Any suggestions where to find digital copies of film OSTs? Alternatively, I would buy on CD if someone can point me to a source.
I’m looking for the soundtracks of La Resa dei Conti and Death rides a horse.
No streaming platform suggestions please, as I want to actually own a copy, not rent limited temporary access.
I’m happy to pay for a legal download if this is offered anywhere.
It not so much about “finding” them per se, isn’t it? I mean these are all listed on Amazon, so they can be found, the issue is more their out of print nature and the crazy prices they are listed for, unfortunately…
I just found “Death rides a horse” on Amazon Music. They sell a digital copy of the full soundtrack for €6,99. Will be buying that. Unfortunately, it’s only in mp3 (would’ve preferred FLAC or some other lossless format), but given that “La Resa dei Conti” OST is no longer even listed as a dead item, I guess you take what you can get. (At least you can copy it freely without having to have the Amazon App on every device you want to listen to the copy you already paid for).
Have you checked other music sites? I am not much of a music buyer. Deezer, Spotify etc?
But agreed, uncompressed hi fi FLAC would rock
Those are pure streaming platforms, unfortunately. You pay a fee to listen online, but they can change their offerings at any time, and you can’t store a copy. They have the big ones that are well distributed (like the Leone film soundtracks or other major works of Morricone), but not these rare ones.
I don’t buy much music either, which is why I started the thread (thought maybe someone knows some obscure site that offers what I’m looking for).
I guess it would probably be a good idea to look for CDs at 2nd hand shops.
Would prefer digital though, as I don’t even own an optical drive anymore, I got rid of my last one many years ago.
I’m strongly considering buying an external blu-ray drive though, as some of these Spaghetti Westerns require it to become accessible in acceptable quality.
Have you tried Qobuz?
They have excellent quality digital versions available for streaming but often to buy also.
Never heard of it. Will check it out. Thanks for the hint.
It’s my go to music streaming site. It’s a bit more expensive for subscription but worth it to me. High quality files and more money goes to artists/labels. It’s also not owned by some meglomaniac tech billionaire either as far as I can tell.
I usually play vinyl and prefer that but when I’m working or somewhere away from a physical music set up (like when I’m working) I use Qobuz. Sounds great and makes me feel better about where my money is going.
Qobuz says no DRM. Wow that’s amaze
Have you tried Discogs? https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=3261088
Definitely a good option. For new OST releases from smaller labels Bandcamp can also be good for buying digital albums.
Thanks. I’ve visited the site before, a while ago, but had forgotten about it. Thanks again for the hint.
Amazon Music also sells mp3s, mp3s are always DRM free. AFAIK, FLAC is DRM-free too. That is why I want downloadable files in either of these 2 formats if I pay for digital copies.
But Qobuz seems worth signing up with. Will do so tonight. (I’d much rather support a smaller competitor than Amazon, just as I buy all the video games available from DRM-free provider GOG rather than Steam, Epic, etc. if publishers offer them there).
Thank you so much. Will check out bandcamp after signing up with Qobuz. I hoped someone knowledgeable about where to find these soundtracks like you would reply.
I downloaded all the SW soundtracks (full albums with all seperate tracks) I could find on YouTube, and manually edited all the info-tags (so music player apps display all the correct details) & added/embedded album covers.
Since I got them for free and they are publicly available, if anyone wants a copy, send me a private message and I can provide one to you (saves you the work of manually tagging every single track if you download them yourself). (They are in 200-300kbps variable bitrate, 70-100MB per album). I have:
Bruno Nicolai - 100k Dollars for Ringo & Corri Uomo Corri (Run Man Run), Dead Men Ride
Luis Bacalov - Django (1966), The Grand Duel, Quien Sabe/Bullet for the General
Riz Ortolani - Day of Anger (both Intl. Version & Italian Version)
Anton Garcia Abril - Texas Addio
Roberto Pregadio: Forgotten Pistolero (Pistolero dell’Ave Maria)
Ennio Morricone: All Leone Films (some if not all in FLAC), Companeros, Il Mercenario, Death Rides a Horse, The Hellbenders, Grande Silenzio, Pistol for Ringo, Return of Ringo, Big Gundown, Tepepa, (and a Morricone Western Hits collection in lossless/CD-quality FLAC)
I also have Elmer Bernsteins “Magnificent 7” OST, Nino Rotas “The Godfather” OST, and Osanna’s “Milano Calibro 9” OST.
Won’t post links here (just to be extra careful not to cause trouble over copyright by publically sharing a link, even though the owners are sharing these works for free on YT), Private Message me if you want a copy and I can upload the mp3/FLAC files to a large file transfer site (free of charge).