Lesiman – High Tension Vol. 1 (1973, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Cupa Atmosfera 3:25
A2 Ricognizione Sulle Macerie 2:25
A3 Sbarramento 2:40
A4 Cammino Incerto 2:42
A5 Confine 2:30
A6 Incubo Di Prigionia 2:55
B1 Reticolato 2:33
B2 Elenco Dei Superstiti 2:10
B3 Integrazione 1:50
B4 Insidia 2:18
B5 Restless 1:28
B6 Ricatto Continuo 1:50
B7 Panico 3:40

Directed By – Lesiman
Music By – Lesiman

As the inaugural record of the series, Lesiman's High Tension Vol. 1 (1973) is a foundational document of Italian library music's darker side. Composed by Paolo Renosto with additional input from collaborators like Romolo Grano, Sandro Brugnolini, and Guido Baggiani, this album is a must-have "holy grail" for collectors.

This volume immediately establishes the defining mood of the series: anxious, often suffocating atmospheres crafted for use in film and television to underscore dramatic or oppressive scenes. The overall style is highly evocative, blending elements of experimental music with dark, hypnotic rhythms.

Tracks like "Cupa Atmosfera" (Gloomy Atmosphere) and "Ricognizione Sulle Macerie" (Reconnaissance on the Ruins) perfectly illustrate the album's focus on war themes, military action, and urban decay, utilizing sparse instrumentation, foreboding percussion, and ominous sound textures. Vol. 1 is less groovy than later entries and more relentlessly intense, serving as a masterclass in musical dread.

Lesiman – High Tension Vol. 2 (1973, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Preludio Ossessivo 2:57
A2 Saccheggio 1:56
A3 Contatto Umano 2:30
A4 Senza Appello 2:22
A5 Inesorabile Condanna 2:27
A6 Motivo Ricorrente 1:50
A7 Sveglia Tragica 2:21
B1 Achtung! 2:13
B2 Disegno Scabroso 2:30
B3 Traffico D'Armi 2:30
B4 Conflitto 2:20
B5 Avvicinamento 2:24
B6 Furia 2:03
B7 Milano '72 2:15

Directed By – Lesiman
Music By – Lesiman

High Tension Vol. 2 (released on Vedette Records in 1973) is an earlier, equally essential entry in Paolo Renosto's (as Lesiman) series of suspense-driven Library Music.

Where Vol. 3 tended towards gritty funk, Vol. 2 often features a sound that is more experimental, leaning heavily into Psychedelic Jazz and tense, avant-garde soundscapes. The album is an immersive journey into early-70s electro-acoustic instrumentation, utilizing synthesizers, dissonant strings, and sharp orchestral percussion to build claustrophobic atmospheres.

Tracks like "Milano '72" are particularly renowned for their menacing, driving energy and hypnotic rhythms, making this volume a cornerstone for anyone exploring the dark, sophisticated underbelly of Italian Library music. It’s an ideal soundtrack for dramatic scenes of surveillance, chase sequences, or unsettling urban landscapes.

Lesiman – High Tension Vol. 3 (1978, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Bassorilievo 2:28
A2 Fiaccole Di Pino 3:30
A3 A Caro Prezzo 2:36
A4 Irruzione 2:46
A5 Presunta Minaccia 2:10
A6 Ritrovamento 2:27
A7 Trepido E Ilare Giorno 2:28
B1 Padmina 4:07
B2 Rosso E Nero 2:09
B3 Faci Notturne 1:55
B4 Arrocco 2:10
B5 Angolo Critico 2:02
B6 Barker 1:46
B7 Irruzione (2a Versione) 2:46

Directed By – Lesiman
Music By – Lesiman

High Tension Vol. 3 is a classic piece of Italian Library Music from 1978, crafted by composer Paolo Renosto under his celebrated pseudonym Lesiman.As part of a series intended for use in films, television, and radio, this album delivers exactly what its title promises: a collection of instrumental cues designed to evoke suspense, drama, and anxiety.
The music fuses elements of Jazz, Psychedelic Funk, and cinematic Score with a distinct 1970s sound palette. Expect sharp, driving rhythms, tense string arrangements, and unsettling electronic textures. Tracks like "Irruzione" (Raid) and "Rosso E Nero" (Red and Black) are perfect examples of the album's urgent, gritty atmosphere, making it a favorite among crate-diggers and fans of Italian crime thrillers (Poliziotteschi).
Vol. 3 is less about melody and more about mood and rhythmic propulsion, offering a compelling soundtrack for hidden scenes of intrigue, espionage, or dark introspection. It remains an essential, though often overlooked, gem of the Italian library canon.

