The Big Score ~ Music in Cinema in Music

Let yourself away on a cinematic journey through a 27 musical masterpieces selection to the groovy beats recorded for various soundtracks, TV shows, advertisings or others commercial programs from the late sixties to early seventies. Titles include some recordings from iconic music library labels including British KPM & Chappell, French Orly & Montparnasse 2000 or Italian CAM catalogues. It features Michel Legrand, Jacques Loussier, Alan Hawkshaw, Keith Mansfield, Janko Nilovic, Dave Grusin, Serge Gainsbourg, Piero Piccioni, Michel Colombier & many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Michel Legrand - Bande Originale Du Film La Piscine ~ Un Homme Est Mort

 

Year : 2021

Label : We Want Sounds

Genre : Jazz, Pop

Style : Soundtrack

 

Michel Legrand's rare score from the iconic 1969 French crime movie directed by Jacques Deray starring Alain Delon, Romy Schneider and Jane Birkin. Originally only released in Japan in 1969, the reissue of the soundtrack includes also the highly sought-after 45 rpm "Un Homme Est Mort" from another Jacques Deray's film released in 1972. Composed just after "The Thomas Crown Affair", the soundtrack uses the same success recipe, namely some beautiful wistful melodies, catchy pop songs and scat singing which decline in several jazzy and groovy variations, all reflecting the festive nights of the French riviera in the 60s. He also invites his sister Christiane Legrand who dubbed Catherine Deneuve in "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg", the violin soilist Stéphane Grappelli and organist Eddy Louiss to participate. Titles include also the jerk "Run, Brother Rabbit, Run" sung by Delaney Bramlett from the pop duo Delaney & Bonnie, "Ask Yourself Why" sung by Sally Stevens, the funky nugget "Un Homme Est Mort" and the erotic song "Onyx Bar".

Kentaro Haneda, The Mystery Kindaichi Band - The Adventure Of Kohsuke Kindaichi

 

Year : 2020/1977

Label : We Want Sounds/King Records

Genre : Jazz, Soundtrack

Style : Jazz Funk

The sought-after fictional soundtrack based on the adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi, an iconic japanese investigator character created in the mid-1940s for a novel serie by Seichi Yokomizo. This cult album for all worlwide DJs and japanese's lovers reminds the original score of "The Inugamy Family" movie composed by Yuji Ohno. Especially composed by Kentaro Haneda (the man behinds the "Space Adventure Cobra" ost), with Hiroshi Takada's contribution, the album includes the hottest musicians of the japanese jazz fusion '70 scene featuring Kimio Mitzuhani (eg), Takeru Muraoka (sax), Koji Hadori (tp), Eiji Arai (tb), Hideo Ichikawa (keys) and Kayoko Ishu (vo) from the Singers Three. "The adventure of Kohsuke Kindaichi" prefigures the Yellow Magic Orchestra's sound, an infectious grooves collection including eastern flavor (Yatsuhakamura, Honjin Murder), space funk with crazy ghost voice (Theme of Kohsuke Kindaichi), mighty disco-funk songs (Gokumonto) and even classical (Inugamy family).

Lalo Schifrin - Music From Mission: Impossible

Year : 1967
Label : Dot Records
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soundtrack, Stage&Screen, Smooth Jazz

Lalo Schifrin is an argentine pianist, jazz composer and arranger who started as professional in France, recording several latin jazz records for Eddie Barclay's label Vogue. In the fifties, he's evolved in some of the finest Dizzie Gillepsie's formations, played with Duke Ellington and his countryfellow, saxophonist Gato Barbieri. In the sixties, he was recruited as arranger by Verve, collaborating to various songs arrangements for Stan Getz, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan or Jimmy Smith, among others. Lalo is best known as composer of numerous iconic soundtracks for films and television series which will made his fame : Mannix, the Dirty Harry's franchise, Bullitt, Enter The Dragon or Starsky & Hutch. The Lalo's sound is recognizable among all for his jazzy action themes whose the famous Mission Impossible's opening. "Mission impossible" is probably the best TV serie soundscape ever recorded, the sound of a jazzmen generation influenced by the psychedelic rock revolution, where features Mike Melvoin (piano), Bill Plummer (sitar), Bud Shank (saxophone, flute) and Stu Williamson (trumpet). Titles include the iconic opening theme and in particular "The Sniper" with pyschedelic dialogue between the Lalo's harpsichord and Bill Plummer's sitar (both associated with tribal percussions) and best theme of the serie "Jim On The Move" to the catchy latin beat.

