My quest for a perfect cinematic easy listening experience is over as I've now discovered Easy Tempo: A Cinematic Easy Listening Experience, Vol. 1! Get this: it's all Italian cinema music from the late 60's and early 70's. And I'm not talkin' Rota or Morricone or Delarue. I'm talkin' Plenizio, Ortolani, Trovajoli, Cipriani, Piccioni, Martelli, Ferrio, and de Angelis--yes, that's Guido E Maurizio de Angelis. And the films? La Gatta in calore, La famiglia Benvenuti, Mark il poliziotto, Bora bora, Tiffany memorandum, La morte accarezza a mezzanotte, Sesso Matto, La Polizia incrimina, la legge assolve, Big Guns, and my favorite, Confessione di a commissario di polizia al procuratore della Repubblica (how it runs trippingly on the tongue).
Dio mio, there are 10 volumes in this series. It's a fantastic compilation (from what I've heard so far)--by turns jazzy, rockin', dazzy, even stringy in spots. Pinging cymbals, runaway bass lines, and wah-wah pedals to the metal. All of it 100% mind-blowingly groovy. This is the perfect soundtrack for riding around in that '67 Alfa Romeo Spider you've been keeping wrapped up in your garage.
~CD
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