This is one of the most fascinating Italian unofficial sequels I've ever seen. Some producer, after seeing both Walerian Borowczyk's The Beast and a couple of Alfonso Brescia's sci-fi epics from the late 70s, had the idea to contact Brescia to make them a movie that somehow combines both, with Sirpa Lane, the star of The Beast, to star in this film as well. Combining arthouse erotica with a low-budget Star Wars clone. And the kicker is? It worked. The film is an endlessly fun sci-fi romp with a surprising amount of depth to its universe, and the softcore sex scenes aren't badly done either. (There is also a hardcore version available on DVD alongside the soft version, if you want to see it with more penetration.)
This release of this soundtrack is, to put it lightly, fucking miraculous. Before composer Marcello Giombini passed away in 2003, he had divulged the information that one of his most famous soundtracks, that of Joe D'Amato's notorious film Anthropophagus, had the masters destroyed a long, long time ago. (I presume that his soundtrack to D'Amato's Erotic Nights Of The Living Dead is also long gone, but if I see a soundtrack release for it on the horizon, I'll be happy as hell.)
Getting any Giombini soundtrack, especially for a film with such cult appeal, is a miracle in and of itself, but this soundtrack especially is wonderful. It perfectly manages to blend the Moogy sounds of his sci-fi work with the sleazy vibe that erotica demands in its music, and even if you haven't seen the film before, I urge you to grab a copy of this soundtrack as soon as you can. (And if you really haven't seen the film, go and do that, it's very much worth it.) This edition was released by BEAT Records under their DDJ line, which Porno Holocaust was also released under, and like that edition, as well as nearly every other Italian soundtrack I've showed off, has a neat writeup in the liner notes booklet in both Italian and English.
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