Goro Ohmi – Guin Saga = グイン・サーガ～七人の魔道師～(1986, LP, Japan)

Tracklist:
A1 前奏曲：ようこそ　まじない小路へ = Prelude: Welcome To The Magic Alley
A2 妖艶なるタミヤのダンス= Thamia’s Dance
A3 間奏曲：サイロンの悪夢 = Intermezzo: Nightmare Of Cylon
A4 エイラハの哄笑 = Eyraxa
A5 間奏曲：グラックの闇の馬 = Intermezzo: Horses From The Underground
A6 ルールバの顔 = Luhrba in the Sky
A7 間奏曲：ヴァルーサ = Intermezzo: Valusa
B1 イグ＝ソッグ、ひづめある者 = Igg-Soggue the Hoofed
B2 間奏曲：悲しみのサイロン = Intermezzo: Cylon in Grief
B3 長舌のババヤガ = Babaiagah of the Long Tongue
B4 間奏曲：皇女シルヴィア = Intermezzo: Heartless Sylvia
B5 ドールに追われる男イェライシャ = Yelaisha: Fugitive from Dor
B6 間奏曲：黒魔殿 = Intermezzo: Monolith
B7 ヤンダル・ゾッグ = Jandar-Dzogg

Composed By, Arranged By – Goro Ohmi
Performer – Goro Ohmi & His Satanic Orchestra

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. 4 (1978, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Indomitus 3:01
A2 Ombre Opposte 2:29
A3 Due Sfere 1:58
A4 Stasis 3:10
A5 Aria Rossa 2:27
A6 Immemore 2:12
A7 Cordelia 2:22
B1 Lembi 2:21
B2 Intreccio 2:47
B3 Contrazione 2:25
B4 Seconda Denuncia 3:31
B5 Concretezza 1:46
B6 Opposizione 2:26
B7 Bassorilievo (2a Versione) 2:27

Directed By – Lesiman
Music By – Lesiman

High Tension Vol. 4, released in 1978, marks the final installment in Paolo Renosto's (as Lesiman) dramatic library music series. Arriving later than the first two volumes, it shows Lesiman integrating the increasingly sophisticated studio technology of the late 70s while maintaining the series' core mood of suspense and intrigue.

This volume generally features a slightly more polished and electronic sound compared to the raw, avant-garde feel of the earlier LPs. Tracks showcase a complex blend of jazz-funk drumming, synthesizer textures, and cinematic orchestration, hinting at the emerging Euro-funk and disco trends without sacrificing the underlying tension.

Key tracks like "Due Sfere" (Two Spheres) and "Ombre Opposte" (Opposite Shadows) are great examples of the album's atmosphere, utilizing tight instrumental grooves that loop and escalate to create a sense of mechanical urgency or existential threat. Vol. 4 serves as a fascinating transition point, blending the composer's academic background with his mastery of commercial, yet artistic, sound design for the Italian screen.

Alva – Slattery For Ungdom (2000, LP, Usa)

Tracklist:
A1 Sharch Of Tearry
A2 Kill Everyone
A3 Charotcha
A4 Racstasy
A5 World Of Lonely Afterthou Ght
A6 March To Underneath
A7 Happysick
A8 Ooon Ong
A9 Drabardi
A10 Untitled

Performer
Aïda Ruilova, Liza Wakeman, Michelle Anderson

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

Didier Bonin – L'Air Lumiere (1982, LP, France)

Tracklist:
A1 Juin 81 4:30
A2 Air Lumière 7:40
A3 Ecumes 3:00
A4 Silences 2:00
B1 Couleur Fièvre 3:20
B2 Parti Du Pli 14:00

Musicians:Composed By, Performer – Didier Bonin

La Düsseldorf – La Düsseldorf (1976, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Düsseldorf 13:17
A2 La Düsseldorf 4:28
B1 Silver Cloud 8:01
B2 Time 9:24

Musicians:
Guitar, Vocals – Klaus Dinger
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Nikolaus van Rhein
Percussion, Electronics – Hans Lampe
Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer – Thomas Dinger
Bass – Harald Konietzko (B1, B2)

La Düsseldorf – Viva (1978, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Viva 2:35
A2 White Overalls 2:07
A3 Rheinita 7:40
A4 Vögel 1:30
A5 Geld 6:23
B Cha Cha 2000 20:01

Musicians:

Bass – Harald Konietzko (A5, B)
Drums, Percussion – Hans Lampe
Keyboards, Synth – Nikolaus van Rhein
Piano – Andreas Schell (B)
Vocals, Percussion – Thomas Dinger
Vocals, Percussion, Guitars – Klaus Dinger

La Düsseldorf – Individuellos (1980, LP, Germany)

Tracklist:
A1 Menschen 1 5:46
A2 Individuellos 3:07
A3 Menschen 2 2:56
A4 Sentimental 4:24
A5 Lieber Honig 1981 5:53
B1 Dampfriemen 3:33
B2 Tintarella Di… 4:40
B3 Flashback 3:52
B4 Das Yvönnchen 6:03

Musicians:

