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Here we have a great collection of music from four classic movies scored by Bernard Herrmann.
I don't know much about this album or the artist but I sure know one thing.....This is Crime Jazz in the traditional mould! Although this release dates as the 90's I presume these recordings are from around the early 60's or if not have been re-created with superb authenticity. Take a trip back to the Golden-Age with these swinging jazz greats!
Here we present a good old-fashioned "Double-Feature" starring Bogey himself. Included here is the original movie soundtrack featuring dialogue, music & effects. Also included is the radio play which also features all the original cast and finally as a bonus there is a related radio play called "Casbah" starring Tony Martin.
This is the "Lux Radio Theatre" presentation of "The Third Man" originally transmitted in 1951. This stars Orson Wells and is essentially the movie in "sound". The play runs for an hour and is sponsored by Lux Soap. Step back in time and enjoy the mystery!
Thanks to Paul for sharing this rip of the Roy Budd score to The Wild Geese. Although not quite as groovy as his other scores featured here on The Lounge this is still a great soundtrack.
Forget The Deer Hunter! This is one of Stanley Myers' finest moments. Presented here after a 30 year hiatus is the wonderfully groovy score to the 1971 British crime thriller starring Oliver Reed, Jill St John, Edward Woodward and Ian McShane. If you like the work of Roy Budd you'll probably like this one too!
Lemoncat has sent over this LP rip of the first Bond film soundtrack. Although ALL the James Bond soundtracks can be found over on our "Bond Pages" this is the mono version, sounding just like it did in the cinema back in '62.
Thanks to our regular contributor Lemoncat from "Grooves of Delight" we now have another welcome addition to the Roland Shaw catalogue. Second only to John Barry himself, Roland Shaw had a wonderful way of arranging and presenting not only the usual main themes but also some lesser-known incidental tracks from the Bond movies. Sit back and let the master entertain you!
Here we have the "Big Sound of Billy Strange His Guitar & Orchestra" playing a variety of Film themes including swinging versions of Born Free, Alfie, Georgy Girl, a great version of "In Like Flint" and of course a couple of Bond themes. A first class collection all the way!
Thanks to Dominic for sharing these two scores with us. The original 1968 version composed by legendary Michel Legrand is the far superior of the two scores. It is nice to have the remake to accompany it however and it does contain some good cues but never reaches the heights of the original classic. There's just something magical about sixties recording techniques!
A Big Thanks to Detour for ripping and posting this wonderful LP from the awesome Roland Shaw. We have quite a few of Mr. Shaw's other albums featured here already on The Crime Lounge and this makes a welcome addition to the collection.
Many thanks to Rocket again for sharing yet another great LP rip. He always surprises us with rare and unusual albums and this is no exception. Here The Larry Schaffer Orchestra work their way through some great Easy Listening tunes including "Two Guitars" and "Sabre Dance". There is also a great energetic version of The Mission Impossible theme along with the appropriately named "Mission Inside" and "Mission Outside".
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Once again Lemoncat has scoured the vastness of his vinyl archive to bring us this little gem. This is a great collection of TV Thriller themes which was originally contained in a Reader's Digest box set called "TV Spectacular", here we have the volume dedicated to the "The Thrillers", all wrapped up in a cool retro television design sleeve.
The original soundtrack to the 1966 movie starring Fred Flintstone. Many thanks to Lemoncat of Grooves Of Delight for supplying this rip for The Crime Lounge. Be sure to visit him and check out his almost never ending vinyl delights.
The cool jazzy score to the 1962 classic movie. The wonderful music was composed and conducted by the legendary Elmer Bernstein and features Shelly Manne on drums. This is one of those soundtracks that is probably far better known than the film it comes from!
A collection of scores from Action/Adventure movies, performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic & The Budapest Studio Orchestra's. All selections are performed to the usual high standards of these great orchestra's and sound as good as the original recordings.
You've probably all seen the film, you've probably all heard the soundtrack so I'll say no more!
Crime Lounge favourite Roy Budd composes the score to the adventure film "Paper Tiger". Here he works with The National Philharmonic Orchestra with a little assistance on a couple of tracks by both the Ray Conniff & Mike Sammes singers. This gives this soundtrack more of an Easy Listening feel than some of his groovier scores but there are still some action cues featured.
