Soundtracks with titles starting with I

• I Clowns  (The Clowns) [music by Nino Rota]
  • CD, CAM, Italy, 199?
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5.

• I Malamondo/ La Tarantola Dal Ventre Nero [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, CAM CSE 056, Italy, 1992
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. "La Tarantola" is very boring, but "I Malamondo" is really good.

• I spy  (1965-1967) [music by Earle Hagen]
  • CD, Film Score Monthly Silver Age Classics FSMCD Vol. 5 No. 10, USA, 2002
  • comment:
    • Johan: has some tracks that also appeared on the same titled Warner Bros LP. see secure.filmscoremonthly.com/store/detailCD.asp?ID=235 for details and sound frags.
    • www.filmscoremonthly.com: For this premiere original soundtrack CD, FSM has selected five of the best episode scores: "So Long Patrick Henry" (set in Hong Kong and aired as the series premiere), "The Time of the Knife" (the first Japanese episode), "Turkish Delight" (Hagen's first Mexican score), "The Warlord" (one of the series' most unusual and darkly dramatic episodes, set in Burma), and "Mainly on the Plains" (a Spanish comedy-adventure, one of Hagen's personal favorites).

• I Want To Live! [music by Johnny Mandel]
  • CD, Rykodisc 10743, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Also includes The Jazz Combo From "I Want To Live!". Ccomposed and directed by Johnny Mandel, played by Gerry Mulligan, Shelly Manne, Art Farmer, Bud Shank, Red Mitchell and an All-Star Jazz Orchestra. Not necessarely appealing to crime jazz cats, as this is serious West Coast jazz.
    • James G: bluesy crime jazz percussive weirdness with the bonus of the companion Gerry Mulligan small group jazz album based on the score, and clocks in at a wild and crazy 59 minutes.

• Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo/ La Resa Dei Conti  (The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly/ The Big Gundown) [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, ViVi Musica VCDS 70060, Italy, 1995

• Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo  (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • LP, United Artists UAS 5172, USA, late 1960's
    CD, ViVi Musica VCDS 70060, Italy, 1995
    CD/Double LP, GDM Music CD CLUB 7001, Italy, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. The GDM CD is an extended soundtrack. The original issue had only 11 tracks fitted on 1 LP, as did the CD reissue in 1989 on Capitol. this one has 10 extra tracks, plus the last track is more than 2 minutes longer than on the original LP.

• Il Corpo [music by Piero Umiliani]
  • CD/Double LP, Right Tempo/ Easy Tempo ET 933, Italy, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Beautiful, relaxed soundtrack to a sex movie that transports the plot of "The postman always rings twice" to an exotic island. The 3 key elements of the movie -- eroticism, exoticism and suspense -- are nicely translated into the music: smooth strings and synths, flute and wordless vocals cary the sensuous melodies; subtle exotic percussion takes you to an exotic paradise; and then there's almost always a slight touch of suspense lurking beneath the surface of the music -- a heavy bass guitar part for exemple. The resulting sound reminds me a bit of Umiliani's "La Ragazza Dalla Pelle Di Luna", or a mellow EZ version of Nico Fidenco's "Zombi Holocaust". Quite some repetition of themes, as often seems to be the case with 1960's and 70's soundtracks.
    • Kris Spencer: it's terrific. Lots of memorable passages, some funky tracks, some latin tracks. Very worthwhile.
    • Reader Geoff: originally released in 1974, a bit of a return to form after the disappointing 'Legge de Gangsters' I reckon. The music is so wonderfully mellow - even the uptempo stuff, it has the feel of some of the slower stuff off 'Todays Sound', but with a smoother production. To me it also sounds like 'Sweden Heaven and Hell', but without the obvious 'Mah na Mah na' hit. Some nice Synth leads, what sounds suspiciously like a Mellotron, a small band for the most part. Nice exotic Marimbas (?) on one track. A lovely record. The only problem I have with it are the number of duplicated cuts, there's one with the original version, extended version and alternative Intro (4 chords on a guitar before the normal version comes in). But as a double it's probably only a little more expensive than a single LP would be I suppose.

• Il Dio Serpente  (The Serpent God) [music by Augusto Martelli]
  • CD, Cinevox MDF 322, Italy, 2001
    LP, Dago Red, Italy, 2001
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. Sexploitation movie soundtrack. Nice melodies, good arrangements, no theme repitition (except in the 3 bonus tracks.) The style reminds me a bit of Umiliani's "Il Corpo": there are sweet melodies, but also an elemnt of mystery. As the liner notes explain, the music is a mix of old and new: old being traditional Central-American folk music, with flute as key instrument and nice exotic percussion, that reminds me of Elizabeth waldo and Synaulia; and new being Latin fusion or North-American soul; there's even 1 track with sitar, handclapping and marching brass band!

• Il Dio Sotto... [music by Piero Piccioni]
  • Double LP, Right Tempo/ Easy Tempo ET 931, 2000

• Il Dio Sotto La Pelle [music by Piero Piccioni]
  • Double LP/CD, Right Tempo/ Easy Tempo ET 931, Italy, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. nice, but nothing special.