Ted Atking/ Alain Feanch/ Cecil Wary – Scoop (1981, LP, France)

Tracklist:
A1 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 1 4:57
A2 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 2 1:59
A3 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 3 2:31
A4 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 4 2:09
A5 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – European Scoop 1 2:24
A6 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – European Scoop 2 2:19
A7 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Evanescent Time 1 2:10
A8 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Evanescent Time 2 0:32
B1 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – Mondial Space 1 2:35
B2 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – Mondial Space 2 1:42
B3 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – Mysterious Forest 3:27
B4 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Naides 3:42
B5 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Mysteres Aux Bermudes 1 3:29
B6 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Mysteres Aux Bermudes 2 2:08
B7 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Mysteres Aux Bermudes 3 1:58

The album was released on the German Sonoton label and is subtitled: Contemporary Documentary Themes, Mood and Underscores.

Scoop is a quintessential piece of early 80s Library Music, designed for dramatic and documentary use. The album delivers a vivid, cinematic blend of Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock, and early Electronic styles.
The mood is generally energetic, tense, and modern, reflecting the contemporary sound of a television newsroom or action report. Tracks are driven by strong, often frantic, rhythms, slick basslines, and punchy horn-like synthesizers, balanced by moments of ambient, reflective underscore. It’s a groovy, sought-after relic from the transition between 70s funk and the colder 80s synth sound.

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 2 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Monomi
A2 Diametri
A3 Evoluzioni
A4 Analogie
A5 Costruzioni
B1 Fenomeni
B2 Razionale
B3 Espansione
B4 Mutamenti
B5 Acromatico
B6 Variabile

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 4 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Diagramma
A2 Determinante
A3 Prismatico
A4 Variante
A5 Movimento
B1 Riflessione
B2 Mutazione
B3 Cromosfera
B4 Differenze
B5 Progressione

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 6 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Spirale
A2 Irrazionale
A3 Parentesi
A4 Indefinito
A5 Configurazioni
A6 Espressioni
B1 Frammenti
B2 Estensione
B3 Invariabile
B4 Inversione
B5 Retrospettivo
B6 Adiacenti

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 8 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Proiezione
A2 Equivalenze
A3 Parallele
A4 Molecole
A5 Automazione
A6 Coordinate
B1 Informativo
B2 Epiciclo
B3 Flessione
B4 Consecutivo
B5 Nozioni

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 10 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:

A1 Diagonali
A2 Congiungente
A3 Magma
A4 Spettro
B1 Poliedrico
B2 Continuativo
B3 Condensazione
B4 Esponenziale
B5 Nucleo

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw/ M. Moran – Contemporary Contrasts (1977, LP, England)

Tracklist:
A1 A. Parker – Motivation 2:24
A2 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Weekend 2:27
A3 A. Parker/ M. Moran – Echoplex 1:41
A4 A. Parker – Time Barrier 2:10
A5 A. Parker/ M. Moran – Wizz Kid 2:27
A6 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Expanding Horizons 3:05
A7 A. Parker – Hot Shot 3:22
B1 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Crystal Cascade 2:27
B2 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Crystal Cascade (Link) 0:10
B3 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Sweet Dreams 2:08
B4 A. Parker – Rainy Sunday 2:17
B5 A. Parker – Rainy Sunday (Link 1) 0:10
B6 A. Parker – Rainy Sunday (Link 2) 0:12
B7 A. Parker – Rainy Sunday (Link 3) 0:12
B8 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Cool Cruiser 3:06
B9 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Beauty Spot 1:55
B10 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Beauty Spot (Link 1) 0:20
B11 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Beauty Spot (Link 2) 0:05
B12 A. Parker/ A. Hawkshaw – Blue Haze 3:26

Credits

Alan Hawkshaw (Pianist, Composer) 

Alan Parker (Guitar, Composer)

Mike Moran (Keyboard, Composer)

Fabio Fabor – Discantus Novus (1971, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Orizzonti 2:32
A2 Infrastrutture 2:34
A3 Oscillon 2:19
A4 Postdoctoral 2:18
A5 Individualization 2:22
A6 Bi-Triangle 2:18
B1 Spasmoreturn 2:27
B2 Gliss-Cantata 2:16
B3 Algorithmique 2:31
B4 Ridens-Drama 2:32
B5 Optical-Tone 2:30
B6 Asymmetric-Waltz 2:35

Musicians:
Composed By [Musica Composta], Performer [Realizzata] – Fabio Fabor
Music especially created for films, television, radio, publicity and industrial use. Vol. 41

Alessandro Alessandroni Orchestra – A Trip Around The World (1973, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Oceano 4:07
A2 Everest 2:55
A3 Beach Party 2:42
A4 Rocking Moon 3:05
A5 Summer Breeze 3:52
A6 Gargano 3:38
B1 A Day In The Sun 3:15
B2 Seven Stars 2:33
B3 My Sitar 3:48
B4 Love On The Sand 3:40
B5 Fishing 3:00
B6 Desert Inn 3:22

