Guido & Maurizio De Angelis — Speed Fever

from Formula uno, febbre della velocità (Speed Fever) (1979)

More robotic De Angelis beat magic from the soundtrack to Speed Fever, a Formula 1 documentary.

Guido & Maurizio De Angelis — Black Inferno

from Atlantis Interceptors soundtrack (1983)

What do you get when you combine Rambo-style macho men with machine guns, the Lost Continent of Atlantis, radioactivity, and Italo disco? Why this message in a bottle from 1983, of course! The remarkably prolific De Angelis brothers composed this track for the Italian sci-fi film I Predatori di Atlantide aka Atlantis Interceptors. And it is a doozy. As you listen, imagine this:

Two Vietnam-vets and several scientists face an extraordinary battle for survival against descendants of Atlantis’ original race, when the Lost Continent emerges in the Caribbean following radioactive leakage from a sunken Russian nuclear submarine. Calling themselves “Interceptors”, the murderous Atlanteans set about reclaiming the world by killing everyone and destroying everything in sight. It is up to Mike, Washington and Dr. Cathy Rollins to uncover the secret behind their existence and use it against them in order to stop the interceptors’ apocalyptic rampage.

This post courtesy of a tip the other day from follower Captain Entropy, who says “My favorite Italo disco track from the soundtrack of one of my favorite films.”

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