Daysarenumbers Presents The Omega Tapes
After god knows how long, I’ve finally gotten around to recording a new mix. Hurrah! Simply entitled The Omega Tapes, this hour-long compilation contains the songs that have been rocking my world for the past few months or so. From Hyetal’s superb post-dubstep electronics to 100% Silk’s Ital and Innergaze’s [...]
Franco Micalizzi – Running Away From Jerzy
Best known for his scores to cult Euro crime classics such as “Roma a mano armata” (Rome Armed to the Teeth), “Napoli violenta” (Violent Naples) and the hilariously camp rip-off of The Exorcist, “Chi Sei?” (Beyond the Door)*, Franco Micalizzi is one of the finest yet slightly overlooked Italian composers [...]
Sleazy Does It: Ennio Morricone – Cavallina A Cavallo
Taken from the 1979 Italian-Japanese soft sexploitation flick Dedicato Al Mare Egeo (Dedicated To The Aegean Sea), this frothy erotic number finds the Maestro at his most playful and light-hearted. The wordless sighing melody is provided by naughty 70s pornstar Illona Saller, (“Cicciolina”) while the airy arrangement is effortlessly aided [...]
Sleaze Week Begins!
Hello everybody and welcome to our first special theme week of the year! For the next five days we’ll be looking at the saucier side of life and embracing all things Sleaze. Whether its sexy soundtracks, risque disco, or X-rated movies, this week is guaranteed to be downright filthy! And [...]
Single of The Day – H. Tical – Equilibrium
The new Permanent Vacation compilation ‘Space Oddities Vol.2′, compiled by Alexis Le-Tan & Jess, is a brilliant collection of spaced-out, cosmic, groovy library music from the 70s and 80s. More psychedelic and proggy than Vol.1, it features some killer tracks from some of the finest soundtrack libraries in the world [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971) So what’s been happening since the last time I did a Morricone Monday? Well, Michael Jackson died, of course. You may have noticed that this website was probably the only media outlet in the world that didn’t register some kind of tribute to [...]
Single of the Day – Henry Mancini – Experiment In Terror
Composer Henry Mancini first encountered director/producer Blake Edwards in 1958. Teaming up, they began operations under the theory that dramatic background music be fresh. modern and listenable in its own right. As a result of  this attitude, Mancini went on to have incredible success with Edwards, in television (‘Peter Gunn’ and ‘Mr [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968) Hands up who likes Austin Powers? Well, I know I do! Not the wretched sequels of course, but the first film in the series, which was an incredibly smart and rather heartfelt parody of a period of filmmaking stretching from the mid to late 60s. With the Cold War approaching its 20th [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968) There are certain films that have endings so unique, distinctive and downright unexpected that these endings often become the most famous thing about the films themselves. Think Planet of the Apes. Think The Wicker Man. Think Don’t Look Now. The last 5 or 10 minutes of [...]
(Not) Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) There are two kinds of 100 Greatest Ever-type film lists, aren’t there? First of all, there are the ones voted for by the general public. These generally appear in magazines like Total Film or are broadcast in whopping 3 to 4 hour specials on [...]