01. Soul Train (Les Hurdle)
02. Flashpoint (Alan Hawkshaw)
03. Flying Squad (Kenny Salmon)
04. Sweeny Todd (Alan Parker)
05. The Observer (David Lindup)
06. Get Up And Go (Kenny Salmon)
07. High Driver (Alan Hawkshaw)
08. Soul Slap (Madeline Bell & Alan Parker)
09. Override (Keith Roberts)
10. El Zoro (Mike Moran)
11. Scenechange 6a (Alan Tew)
12. At Risk (David Lindup)
13. Broad Theme (Alan Hawkshaw) *
14. Work Force (Johnny Pearson)
15. The Heavies (James Clarke)
16. Oddball (Alan Hawkshaw & Brian Bennnett)
17. Headlights (Alan Tew)
18. Speed Run (Alan Hawkshaw)
19. Inside Information (David Lindup)
20. The Pick-Up (Mike Moran)
21. Offbeat (Les Hurdle) *
22. The Investigator (Alan Hawkshaw)

* Bonus Tracks

British Rare Grooves from the THEMES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC Library:
Alan Hawkshaw, Alan Parker, Alan Tew, Brian Bennett, David Lindup, James Clarke, Johnny Pearson, Keith Roberts, Kenny Salmon, Les Hurdle, Madeline Bell, Mike Moran

One would never have imagined that an unexhausted supply of amazing funky, groovy compositions and hidden treasures from the 1970s would emerge from the vaults and shed light on the world over 30 years later.

“Dramatic Funk Themes Vol.1” is a collection of such gems, all of which originate from the archives of the Themes International Music Library.
Soundtracks for scenes which did not exist at the time, sometimes action-packed, dramatic or driving, such as a high speed car chase, or sometimes more laid-back and relaxed like crusing in a ragtop through the city.
These are the scenes played out over a musical backdrop loaded with wah-wah guitars, deep basslines, rhodes, clavinets, analogue synthesizers, hammond organs, flutes, razor-sharp brass, groovy percussion and solid drum beats.

The Themes International Library was founded in 1973 as an offshoot to its parent company KPM by England’s elite studio session musicians Alan Parker, Alan Hawkshaw, Mike Moran and Barry Morgan.
The sounds and arrangements from the Themes Library were way ahead of their time, with their classic breaks and beats, and remain today on the most wanted lists of rare groove collectors, DJs and hip-hop producers alike.
Also worth noting is that, in addition to the recordings made in London, some were put to tape in Munich with the support of none less than the brass section of the Max Greger Orchestra!

Themes International Library LPs were never available for purchase by the general public and were pressed in small quantities solely for the purposes of supplying music samples to the radio, television, film and production houses.
Nowadays one has to dig very deeply in the pockets in order to snap up these treasures on auction sites.

“Dramatic Funk Themes Vol.1” brings together 20 previously unreleased killer funk grooves and for the first time on a compilation made up exclusively of compositions from the Themes International Music Library.

Enjoy!