Klaus Dinger/ vocals, guitars, keyboards, synth, percussion composer

Thomas Dinger/ percussion, vocals

Hans Lampe/ drums, percussion

Aki Peltonen – Radio Banana (2005, CD, Finland)

Tracklist:
1 Orchestra, Accordion And MW-Radio #1 5:37
2 Accordion And Drums 6:26
3 Orchestra, Accordion And MW-Radio #2 7:28
4 Finnish Waltz 13:43
5 Orchestra, Drums And MW-Radio 6:54

Musicians:
Accordion, Bass, Composed By, Arranged By – Aki Peltonen
Alto Saxophone – Mika Kojo (1, 3), Sami Sippola (4)
Drums – Janne Tuomi (5), Petri Hissa (1 to 4)
Synthesizer [Moog] – Teemu Niemelä
Tenor Saxophone – Matti-Juhani Orpana (4)
Trombone – Kari Leino (1, 3), Kusti Vuorinen (4)
Trumpet – Perttu Suominen (1, 3)

Bob Drake – Medallion Animal Carpet (1999, CD, Usa)

Tracklist:
Part I
1 Hideous Shrub 1:53
2 Crude Internal Organ 0:40
3 Detrimental Robot 1:29
4 Maybe It's ..... 1:39
5 Concrete Husky 0:46
6 How Was It 1:37
7 Where There Is Nothing 1:03
8 Mound 2:33
9 Bedraggled Things 3:18
10 Flashy Smog Wolf Person 1:05
11 Do You See, Hear, Ammonia 1:09
12 Slab 3:53
13 One Night, In An Old Fashioned ..... 0:45
14 Light Seen In Empty ..... 0:55
15 Dehydrated 1:59
16 I'm Afraid There Are Results 1:44
Part II
17 Over In The Glory Land 1:37
18 Seven Cents 1:57
19 Title Unknown (1) 2:14
20 Angel Band 2:19
21 Title Unknown (2) 2:40
22 I Wish It Had Been A Dream 3:10
23 Hand Me My Walking Cane 2:28
Part III
24 Dunwich Confidential 1:05

Musicians:

Drums, Percussion – Mark Fuller, Mark McCoin, Chris Cutler

Saxophone – Jason Dumars

Percussion [Hand Drums] – Mark Fuller, Mark McCoin

Voice – Mark Fuller, Mark McCoin

Voice, Keyboards, Other – Mark Bradford, Sharon Bradford

Keyboards, Samples – Stevan Tickmayer

Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Tim Gadd
Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals, Violin, Synthesizer, Tambourine, Cymbal, Pedal Steel Guitar – Bob Drake

Roger Miller's Exquisite Corpse – Unfold (1994, CD, Usa)

Tracklist:
1 Entry (Mud) 0:32
2 Dance In The Poet's Eye 2:33
3 Djinn 4:32
4 Mentabolism 3:44
5 Looney Tunes 1:18
6 The Mooche 3:31
7 Nothing What 4:44
8 Game #2 1:22
9 Gargoyle 1:50
10 Owl 3:06
11 Machéte Hacker's Boogie-Woogie 3:14
12 Game #3 1:25
13 The Cheese And The Worms 2:58
14 Prelude To The Demolition Of The Teal Building 4:10
15 Dream Interpretation No. 1 (1975) 4:03
16 Exit (Bach) 0:17

Musicians:
Drums, Percussion, – Ken Winokur
Electric Violin, Violin – Judith Cohen Stanton
Guitar, Piano, Sampler, Percussion, Synthesizer – Roger Miller
Pedal Steel Guitar – Rich Gilbert (2 to 5, 11)
Performer [Shawms, Sackbut], Voice [Foreman's Voice] – Dan Stillman

Roberto Musci – Debris Of A Loa (1998, CD, Italy)

Tracklist:
1 The Way Of Discreet Zen
2 Woman Of Water And Music
3 Claudia, Wilhem R. And Me
4 Shadow Player
5 The Sneerer (Mr G.C.)
6 Improbably Music
7 Loa Song
8 Night Music
9 Dalang's Dream
10 Lidia, After The Snow
11 Drums On Chambri Lake
12 Katak Dance For H. Partch
13 Debris Of A Loa
14 Wayang
15 Blue Garden
16 High Density Snake
17 The Fragility Of The Oscillation
18 Enahrmonic Horse

Musicians:
Composed By, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sampler, Tape – Claudio Gabbiani (13 to 18)
Composed By, Recorded By, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sampler, Tape, Percussion [Indian & African], Flute, Keyboards, Tambura, Cover, Painting – Roberto Musci

1-12: "The Loa Of Music" Raw Material 1983
13-18: "Umi - The Sea" 1983 - 1997

Dying Ground – Dying Ground (1998, CD, Japan)

Tracklist:
1 The Cruel One 5:04
2 Descension Of Vapors 6:03
3 Kripa 2:57
4 Ascension Into The Heavens 6:28
5 I Am Fire 2:15
6 One Eyed Wolf 5:46
7 The Chosen One 12:53

Musicians:
Bass, Noises – Kato Hideki
Drums, Keyboards – G. Calvin Weston
Organ – Mint (4, 7)
Violin – Eyvind Kang
Tabla – Ed Pias

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