Bop or Not Session #4 for Radio RAPTZ ~ Japanese Soundtrack Special

Bop or Not Session #4 for Parisian webradio RADiO RAPTZ including Hip-Hop, Breakbeat & Jazz Funk songs dedicated to Japanese soundtracks, TV screen animated series (Cowboy Be Bop, Samurai Champloo...) and iconic movies themes. It features Yuji Ohno, Kentaro Haneda, The Seatbelts, Yoko Kanno, DJ Muro, RZA, Luke Vibert and many more...

TRACKLiST : Yuji Ohno - Theme From Golden Dog - Hozan Yamamoto, Yu Imai - Kindaichi Kōsuke Nishi E Iku - The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Eight Village Grave (Yatsuhakamura) - Kentaro Haneda - The Heroes Of Wu - Jake H. Concepcion & The Sound Limited - On Any Sunday - Jimmy Takeuchi - Enter The Dragon - The Seatbelts Feat. Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch - Mushroom Hunting - Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro - Dandy's Fly - Yoko Kanno - High Heel Runaway - Kassin - Corre Michiko, Corre!!! - Latin Quarter - Kogarashi - RZA Feat. Black Knights, Dexter Wiggle & Thea Van Seijen - Bloody Samurai - DJ Muro Feat. Big-O, Chief Low & Suiken - V.I.P. -  FORCE OF NATURE Feat. Suiken & S-Word - Hiji Zuru Style - Mocky - Two Of Us - Takeo Yamashita Feat. Kayoku Ishu - Scat Theme - Yasuharu Konishi - Lupin The Third 1 (Readymade All That Jazz! Remix) - Luke Vibert - Tank! Remix - Soil & Pimp Sessions - Paraiso (TV Version)

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Yuji Ohno - The Boss And His Piano Part II ~ Selected Works 1975 - 1983

Volume 2 of the compilation series dedicated to the japanese jazz pianist Yuji Ohno including studio and live recordings as sideman, producer & arranger. Yuji Ohno was in charge of numerous background music composed for films, among others "Inugamike No Ichizoku" (The Inugami Family, 1976), "Nigen No Shomei" (Proof Of The Man, 1977) and animation TV series such as "Lupin The 3rd" (since 1977), "Captain Future" (1979). During the seventies, he was a popular arranger for various japanese jazz&pop songstress, including Martha Miyake, Mieko Kaji, Eiko Shuri, Kimiko Kasai, Mieko Hirota or Hatsumi Shibata. From 1975, Yuji turns to the Jazz Funk style and formed his famous "You & The Explosion Band" featuring Jake H. Conception, Takeru Muraoka & Akira Okazawa for the "Lupin III" soundtrack. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop featuring Yuji Ohno, Chu Kosaka & Ultra, Hatsumi Shibata & Hang Over, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Masa Matsuda, You & The Explosion Band, Electro Keyboard Orchestra.

Bossa for Sofa (Bossa Nova, Jazz Samba And Screen Favorites)

Lean back in your sofa and listen these 23 musical pieces of Bossa Nova featuring european, japanese & american jazz musicians (Benny Golson, Cortex, Norio Maeda, Ron Carter, Helen Merrill among others), and compositions for various TV shows, series, advertising or others soundtracks. Titles include background music extracted from famous European music library labels such as KPM (England), Montparnasse 2000 (France) or Selected Sound (Germany). Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Piero Piccioni - Musica-Amore

Year : 2016/1972
Label : Cinedelic Records/General Music
Genre : Stage & Screen, Jazz, Soul
Style : Soul Jazz, Easy Listening

Maestro Piero Piccioni was an italian pianist, conductor & composer, in charge of over 300 movie soundtracks, influenced by iconic film directors among Frank Capra, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder or John Ford. He worked for the masters of italian cinema during the golden years of Cinecittà including Michelangelo Antonioni, Francesco Rosi, Luchino Visconti, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, Dino Risi. Piccioni’s first score for a feature film was Gianni Franciolini’s "Il Mondo Le Condanna" in 1952, but his most famous work were for the movies “Swept Away” (1975), “Salvatore Giuliano” by Francesco Rosi (1963) and "Lo Staniero" by Visconti (1967). He worked also on italian variation of "Le Mépris" soundtrack (original music by Georges Delerue) and OSS 117. "Musica-Amore" brings together several movie themes and others jazz soundscapes composed for various italian films recorded between late sixties and early seventies, including two songs "Right Or Wrong" & "Once And Again" featuring his regular vocalist Lyn McDonald aka Shawn Robinson.

