To-day's Sound

by Piero Umiliani

To-day's Sound cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1973
  • Label: Liuto
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 1:14:04
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally released as an ambitious double LP for synchronization use, the prolific Italian composer created a brilliantly funky, synthesizer-heavy masterpiece of library music. Characterized by incredibly tight jazz-funk drumming, prominent Moog basslines, and breezy lounge melodies, it became a massive cult favorite and essential crate-digging material decades after its pressing.

Genres

Descriptors: Instrumental, instrumental, rhythmic, lounge, melodic, soundtrack

Tracklist

  1. Open Space (4:15)
  2. Green Valley (3:02)
  3. Caretera Panamericana (2:58)
  4. Goodmorning Sun (4:40)
  5. To-Day's Sound (2:27)
  6. Free Dimension (2:17)
  7. Truck Driver (3:24)
  8. Blue Lagoon (3:38)
  9. Wanderer (3:52)
  10. Lady Magnolia (3:22)
  11. Pretty (3:08)
  12. Railroad (4:14)
  13. Country Town (3:29)
  14. Bus Stop (2:44)
  15. Cotton Road (3:44)
  16. Nocturne (3:23)
  17. Exploration (2:10)
  18. Tropical River (4:21)
  19. Coast To Coast (3:25)
  20. Safari Club (5:07)
  21. Music On The Road (4:24)

Credits

  • Piero Umiliani - primary artist, music by, arranged by, synthesizer [moog], electric piano [pianofender], marimba [mexican]
  • Giovanni Tommaso - bass
  • Sandro Lodolo - cover
  • Maurizio Majorana - electric bass
  • The Soundwork-Shoppers - ensemble [complesso]
  • Marcello Boschi - flute
  • Sergio Coppotelli - guitar
  • Silvano Chimenti - guitar

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