PUPPET ON A CHAIN: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK (VINYL) - PIERO PICCIONI

Limited vinyl LP pressing. A masterpiece of suspense and no-holds barred action, Puppet on a Chain was adapted from Alistair MacleanAEs 1969 novel and released in 1971. Directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring a granite-jawed Sven-Bertil Taube, the filmAEs signature boat chase (lasting eight minutes!) along the canals of Amsterdam was rumoured to be the inspiration for the similar sequence in BondAEs Live and Let Die. The action is underpinned by Italian soundtrack maestro Piero PiccioniAEs blistering Hammond-heavy score. Piccioni composed around 300 soundtracks over four decades, but was most prolific during the ae60AEs and ae70AEs, when he was sought out by directors including Francesco Rosi, Mario Monicelli, Alberto Lattuada, Luchino Visconti, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica and Lina Wertmuller. A talented self-taught jazz musician, PiccioniAEs soundtrack to Puppet on a Chain retains effortless style, portraying a decadent 1970AEs Amsterdam overrun with drugs and organized crime.