As it's Halloween it seemed apt that I shared this mix that I originally did for The Moroders, inspired by 1970's & 80's Horror Movie Soundtracks...
"When it comes to 2nd hand record shopping there are few sections that are as thrilling to me as the ‘Soundtrack & Library’ one.
An intriguing and beguiling part of the record shop, in between the ’50 Brass Band library tracks’ and ‘BBC Sports Sound Effects’ LP’s you occassionaly come across an old Italian Horror Soundtrack by Goblin or Riz Ortolani or a synth score by John Carpenter or Giorgio Moroder.
Even your mainstream movies have their secret goodies with Pete Best’s ‘Crocodile Dundee’ supplying a low slung Didgeridoo heavy chugger and the breathy, ethereal ‘David at the Institution’ at the end of ‘Endless Love’ is a weird downtempo number worth checking out next time you see it in your local Oxfam.
The library LP is another great mine of little known synth and funk classics in waiting.
Bruton & KPM are the most obvious examples but there are a world of rare and obscure tracks waiting to be discovered by the pioneering digger.
This mix is a collection of Library and Soundtrack music featuring some of the aforementioned producers and labels and, of course, some less well known ones.
It’s horror themed and is best played in a car, alone, on a rainy night. Possibly approaching the outskirts of a rundown industrial city. Maybe you see something out of the corner of your eye. Perhaps there’s an old lady pushing a trolley full of cats. Should you pick up any stray hitchhikers whilst listening to this? Do you really want to stay the night at the decrepit motel you’ve come across…
Feel free to request any I.D.’s in the comments section, I’m happy to help."
1. Sunset, East Lancs Road
2. A Mist Descends
3. Look Out, Gang!
4. Recon
5. They Attack, They Attack!
6. Scouting for Supplies
7. Memories of Lovers
8. A Hero Emerges…
9. The Traps are Laid
10. Wave Two, They Return in Numbers
11. Resistance is Futile?
12. Fight Fire with Fire (Part One)
13. Fight Fire with Fire (Part Two)
14. We. Are. Compromised
15. A Final Embrace?
16. Contemplation of Fate
17. From Disaster to Victory