I Marc 4 ‎- Nelson Psychout

Year : 2017
Label : Vampi Soul
Genre : Jazz, Stage&Screen
Style : Jazz Rock, Easy Listening, Psychedelic Rock

The Vampi Soul's compilation of "original library music from the vaults of Nelson Records", an italian music library label actives during the seventies and primarily issuing records from I Marc 4, one of the most famous italian studio session group. I Marc 4 is a jazz quartet formed by Maurizio Majorana (eb), Antonello Vannucci (p, org), Roberto Podio (ds) and Carlo Pes (eg) whose the name comes from the initials of the four members. Maurizio Majorana & Roberto Podio, both from the Modern Jazz Gang, have played with Lionel Hampton, and Carlo Pes with Barney Kessel. I Marc 4 also played for famous Italian international composers such as Ennio Morricone or Piero Umiliani and recorded most of the Armando Travaioli's compositions. All tracks recorded between 1970-1976, extracted from Nelson GLP catalogue including serie 1000 (1001 to 1007 & 1010), compiled by Alessandro Casella.

 

Masahiko Sato - Kanashimi No Belladonna (Original Soundtrack)

Year : 2015/1975
Label : Finders Keepers/Cinevox
Genre : Soundtrack, Stage & Screen, Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

Kanashimi No Belladonna (Belladonna Of Sadness) is the final act in the Animerama trilogy, a kind of "pink" film serie conceived by Osamu Tezuka which includes Senya Ichiya Monogatari (A Thousand And One Nights - 1969) & Kureopatora (Cleopatra - 1970). Produced by the Japanese animation studio Mushi Production, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, Belladona is based on the book "La Sorcière" (The Witch), a story written in 1862 by French historian Jules Michelet. The music was entirely composed by the most-avant garde japanese jazz pianist, Masahiko Sato, recorded at Aoi studio in 1972 with probably a part of Toshiyuki Miyama's New Herd ensemble, featuring his wife Chinatsu Nakayama on vocals. Only one EP was released in Japan in 1973 (including singles "Kanashimi No Belladonna" & "Jeanne No Namida", performed by japanese songtress, Mayumi Tachibana), but two years later, the soundtrack finally comes in Europe thanks to Italian label Cinevox, and now reissued by Finders Keepers Records. Sato created for Belladona, an atmosphere of certain deep melancholy, a free jazz/progressive rock score in the same wayof his "Amalgamation" 1971 project mixing psychedelic jazz with orchestral music incorporating experimental sounds, suspense & action music elements. Titles includes all Sato's compositions for the film, except "Belladonna (Reprise)", "Jeanne No Namida" & the main love theme written by Asei Kobayashi and sung by Mayumi Tachibana.

Pierre Dutour Et Son Orchestre - Dance And Mood Music Vol. 9

Year : 2009/1969
Label : Vadim Music/Chappell
Serie : Dance And Mood Music
Genre : Jazz, Music Library
Style : Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Pop

Iconic french music library record from the Chappell sessions, among the best of the serie, performed by french trumpeter & conductor, Pierre Dutour. In the early sixties, Pierre Dutour joined the "Jeunesses Musicales De France" conducted by Claude Bolling and later was enrolled by him in his sextet, he was also a regular sideman for french singer Nino Ferrer and worked for various french entertainers. Associated to his stooge, Jack Arel, for composing, he participated to various Chappell sessions recordings, but not only, the French Music Library labels "Patchwork" & "Telemusic" bear likewise his signature. Titles include "Tracking" (the reminiscent of Blaxploitation soundtracks), the furious jerk "Following You", the killer groove "Business Is Business" and "Leaving To-Morrow" sampled by Howie B. for the song "Switch" (extracted from "Turn The Dark Off" released in 1997). All tracks composed by Pierre Dutour & Jack Arel except High Fly, The Brass March by Garry Bellington.

