Spy/Crime/International Soundtracks of the 60's and 70's -- S/D

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What are some neglected Spy/Crime/Int.'l soundtracks (LP's, 45's, reissues) from the sixties and seventies? Which ones are overrated?

Post pictures of exceptionally cool/rare ones if you will please.

― Polo Pony, Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I like "Speziale Agente LK" by Bruno Nicolai.

Quincy Jones' "The Italian Job" works too.

― mosurock (mosurock), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:21 (twenty-three years ago)

i just picked up a copy of Our Man Flynt, scored by jerry goldsmith, for a buck. it's pretty good, and my friend says it was sampled and is now worth something?

http://www.lynchposters.com/images/Our-Man-Flint.jpg

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:31 (twenty-three years ago)

That is a nice find for a buck.

Here's one of my favorites. I didn't pay a buck for it though:

http://www.blaxploitation.com/images/cover_gifs/cover_the_adventurers.gif

HAROLD ROBBINS presents the Music of ANTONIONO CARLOS JOBIM
Music from
THE ADVENTURERS
THE RAY BROWN ORCHESTRA Arranged by QUINCY JONES
(Symbolic SYS 9000, 1970)

It has this very funky almost pornographic track called "Coming and Going" and a Bjork sampled a track called "Go Down Dying" for "Human Behavior"'s drums. I like the cover. I haven't come across anything else on the "Symbolic" label either.

― Polo Pony, Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:53 (twenty-three years ago)

oh this reminds me of another dollar record i have also by jerry goldsmith (and surprisingly found at the same store). the cassandra crossing. the title theme is repeated all over the record, but there's one with heavy rolling drums, echoed slasher violins and a harpsichord that is so amazing. it could easily be found on a portishead record

http://www.lastminute-dvd.com/img/video/cover_big/front-sorted/7000000/00/22/77.jpg

and it stars...................oj simpson, pre glove

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:09 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't have the album, but the music to Danger: Diabolik is pretty cool (by Ennio Morricone, no less!).

― Orange, Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:46 (twenty-three years ago)

that's top on my list right now. along w/his Navajo Joe - i've only really heard the indian war scream from the movie Election, but that's enough for me to want it.

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Bullitt!!!!!

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Thursday, 16 January 2003 22:24 (twenty-three years ago)

by Lalo Schriffin BTW.

― T. Weiss (Timmy), Thursday, 16 January 2003 22:25 (twenty-three years ago)

I know it's probably too banal, but I really love all the early James Bond soundtracks, particularly "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice."

― hstencil, Thursday, 16 January 2003 22:37 (twenty-three years ago)

curren spy&crime-flame of mine: ROY BUDD

btw, Stereoloab's cover of 'Get Carter' sounds pretty pale compared to Budd's s/track original

...has Roy Budd ever had an ILM tread to himself?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 16 January 2003 22:45 (twenty-three years ago)

S: David Shire's soundtrack to The Taking Of Pelham 1-2-3. Also seek out some of John Dankworth's stuff. He wrote the soundtrack for Modesty Blaise, as well as the AWESOME theme music for The Avengers.

Seconding Roy Budd here too. Always liked his soundtrack to Zeppelin

John Barry owns this thread BTW

― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Thursday, 16 January 2003 23:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Roy Budd's Diamonds OST is badass. And impossible to find. I think the reissue is even OOP. Lalo Schifrin is the champ soundtrack composer. Michael Small's Klute OST is very spooky and very rare.

Does anyone know much about Italian/Greek/Israeli/Mediterranean-flavored funky soundtracks? That's what I need a primer on. I mean beyond Schifrin's Sol Madrid or Ennio Morricone or the Z. OST.

― Polo Pony, Friday, 17 January 2003 06:07 (twenty-three years ago)

for italian soundtrack stuff, your best bet is checking out the reissue label Crippled Dick

http://www.dustygroove.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dga/search.cgi?usersrch=crippled+dick&issearch=yes

http://www.fe.org/labels/crippled.dick.hot.wax.germany.html

― JasonD (JasonD), Friday, 17 January 2003 06:38 (twenty-three years ago)

six years pass...

Mike Patton vs. "Deep Deep Down" from Diabolik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUrzMeS4xg

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 20:28 (sixteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Sir John Dankworth Dies at 82
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxaVmUrsU4

― meisenfek, Sunday, 7 February 2010 09:51 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Syd Dale - secret service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfev5jLB_xI

― meisenfek, Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:16 (fourteen years ago)

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