Harmonica – Gianfranco Di Lelio
Written-By – A. Alessandroni

Richard Harvey – Nifty Digits (1980, LP, England)

Tracklist:

A1 Motor Roller 2:57

A2 Festival (a) 2:10

A3 Festival (b) 2:05

A4 Exchange 2:13

A5 Dragonfly Dance 2:10

A6 Water Course (a) 1:57

A7 Water Course (b) 0:40

A8 Storm Riders 2:16

B1 Nifty Digits 2:28

B2 Song Of The Open Spaces (a) 4:00

B3 Song Of The Open Spaces (b) 3:00

B4 Air Spirals 0:56

B5 Soft Caress 1:35

B6 Victorian Lullaby 2:00

B7 Light Dancing 1:10

B8 Graylands 2:20

Composed By – Richard Harvey

Albert Verrecchia – Ritmico Moderno (1977, LP, France/Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Leave It Behind 3:27
A2 Escape 1:57
A3 In The Space 2:18
A4 Discoteque Music 1:27
A5 In The Country 3:21
B1 Gang Leader 3:28
B2 Season Of Assassins 3:13
B3 Dancing 1:13
B4 Upsetting 2:05
B5 Gang Leader 3:03

Orchestra Directed By – Stefano Liberati

Enrico Intra – Oltre Il Tempo Oltre Lo Spazio (1978, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Kyrie (Missa De Angelis) 2:52
A2 Puer Natus (In Nativitate Domini) 3:35
A3 Haec Dies (Dominica Resurrectionis) 2:05
A4 Sanctus (Missa De Angelis) 2:32
A5 Salve Regina (In Honorem B. M. Virginis) 3:25
B1 Nobody Knows The Trouble I'Ve Seen (Negro Spirituals) 3:10
B2 Preghiera 2:30
B3 Parole Non Abbiamo 2:26
B4 Pastorale Op. 28 In Re 2:10
B5 Cantico Dei Cantici 2:58

Musicians:
Coro – Coro Alessandroni
Directed By, Arranged By – Enrico Intra
Vocals, Soloist – Edda dell'Orso

Gianni Marchetti – Equinox (1977, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Mexico Border 4:47
A2 Walkin' In The Sunrise 3:10
A3 Over 3:21
A4 Listen 3:23
A5 Maria Magdalena 3:37
B1 No Parking 3:10
B2 Chukeba Bay 3:58
B3 Jelly Beans 4:09
B4 Part-Y-Time 3:17
B5 Equinox 3:55

Composed By, Arranged By, Directed By – Gianni Marchetti
Vocals – Maria Pia Monicelli (tracce: A4, B3, B4)

Gianni Fallabrino – Music For Sensations (1971, LP, Italy)

Dominique Guiot, Eric Mallet – Plans & Sequences (1986, LP, France)

Tracklist:
A1 Jupiter 4:27
A2 Astrolabe 3:19
A3 Natural 2:57
A4 Glass 3:04
A5 Squadron 3:20
A6 Trapezium 2:13
A7 The End 2:19
B1 Go 3:25
B2 Power 3:00
B3 Mechanism 2:49
B4 Silicone Valley 1 2:58
B5 Silicone Valley 2 3:22
B6 Agenda 3:07
B7 Guillotine 1:07

Composed By – Dominique Guiot (A1 to A3, A7, B1 to B5), Eric Mallet, Fred Manda (A4 to A6, B6), Rolando Tambin (B7), Terry Lipton (B7)

Sandro Brugnolini – Utopia (1972, LP, Italy)

Sandro Brugnolini's masterpiece "UTOPIA", originally pressed on a ridiculous run, and released on a beatiful tip-on sleeve reproducing painter Michel Seuphor's abstract art. The first official release after the recent maestro's passing, conceived with the great arrangements of Giorgio Carnini at the Hammond and piano, and the direction of maestro Franco Tamponi. A brilliant and inspired Jazz-Funk and Lounge Jazz session with just amazing sounds, driven by both dreamy and underground moods, Avant-garde Jazz refined orchestrations and gorgeous grooves.

The Astral Dimension – Galassia M81 (1985, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:

A1 Galassia M81 3:35
A2 Nebulosa 2:45
A3 Via Lattea 3:10
A4 Antares 3:00
A5 Macchia Solare 2:48
A6 Beta 700 2:57
B1 Stella Nova 3:32
B2 Venere 3:27
B3 Eclisse 3:30
B4 Saturno 2:56
B5 Marte 3:15
B6 Monte Palomar 3:00

Musicians:
Composed By, Performer – Fabio Fabor
Recorded By, Mixed By – Antonio Arena

Italian studio library music project by Antonio Arena and Fabio Borgazzi.