VARIOUS ARTISTS – “ITALIAN BLEND”
For a seven-month run (June ‘06-January ‘07), Egg City Radio friend Nate Thompson did a great, great soundtrack blog called 7 Black Notes. At the end of the seven months, Nate grew tired of Rapidshare deleting everything he’d posted, so he gave up the ghost, but this three-disc Italian exploitation film soundtrack collection he made especially for his blog is too good to let fade away into the ether. Nate sez:
“Given the huge amount of great film music never commerically released in any format, I decided to cut together a series of suites of some outstanding titles that deserved some notice; here the spotlight turns on some of the great (well, in most cases) Italian composers whose work has often never gotten the credit it deserves. Taken from a variety of sources (video, M&E tracks, or whatever’s handy), these have been tweaked to sound as good as I can make ‘em; hopefully you’ll discover a few new gems in this three-part collection, entitled ‘Italian Blend’. Running times have also been included to give you an idea of how much music to expect.â€
Italian Blend: Volume One

1. The Witches (Piero Piccioni) (10:41)

2. Images In A Convent (Nico Fidenco) (9:04)

3. Baba Yaga (Piero Umiliani) (2:16)

4. A Virgin Among The Living Dead (Bruno Nicolai) (12:42)

5. Queens Of Evil (Angelo Francesco Lavagnino) (9:34)

6. Knife Of Ice (Marcello Giombini) (2:56)

7. Burial Ground (Elsio Macuso & Burt Rexon) (3:00)

8. Death Smiles At Murder (Berto Pisano) (7:02)

9. A Blade In The Dark (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis) (5:26)

10. Beast With A Gun (Umberto Saila) (4:15)

11. Plot Of Fear (Daniele Patucchi) (2:59)

12. The Great Alligator (Stelvio Cipriani) (4:11)

13. Do You Like Hitchcock? (Pino Donaggio) (3:26)
Italian Blend: Volume Two

1. Eugenie De Sade (Bruno Nicolai) (8:27)

2. Footprints (Nicola Piovani) (8:51)

3. 2019: After The Fall Of New York (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis) (3:55)

4. A Whisper In The Dark (Pino Donaggio) (13:41)

5. Yellow Emanuelle (Nico Fidenco) (8:30)

6. Waves Of Lust (Marcello Giombini) (2:05)

7. Orgasmo Nero (Stelvio Cipriani) (15:42)

8. Caligula: The Untold Story (Claudio Maria Cordio) (2:08)

9. Patrick Still Lives (Berto Pisano) (2:37)

10. The Man From Deep River (Daniele Patucchi) (5:35)

11. Zeder (Riz Ortolani) (1:30)

12. Body Count (Claudio Simonetti) (1:57)
Italian Blend: Volume Three

1. Suspected Death Of A Minor (Luciano Michellini) (8:30)

2. House On The Edge Of The Park (Riz Ortolani) (4:06)

3. Strip Nude For Your Killer (Berto Pisano) (6:04)

4. The Pyjama Girl Case (Riz Ortolani) (7:18)

5. Nightmares Come At Night (Bruno Nicolai) (9:35)

6. The Lickerish Quartet (Stelvio Cipriani) (11:45)

7. Porno Holocaust (Nico Fidenco) (22:13)

8. Porno Shop On 7th Street (Bruno Biriaco) (9:27)

9. The Big Racket (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis) (6:11)
Various Artists – “Italian Blend, Vol. 1 (ZIP file)
Various Artists – “Italian Blend, Vol. 2 (ZIP file)
Various Artists – “Italian Blend, Vol. 3 (ZIP file)
