This LP showcases old-timey French composer Eric Demarsan’s score for 1970 noir flick Le Cercle Rouge. All the usual tropes are present and correct - vibraphone, massed brass, flutes etc. - and Demarsan’s flavours the music with elements of lounge jazz, big band and hard-boiled detectivism. Stands up well when yanked away from the screen.

Super deluxe 180g vinyl LP on We Release Jazz, mastered at half speed, housed in heavy cardboard old style Stoughton tip-on sleeve with obi strip and gold sticker.