Alessandro Alessandroni - Knell, The Bloody Avenger (Sangue Di Sbirro 50th Anniversary Edition)
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Some film scores simply accompany a movie; others capture the spirit of an entire era of Italian cinema. Sangue di sbirro —composed by Alessandro Alessandroni for the 1976 poliziottesco directed by Alfonso Brescia (under his usual moniker, Al Bradley)—belongs firmly in the second category. Marking fifty years since the film’s theatrical release, and a decade since Four Flies first issued it on LP, this seminal soundtrack finally returns in an expanded double-vinyl edition, lovingly remastered from the original master tapes.
Known internationally as Knell, The Bloody Avenger, Sangue di sbirro is one of the most surprising soundtracks written by Alessandroni—a key figure in Italian film and library music whose vast catalogue continues to yield fresh, uncharted territory. Here, the challenge was to channel the aesthetic of American Blaxploitation, taking inspiration from the unmistakable, landmark sound of Isaac Hayes’s Shaft. Alessandroni embraced that raw energy, filtering it through a distinctly Italian sensibility to fashion a score where jazz-funk, deep soul, heavy black grooves, and disco sit seamlessly alongside the tense, night-time atmosphere of classic poliziotteschi.
Label: Four Flies
Format: 2 x Vinyl LP
Cat No: FLIES87
Estimated Release Date: 27 November 2026
Genre / Style: Soundtrack / Jazz-Funk / Soul
Tracklist
- Cop’s Blood (Main Titles)
- Angoscia del cittadino
- Sbirro in fuga
- Cop’s Blood (Bridge)
- Cop’s Blood (Interlude)
- Tema di Susie (Suspense Version)
- Angoscia del cittadino #2
- Angoscia del cittadino #3
- Tema di Susie (Sweet Version)
- Manhattan Disco
- Palance
- Fuga nei sotterranei
- Sbirro in fuga (Reprise)
- Cop’s Blood (Reprise)
- Tema di Susie (Whistle Version)
- Angoscia del cittadino #4
- Angoscia del cittadino #5
- Carillon
- Suspense And Flashback
- Knell
- Carillon (Bridge)
- Luxury
- Tema di Susie
- Angoscia del cittadino #6
- Angoscia del cittadino #7
- Autumn Leaves
- Central Park
- Philadelphia
- Cop’s Blood (End Titles)
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