Eurocult Soundtracks

[Wllm Clys Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wllm Clys]

What are your favourites?

Mine is Blue Phantom "Distortions". Even though it's not technically a soundtrack that was composed for a specific film, it's a great Italian library record that was used in Jess Franco's "Sinner" and "Countess Perverse". Not a single bad track on it! Except maybe the 4th track on the A side. Nice early 70s instrumental fuzz rock, sometimes very heavy, sometimes very loungy. I cannot recommend this album enough!

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Too many favorites to list them all. I am a soundtrack fanatic! I start my day with a eurocult s/t each and every morning. A few favorite composers and scores, aside from the obvious (Morricone):

Stelvio Cipriani - FEMINA RIDENS, ENFANTASME, SQUADRA VOLANTE/LA POLIZIA RINGRAZIA, L'UOMO PIU' VELENOSO DEL COBRA, LA POLIZIA CHIEDE AIUTO
Piero Piccioni - LE STREGHE, FUMO DI LONDRA, PLAYGIRL '70,
Luis Bacalov - A CIASCUNO IL SUO
Nora Orlandi - LO STRANO VIZIO DELLA SIGNORA WARDH
Francesco de Masi - AFRICAN STORY
Gianni Ferrio - IL KILLER, LA MORTE RISALE A IERI SERA
Peppino de Luca - IL DIO CHIAMATO DORIAN

The 10 cd series EASY TEMPO are all essential imo, a stunning collection and many tunes remain uncollected in their full soundtrack form. A must.
A ton of spaghetti western soundtracks too, that's really a whole other list right there.

[Scyther Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scyther]

Agreed, Andrew, there's just so much quality stuff out there to digest! I'm particularly partial to Franco Micalizzi and his crime soundtracks, as well as this funky, spaced out score to The Visitor.

Cipriani is one of the best, as well; dependable as hell. The Angelis Brothers are in my long list of favorites, as well. I love their main theme to Sergio Martino's Violent Professionals.

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

I've always liked Piero Piccioni's score for Puppet on a Chain (1971). Here is the main title:

More cues from the film:

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

That's a good one, Richard. I picked up the score long before I saw the film (which is pretty good too). Piccioni is a blind buy for me if it's 1960s or 70s.

The number one score I wish for is Cipriani's THE DEVIL HAS SEVEN FACES. It's such a groovy and crazy memorable work, I stick the dvd in sometimes to listen. The film is totally forgettable but it was blessed with a superb soundtrack.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I have this on vinyl somewhere.

[Scyther Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scyther]

The aforementioned theme from Stridulum aka The Visitor.

Oh, and Nico Fidenco's funky theme to D'amato's Porno Holocaust

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Lot of good soundtracks for D'Amato movies, now that you mention it:

[Scyther Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scyther]

Yeah, Ian. I especially like Marcello Giombini's work on Anthropophagus and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead. It's funny how Joe has so many aspects of his films which work (cinematography, location, music) to make up for others which, generally...kinda don't (characterization, pacing, plot).

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Intrada announced today they've started importing Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to the "first" spaghetti western, THE GUNFIGHT AT RED SANDS (1963):

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7952/.f

Need to see get that film in good quality, too.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Yeah, Ian. I especially like Marcello Giombini's work on Anthropophagus and Erotic Nights of the Living Dead. It's funny how Joe has so many aspects of his films which work (cinematography, location, music) to make up for others which, generally...kinda don't (characterization, pacing, plot).

Yeah, he seems to have paid more attention to the music than the actual films themselves sometimes.

I've always dug this score too (not D'Amato related, but still cool):

[Wllm Clys Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wllm Clys]

A mix of Italian soundtracks:
http://fingersports.blogspot.co.uk/2.../down-mix.html

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Everybody do the DEEP RED RAP!

[Jens Thomsen Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jens Thomsen]

Wow! That was... weird! :-)

Any idea how old that is? Sounds like early 90's to me.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

No idea but it's pretty embarassing...