An early 70s giallo soundtrack by Roberto Pregadio – who we know and love for some very cool and moddish jazzy soundtrack work a bit earlier on – and this is another groovy, yet necessarily seedy and sinister set from the under-appreciated composer! It revolves around a funky theme, with playfully-cooed female vocals – with some really sweet small combo, organ-flavored grooves throughout. The organ allows for some suspenseful and chilling moments when it's called for, but there's actually oddly breezy, early 70s kinda lounge funk vibe permeating this one most of the way through! 26 tracks in all – and all sequences on the title "Il Sorriso Della Jena". ~ Dusty Groove
A definite killer from the great Gianni Ferrio – one of his grooviest soundtracks ever, and a set that's filled with lots of mod 60s touches! There's a bit of electric sitar, cool bubbling Hammond, and even some jazzy horn parts that make for nice flourishes over the top – all changing up in cool and different ways from track to track – creating the kind of instrumental variety that we love in soundtracks like these! The album features vocals on two tracks – and titles include "Strana Gente", "Mr Ice Cream Again", "Week-End On Ice", "Billy's Ice Cream", "Pedigree", "Semifreddo", "Nuovi Ricchi", and "Fino All'Ultimo Gelato". CD also features 16 more bonus tracks – practically a whole extra album of music! (Limited to 500 copies.) ~ Dusty Groove
A rare early soundtrack from Bill Conti – penned for an obscure Italian film in the years before his 70s blockbuster film scores – and done with a groovy groovy sound that's really outta sight! The style is much more mod than we've ever heard from Bill – funky in parts, and playful in others – with all the best range of instrumentation we're used to hearing from Italian composers of the time – a role that Conti fits perfectly with this sweet little score! The mood varies nicely from track to track – usually moving between upbeat numbers and mellower groovers – and there's a few great jazzy moments that stretch out longer than usual for this sort of score. 17 tracks in all – including a few renditions of the vocal number "Juliette"! ~ Dusty Groove
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