While director Mauro Severino’s feature debut Vetgogna schifosi (a/k/a Dirty Angels) is more or less an Italian cinema footnote, the fact that Ennio Morricone created a short but beautifully haunting score for the film has ensured at least a little legacy in itself. Run through with a melodic motif soaring with surprisingly childlike lightness and sunny intrigue, Morricone’s uncanny blend of upbeat pop and operatic folk is laced with some of the most unearthly vocals to ever soundtrack an obscure blackmail thriller, thanks in part to singer and frequent collaborator Edda dell’Orso.

– Nate Patrin