Gil Melle Soundtrack - "A Cold Night's Death", 1973

Gil Melle was an interesting musician.   I am familiar with him primarily through his soundtrack work which utilized electronic compositions.  Melle scored the soundtrack for the science fiction film, "The Andromeda Strain " (1971).  This is a very curious composition.  In order to achieve what eventually appeared on screen, Melle created and built many of the synthesizer devices.  Wow.
"A Cold Night's Death"follows along this path but the structure and feel of the music is more in alignment with the characters' disjointed and fractured mental states.  Whereas the "Andromeda Strain" score followed a more structured course, this score is discordant and harrowing.  Checkout "World War III" (1982) and "Kolchak: The Night Stalker"(1974) TV series theme music for more of Melles' electronic compositional treats.

Melles was also very active in the world of jazz composition and recordings.  Look for him on Spotify.

The Electrician vs Planet of the Vampires / Scott Walker vs Gino Marinuzzi

OK.  I was looking for any YouTube clips that might feature the soundtrack music of the influential science fiction/horror picture, "Planet of the Vampires" (1965, directed by Mario Bava).  The movie boasts an interesting use of electronic music elements composed by Gino Marinuzzi.  I discovered this colorful item which also provides some information on "Planet's" unique contribution to movie lore. 

Gil Mellé - The Andromeda Strain (1971) (Full Album)

This music is very trippy!  I have always admired this electronic score/soundtrack by Gil Melle for the science fiction flick, The Andromeda Strain.  (What parts I could hear seeping out from behind the character dialogue in the movie, anyway.)  Another fascinating aspect of this work is that composer Melle created a number of the sound generating apparatus that created these marvelous electronic tones!  There is a documentary or behind the scenes film documenting this.  Haven't been able to locate it!