Pressed on 180g LP, with a pulp artwork by Basthar…

“Sounding like the sophisticated Scandinavian elder brother of 3 Days Of The Condor or Roy Budd’s Diamonds, this previously-unreleased soundtrack is a fantastic slab of atmospheric funky jazz served Norwegian style!” Moving Music are proud to present next instalment in vintage Norwegian Soundtrack music. The youth movie “Operasjon Cobra” from 1978 is about a group of local terrorists trying to assassinate the US foreign minister on his visit Norway. The plans go wrong however as the plot is sabo…

An amazing disco-prog tune with funky basslines, sustained by obsessive clavinet and lead by a dope space moog. A killer track still underrated and unknown today, where members of Goblin play uncredited. The whole story about the relationship between maestro Stelvio Cipriani and Goblin’s Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massimo Morante, and Agostino Marangolo is still to be written.

Right after "High Crime "(La Polizia Incrimina, la Legge Assolve), the magic duo of Guido and Maurizio De Angelis conceive yet another highlight of the genre - the groovy, melancholic score of The Violent Professionals (Italian: Milano trema: la polizia vuole giustizia), which perfectly sets the tone of metropolitan violence presented on the screen. A dramatic sound, which preludes the acid- prog and gloomy music created for Il Grande Racket just three years later, with lots of flutes, clav…

An outstanding lbirary CD (Originally on Cometa) played by Pulsar, a short living group formed in 1976 by jazz musician Enrico Pieranunzi and Silvano Chimenti , was called The Pulsar in honor of the neutron star and, to date, it was thought that their only album had been used for the soundtrack of the MarioCaiano's movie Milano Violenta. The feel of the album is similar to that of some of the best tracks on the Stroboscopia comps – with lots of tight drums, rumbling basslines, and cool electric …

Doxy present Piero Piccioni's complete soundtrack for the 1963 film Il Terrorista on vinyl for the first time. Directed in 1963 by Gianfranco De Bosio and starring Gian Maria Volontè, Anouk Aimée, Tino Carraro, Philippe Leroy, the great Piero Piccioni created "easy listening" music such as foxtrots, band music, waltzes as opposed to serious music for large orchestras that dramatically describes all the historical and political aspect of the story. Complete version for the first time on vinyl. Ed…

“Squadra Antigangsters” (The Gang that Sold America) is one of over ten films produced between the ‘70s and ’80s in which the actor Tomas Milian plays the role of Police Marshal / Inspector Nico Giraldi, probably the most famous character out of the typical Italian detective films of that period, which were in practice Giallo movies with a strong comedy component. The film is set in the United States, and the soundtrack sounds very American, starting from the first two songs, interpreted …

In stock! Maybe the most iconic soundtrack by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. Definitely the one that is closely linked with Italian crime movie genre “poliziotteschi”, made eternal by dozens movies set in mid 70's violent big cities. For the 50th anniversary of Beat Records, a coproduction with Four Flies, the first time ever reissue of this Italian soundtrack's masterpiece.  A terrific tracklist that gave rise to the Italian groove, then used many times, from Umberto Lenzi's Napoli Violen…

We continue our Ddj Dlx series dedicated to composers for ‘80s Italian cult cinema with this double bill dedicated to Maestro Piero Umiliani, including the scores for the classic cult comedy Vai Avanti Tu Che Mi Vien Da Ridere and a b-movie from the same decade, C'e Un Fantasma Nel Mio Letto.Both films feature great casts, in the former our beloved Lino Banfi and gorgeous Agostina Belli and in the latter the divine Lilli Carati and the great Renzo Montagnani. These two soundtracks, previously un…

Now available the wonderfull score of the movie Milano rovente composed by Maestro Carlo Rustichelli. A great movie directed by Maestro Umberto Lenzi, hailed everywhere as a real living myth of Italian genre Cinema, Milano Rovente features a great orchestral soundtrack of rare beauty, with melodic themes, jazz and great orchestrations. Here presented in a plasticized 2 folds Digipack in our brand new limited edition series, is pressed in just 1000 copies numerated with a stamp. Inside a 24x36 cm…

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…

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…

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…

''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…

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 …

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…

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 …

Intrigo a Los Angeles aka ''Intrigue in Los Angeles,'' ''F.B.I. enquête à Los Angeles'' and ''Tom Collins jagt die schwarze Natter'') is a Giallo/Spy hybrid directed in 1964 by Romano Ferrara (under the pseudonym Roy Freemount), produced by Lucio Marcuzzo and Mario Perelli for Cinelions, Publitalia, and starring Mary Luger, Renato Terra Caizzi, Gaetano Quartararo, Stefano Pfau, Luciana Marina and Carol Walker. F.B.I. agents David Blair and Thelma Avery are assigned to search for Professor Weiss,…

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…

With that wonderful score we close the first series of CD dedicated to the music written for the great cinema of Umberto Lenzi. Another absolute cult where Maestro Franco Micalizzi gives his best, a movie with a great cast such as Maurizio Merli, Tomas Milian and John Saxon. Also for this CD we do not need to tell much: one of the greatest soundtracks ever composed by the Maestro to the service of adrenaline, funky and rhythm! The CD is offered in a plasticized 2 folders Digipack with original a…