Ciné Jazz ~ A Cinematic Jazz Experience

Let yourself away on a cinematic journey through a selection of north american, japanese and european soundtracks including various popular themes of Blaxploitation (Coffy, Shaft), British crime films (Get Carter), TV screen series (Sanford & Son) or others tracks inspired. It features jazz or funk/soul artists such as James Brown, J.J. Johnson, The Blackbyrds, Quincy Jones, Roy Budd, Akira Ishikawa, Riz Ortolani, Giovanni Tommaso, Roy Ayers, Grant Green, Curtis Mayfield & many more... All tracks recorded between 1966 - 1978, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Giovanni Tommaso - Vivere A : Tokio Città Del Paradiso

Year : 2015/1972
Label : SONOR/RCA
Serie : Original Cast
Genre : Jazz, Funk/Soul
Style : Music Library, Stage & Screen, Jazz Rock

Giovanni Tommaso is an italian studio bass player, Jazz composer & arranger, who professionaly started in 1957. During the seventies, he was prolific in music library, collaborating to the Sandro Brugnolini & Stefano Torrossi productions and composing several background music for films and TV soundscapes. Giovanni Tommaso also played for various prestigious Jazz Masters such as Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer or also Sonny Rollins for the Studio Uno show, broadcasted on RAI TV from 1961 to 1966. This rare iconic Italian library file from 1972 (finally reissued by SONOR), was entirely composed by Giovanni Tommaso for an italian documentary focused on the capital city of Japan, where it features uncredited musicians among pianist Antonello Vannucchi, drummer Gegè Munari & guitarist Silvano Chimenti. It includes some typical elements of folk music from Far East, mixed with psychedelic accents and played in the Jazz Rock style. It foreshadows the future sound of the Italian Progressive/Jazz Rock group '70, Perigeo, whose Giovanni was a main member.

Agent Double-O-Soul ~ An Anthology Of Music Library

24 musical masterpieces extracted from the late sixties to early seventies, recorded for various screen movies, TV shows, advertising or others commercial programs. Mostly were released under famous music library labels including British KPM, French Montparnasse 2000, or Télémusic catalogues. This compilation of amazing cinematic grooves featuring Alan Hawkshaw, John Schroeder, Janko Nilovic, Vladimir Cosma, Alan Moorhouse, Sandro Brugnolini & many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

The Seatbelts by Be Hard Bop - See You Space Cowboy...

Compilation bringing together some of the best original jazz tunes recorded by japanese pianist Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts for the "Cowboy Bebop" animated serie & movie "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", both directed by Shin'ichirō Watanabe. All tracks are composed & arranged by Yoko Kanno between 1998-2001, including New York recordings sessions with pianist Mark Soskin and some members of Brooklyn Funk Essentials, recorded & mixed by Rudy Van Gelder at RVG studio, New Jersey. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Samurai Champloo Music Record by Be Hard Bop ~ The Sons Of A Battlecry

"Samurai Champloo" is one of the best japanese animated serie broadcast in the 2000s on TV screens, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (also director of famous "Cowboy Bebop" serie), produced by the Studio Manglobe for FUJI TV in 2004. In order to create the perfect soundscape, the studio recruited some of the finest japanese producers & beatmakers featuring Nujabes, the electronic duo "FORCE OF NATURE" (KZA & DJ Kent), Tsutchie (former member of Shakkazombie) and Fat Jon from the american Hip-Hop band "Five Deez" including japanese rappers Shing02 (in charge of the opening), Suiken & S-Word from Nitro Microphone Underground and Azuma Riki from Small Circle Of Friends. Four volumes have been released to date plus one compilation especially produced for US. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Yuji Ohno - Lupin The 3rd TV BGM Collection Vol. 2

Year : 1981
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Smooth Jazz

Part II of the TV Original Soundtrack BGM Collection series, recorded for the fourth and final season of "Lupin The 3rd" animated serie broadcast between 1979-1980. This compilation includes new recordings of the previous tracks composed for the first season from 1977 to 1978 (Midnight Chasers & Active Guys), unreleased & alternative takes (The Memory Of Mysterious Journey). Various songs were extracted for background music recorded for the "Cagliostro No Shiro" movie (1979), later gathered in two compilations released in 1983 & 1994. All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno, performed by You & The Explosion Band.