• Il Gatto [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, Cinevox MDF 328, Italy, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5. groovy soundtrack from 1977. contains 2 previously unreleased tracks. Edda Dell' Orso's voice on 2 tracks.

• Il Grande Duello/ Si Puo' Fare... Amigo [music by Luis Bacalov]
  • CD, EMI General Music/ GDM/ Red point PRCD 120, Italy, 1995
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. "Il Grande Duello" is essentially filled with repititions of 1 theme, the main version of which is sung by the great Edda Dell'Orso. "Si Puo' Fare... Amigo" is as forgettable, except for 1 circus-like tune
    • Moon Dawg: [24 tracks, 57:11] The main theme to the first movie is one of the great spaghetti melodies, arranged for lonesome harmonica, woodwinds, and moody whistling. It is inventively restated and varied throughout the score. The second movie is a comedy, but the score is less lightweight than you might expect. The arrangements are an interesting mix of harmonica, woodwinds, and strings with occasional glockenspiel and fuzz guitar.

• Il Mercenario/ Faccia A Faccia  (A Professional Gun/ Face To Face) [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, Vivimusica VCDS 7018, Italy, 199?
  • comment:
    • Moon Dawg: 31 tracks, 60:54 - The first score has the most incredibly virtuosic whistling of chromatic scales; the second has a lot of nonmelodic filler "suspense" tracks

• Il Poliziotto Della Brigata Criminale [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, Dagored 116, Italy, 2000
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 1 points on 5. Dark music, only 2 nice melodic tracks, one of which is featured on "More Mondo Morricone". Not for fans of nice lounge music!

• Il Prefetto Di Ferro + Il Mostro [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, Spalax Music 14985, France, 1996
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.

• Il Ranch Degli Spietati/ Una Bara Per Lo Sceriffo [music by Francesco De Masi]
  • CD, Beat CDCR 44, Italy, 199?
  • comment:
    • Moon Dawg: 25 tracks, 47:10 - Un Bara varies between (a) melancholy harmonica over acoustic strumming, and (b) grand brass and strings over reverbed guitar and snare drum providing hoofbeat rhythms. Il Ranch continues the same formula.

• In Like Flint/ Our Man Flint [music by Jerry Goldsmith]
  • CD, Varèse Sarabande 5935, USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 4 points on 5.
    • Br. Cleve": I finally got to hear this CD the other day and discovered that it is not the original LP's at all, but the original soundtrack cues from the actual film. Anyone who has the albums and has seen the films knows that both theme songs are slightly different in the films than on the records (longer; different into on "Our Man...."). The giveaway in the liner notes is the line "mastered from the original 35mm recordings". The most different track is "Ladies, Please Remove Your Hats"; it does not have the same intro as the version on the "In Like....." album, which was sampled by Dimitri and The Gentle People. Overall, the sound quality is pretty amazing. If you own the LP's, the CD is still highly recommended. And vice versa.

• In The Heat Of The Night/ They Call Me Mister Tibbs [music by Quincy Jones]
  • CD, Rykodisc 10712, USA, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5. Blaxploitation soundtracks.
    • Reviewed in the "Record Collector" issue 226

• Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto  (Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion) [music by Ennio Morricone]
  • CD, Cinevox MDF 311, Italy, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 2 points on 5. Few killer, lotsa filler. The liner notes call it "a milestone of a soundtrack". I think they mean a milestone in recycling: there are only 3 themes on this OST of 10 tracks, and they have the same sound colour and instrumentation. And these 3 are repeated up to 4 times; I'd almost say ad nauseum, but luckily the soundtrack is too short for that. The 2 bonus tracks are, guess what: yet "other" alternate versions. Not recommended, better find a Morricone comp with the fantastic title theme!

• The Ipcress File [music by John Barry]
  • LP, bootleg, ?, 1998
  • comment:
    • Johan: My rating: 3 points on 5.
    • dan hill: Barry's score is magnificent of course. his use of the cymbalum (is it?) is a stroke of genius - what a sound! the kinda thing quincy jones might've done (use exotic instruments) though with combined barry's arrangements and numerous yet always reative variations on the theme, this soundtrack is a killer

• Iron Giant [music by Various Artists]
  • CD, Rhino R2 759435, USA, 1999
  • comment:
    • Johan: The Tyrones: Blast Off - Jimmie Haskell: Rockin' In Orbit - Edd "Kookie" Byrnes: Kookies Mad Pad - The Nutty Squirrels: Salt Peanuts - Mel Torme: Comin' Home Baby - Cha-Hua- Eddie Platt: Hua - Let's Do The Cha- The Magnificents: Cha - Lou Donaldson: Blues Walk - Jimmy Lloyd: I Got A Rocket In My Pocket - The Coasters: Searchin' - Jimmie Rodgers: Honeycomb - The Ames Brothers: Destination Moon - Michael Kamen: You Can Be../...Who You Choose To Be
    • Reviewed in _Cool And Strange Music Magazine_ issue 15

• The Italian Job [music by Quincy Jones]
  • CD/LP, MCA/Island 112488, UK, 2000, deleted

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