“5 Bambole per la Luna d’Agosto” (5 Dolls for the August Moon), directed by the Italian master of thriller Mario Bava, featuring a very young Edwige Fenech in the cast, is today considered a great cult film of Italian cinema, thanks especially to its chromatic and photographic techniques, about which Bava was – and probably still is in many ways – second to none.

In the same way the music of Goblin is perfectly suited to Argento’s moving pictures, “5 Dolls for the August Moon” cannot be separated from its beautiful soundtrack of another great composer, Piero Umiliani, who fully lived the evolution of popular music in Italy, from the first late ’50s rock’n’roll stirrings through beat, psychedelia and the early ’70s progressive rock. All these influences are mixed in this musical commentary, with a solid jazz background, which Umiliani was a true exponent of, and a pinch of lounge atmospheres that made his style quite unique.

Originally released in 1970, in conjunction with the release of the film, the soundtrack of “5 dolls…” is among the rarest and most sought after items in the Cinevox Record catalog, and has never been reissued on LP until now. This edition, as well as the original version tracks, retrieves the song “Ti risveglierai con me” played by the Balletto di Bronzo and featured in the film ending credits. Not to be missed!

Black vinyl edition.