The amazing electronic score to John Carpenter's "Escape From New York" is a classic of the genre. Featured here is the German release bearing the less than memorable "Die KlapperSchlange" which translates as "The Rattlesnake", obviously a reference to his tattoo.
OK, the story goes that Gregor Reid and Crawford Tait met while working at Acme Library of Recorded Music for Film and Television in the early '70s. Now if Domino Records is to be believed the music on this album comes from that era and was only recently discovered!
Lalo Schifrin conducts The San Diego Symphony Orchestra through a collection of rousing marches including selections from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Dirty Dozen, Superman and many more......
This is a collection of music from three films starring the quiet man himself. The original soundtracks from "Hard To Kill", "Above The Law" and "Out For Justice" are featured here all composed by David Michael Frank. This album also contains a 20 minute interview with Steven Seagal by Neil Norman.
Here is a great album from 1973 featuring the sound of The Eric Winstone Big Band. You may be familiar with quite a few of these recordings as they have appeared on various Bond compilations over the years under multiple artist names, here though are the original recordings presented from the original album.
Fresh from his success in TV's The Professionals, Lewis Collins hit the ground running with this tailor-made action piece. As Bodie, he played an ex-SAS officer, so his role here was pretty much a continuation of that television character.
Original LP cover (above)
The Roland Shaw "Phase 4 Stereo" collection
This is the last of our Roland Shaw albums, This is a double LP set from the 70's entitled "The Return of James Bond in Diamonds are Forever and Other Secret Agent Themes" (do these albums have long titles or what?) and must surely rank as one of the best collections of its kind.
LORD LEW GRADE (1906-1998)
Grade continued to win big audiences with the kind of variety entertainment that he liked best, hosted by the likes of Tom Jones and Julie Andrews, although the most successful of all was The Muppet Show (1976-81), a pet project of Grade's which, with its mixture of comedy, music, American involvement and big name stars probably sums up his approach to TV entertainment more than any other. Nonetheless, in the 1970s he started to look for new challenges.
First up is the album David Arnold put together as a sort of "calling card" for the Bond producers. I guess it worked because he's been doing a great job scoring the films ever since. Not all the artists featured here are suited to the genre but a couple stand out, including the amazing epic 9 minute "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" by The Propellerheads and "Space March" by Leftfield. The singers don't fare so well but it's a good collection overall.
Here's a 'comedy' album from '65 about James Blonde (Agent 006.95 marked down from 007.00) starring Marty Brill and Larry Foster.
And lastly a couple of "read along" stories for all us big kids! 
Power Themes, or you could call it "ITC Remixed" because this is essentially a collection of classic TV Themes from the 60's & 70's all taken from the amazing ITC library. As remix albums go this one is pretty good, I've heard some really ropey collections in my time. To do a good quality mix of an old TV tune I believe you must first and foremost have a real love of the source material you are working with, some of the artists featured here are obviously fans but not all of the arrangements are successful. My pick of the bunch is probably The Prisoner mix by F.A.B.
Here Geoff Love gives the western genre the "Big" treatment, and if any movie genre deserves a big sound then surely the western is it! Geoff released four western themes LP's during the seventies and this collection is a taster of those masterpieces (here being taken from the re-issued cd version) the covers of which are contained in the file.
One of the great names in easy listening brings us a "Big" collection of War Movie themes. Geoff Love was a prolific bandleader and composer churning out album after album of themes during the 70's. He also recorded a sizeable collection of albums as Manuel & The Music of The Mountains as well as providing the backing for many top recording artists of the day. The big bombastic sound of Geoff's orchestra is still as fresh today as when these were originally released. War movie themes go BIG!
Here we have a collection of eight medley's containing 40 television themes. Although credited to The Montague Orchestra it quite clear that these are played on keyboards by a single culprit. Not exactly a classic collection but the cover is nice!
Here is a wonderful collection of vintage recording from Radio, Television and Cinema Newsreels. Even for those not old enough to remember them from first time around there are many familiar tunes featured. Take a trip back to a time when life was simpler and less hectic.