Side A : Lupinland (also known as "On The Sunny Street") - A Fogcircle - Run! Run! Run! The Game Of Chase (new version of Midnight Chasers - 1977) - A Man's Man (variation of Super Hero - 1978) - Christal So Christal - Nightmare - Teardrops - Dangerous Temptation (new version of Active Guys M9 - 1977) - Darkness And Shadow - Don't Be Shy, Zenigata

Side B : Lupin In The Trap - The Memory Of Mysterious Journey (variation of Mysterious Journey) - Strange Sensation (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Fire Treasure (instrumental version from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Sneakin' (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Lone Wolf (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Uncanny Night (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Leave You (instrumental version)

                               

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Terumasa Hino Quintet - Hakuchu No Shugeki (Original Soundtrack)

Year : 2011

Label : Disk Union

Serie : Ciné Jazz

Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen

Style : Post Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Funk, Modal

Original Soundtrack from the japanese iconic action movie "Hakuchu No Shugeki" produced by TOHO. Released in 1970, the movie was directed by an aficionado of Jazz, Kiyoshi Nishimura and starring Toshio Kurosawa in the main role. Originally released in 1969, the single "Snake Hip" was edited by Nippon Columbia on 45rpm with "Hakuchu No Shugeki - Theme" on side b, but the full music files of the original score had never been edited. Disk Union store's own label released the complete soundtrack for the Ciné Jazz serie in 2011. The music was performed by the legendary Terumasa Hino Quintet featuring Takeru Muraoka, Hiromasa Suzuki, Kunimitsu Inaba & Motohiko Hino. Titles include "Snake Hip" in the original extented version under "On The Corner" name, "Supermarket" (original recording in short version of "Hakuchu No Shugeki - Theme"), and the long modal piece "Getaway". All tracks composed & arranged by Terumasa Hino.

MUSICIANS : Terumasa Hino - trumpet - Takeru Muraoka - tenor saxophone, flute - Hiromasa Suzuki - piano, Fender Rhodes - Kunimitsu Inaba - double bass, electric bass - Motohiko Hino - drums

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Yuji Ohno - Mad Police '80

Year : 1993
Label : VAP
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco, Pop

Mad Police '80 (Daigekito Mad Police) was a police drama serie ranked in the hard boiled genre, produced by the TOEI Company, and composed of 26 episodes, originally  broadcasted on NTV from april to september 1980. Recorded in 1979, the soundtrack is among the best work of Yuji Ohno, one more time surrounded by his Jazz Funk-Disco band "You & The Explosion Band" featuring jazz guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Tsunehide Matsuki, Michio Nagaoka, Yasushi Ichihara, all supported by full string orchestra. Titles include over thirty tracks offered in several variations, the opening (Theme From "Daigekito") &the  ending theme ("How Can You Love The City" featuring Noboru Kimura). All tracks are composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno.

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Michio Nagaoka - bass - Tsunehide Matsuki - electric guitar - Kiyoshi Sugimoto - accoustic guitar - Yuichi Tokashiki - drums - Yasushi Ichihara - drums - Susumu Kazuhara - trumpet

TRACKLIST : Yuji Ohno - Theme From "Daigekito" (TV Size) Opening - JAPAN MAFIA - MAD POLICE - Illusion of MAD CITY - Theme From "Daigekito" (Ballad Versions) - BIG BATTLE - Theme From Daigekito (Variations Theme - Opening) - How Can You Love The City (Instrumental) - How Can You Love The City (TV Size) / You & The Explosion Band Feat. Noboru Kimura - How Can You Love The City (Single Version) - Theme From "Daigekito"

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Jacques Loussier - Tu Seras Terriblement Gentille

Year : 2009/1967
Label : Vadim Music/Decca
Genre : Stage & Screen, Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Pop, Bossa Nova, Electronic

Iconic soundtrack recorded for the 1967 movie "Tu Seras Terriblement Gentille" (aka "You Only Love Once"), directed by Dirk Sanders. Jacques Loussier is a french pianist & composer worldwide renowned for his ''Play Bach'' series, an adaptation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in Jazz, consisting in five discs recorded between 1959-1967, featuring bassist Pierre Michelot and drummer Christian Garros. Master Loussier has composed over 60 soundtracks for films and TV shows including "Dark Of The Sun" (1968) and "Pulsion" (1978) whose title-track was sampled by Eminem on "Kill You" (2000). The soundtrack combines Jazz, Pop (check below the amazing jerk "Top Cover Girl"), Bossa Nova (Promenade Au Luxembourg, Robe Rose), Soul Jazz and various electronic moods (Ballet Photo Rouge). All tracks composed and arranged by Jacques Loussier.