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Beat At Cinecitta (Italian Film Score Anthology)

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For my money, the future of music is in old Italian film soundtracks.

Thankfully we live in an era where old obscure music is being dredged up, nicely repackaged and remastered and re-released. "Beat At cinecitta" is just one of those amazing discoveries. Comprised of songs from sex films of the 60's, it's a jumble of catchy, light, poppy, dark, obscure and experimental music...all of which would be perfect white noise at any party you're planning to throw this year. From smooth vocal tics and melodies to fuzzed out guitars and interstellar keyboards, it can go from a dirge to a jam in a moment's notice.

This is the first in 3 volumes of this collection, and it is definitely the strongest one out there. It will no doubt garner a lot of attention from appearing in a few recent car commercials, as well as in 'The Big Lebowski," and the more people listening to this, the better. What makes Beat at Cinecitta so great is how in love with music it is, jammed with all sorts of styles and approaches, it's also a perfect introduction to the burgeoning genre of Italian soundtracks being made available again in collections like "Easy Tempo" "Beretta '70" and the dozen and counting re-released Ennio Morricone soundtracks.

Albums like this come along during these years of pop-star overload to show us all that music can be fun and frivolous, with a giant heart and massive talent behind it and still be just as relevant 30 years after being recorded. If you ask me, this stuff is more important than when it was first available...this stuff is a roadsign pointing towards liberation from bad music. Get on the bus.

Throw yourself back to the late sixties and early seventies! Unfortunately I missed out on all of this scene, as this was during the time I was born! The album covers are worth the price of admission! The best "hippest" tracks are towards the end which is quite unusual as the best stuff is usually found at the beginning of albums. The cuts Roaring Twenties and Omar Khayyam really get your toes a tapping! Also check out the albums (CDs) Sound Gallery 1, Music For TV Dinners: The 60's, & Beat Tempo if you are into "mod" music. Wish this type of groovy jazzy sound would make a revival! Well at least you can still listen to it whenever the mood hits you! So put on your bell bottoms, Nehru Jacket, flash the peace sign, grab yourself a kicky girl and get a go-going, man!

Comes highly recomended. There is a lot of compilations out there on this kind of music. This is one of the good ones. If you buy a lot of simular compilations you will probably get som overlapping (some of the same songs on different albums), but that can`t be avoided if you want to own all the good tunes (and who with a true passion for good music doesn`t?!!?)
Buy this record, and while you`re at it, check out the other records from Crippled Dick as well.

If you are the least bit interested in this type of music, go buy this record. Musicianship is first rate and none of the tunes come off as kitschy or silly. Good times....

01 "Iena Sequence"
from dir. Silvio Amadio's "Smile Before Death" ("Il Sorriso Della Iena")

02 "Cheops And Nefertiti"
07 "Bossa Beat"
17 "Omar Khayyam"
from dir. Fabio Piccioni's "You Can Do A Lot With 7 Women" ("Si Può Fare Molto Con Sette Donne")

03 "Beat Fuga Shake"
05 "Tiffany Sequence M.8"
10 "Tiffany Sequence M.22"
13 "Tiffany Sequence M.8"
from dir. Sergio Greico's "Tiffany Memorandum"

04 "Una Sull' Altra"
14 "The Roaring Twenties"
15 "Latin Quarter"
from dir. Lucio Fulci's "One On Top Of The Other"; aka "Perversion Story" ("Una Sull'Altra")

06 "Piacere Sequence"
from dir. Silvio Amadio's "Amuck!" ("Alla Ricerca Del Piacere")

08 "I Want It All"
from dir. Alberto De Martino's "Carnal Circuit"; aka "The Insatiables" ("Femmine Insaziabili")

09 "Traffic Boom"
from dir. Lina Wertmuller's "All Screwed Up"; aka "Everything Ready, Nothing Works" ("Tutto A Posto Niente In Ordine")

11 "Tema Di Londra M.47"
12 "Tema Di Londra M.1"
16 "Tema Di Londra M.10"
from dir. Michele Lupo's "Master Stroke" ("Colpo Maestro Al Servizio Di Sua Maestà Britannica")

Throw yourself back to the late sixties and early seventies! Unfortunately I missed out on all of this scene, as this was during the time I was born! The album covers are worth the price of admission! The best "hippest" tracks are towards the end which is quite unusual as the best stuff is usually found at the beginning of albums. The cuts Roaring Twenties and Omar Khayyam really get your toes a tapping! Also check out the albums (CDs) Sound Gallery 1, Music For TV Dinners: The 60's, & Easy Tempo if you are into "mod" music. Wish this type of groovy jazzy sound would make a revival! Well at least you can still listen to it whenever the mood hits you! So put on your bell bottoms, Nehru Jacket, flash the peace sign, grab yourself a kicky girl and get a go-going, man!

I just wanted to point out that Honda is using songs from this CD for their latest Civic ads in America. "Lena Sequence" by Roberto Pregadio is the music behind the "Joey, cut it out" aka "legroom" ad where the teenage boy in a car full of girls is trying to brush his legs up against his older sisters friends. "Cheops and Nefertiti" is in another Honda ad.