Composer Lalo Schifrin might be better known to the current generation of young moviegoers as the guy who wrote the "Mission: Impossible" theme. But this six-time Academy Award nominee has a much broader palette than people may know. He's also a renowned classical and jazz composer. His personal record label, Aleph Records, has been releasing many of his new albums (including "Esperanto" and "Brazilian Jazz"), as well as digging back into the archives to release older soundtracks that might have been forgotten. Recently, they released his score to the "disaster" movie, Rollercoaster. The Steve McQueen classic Bullitt, and his Academy Award nominated score to The Fox. Now, continuing this impressive streak of score releases, Aleph Records has released Lalo's Academy Award nominated score to Cool Hand Luke.
Long considered an excellent score (and one of Lalo's best), this release of Cool Hand Luke is by far the best release of the score to date. Previously released (on LP and the later on CD) as a 31-minute album, this new score has been somewhat remastered (there is still a bit of hiss present, but the album is just a bit "loud", so turn your volume down a tad to make it more enjoyable) and has given us an additional 26-minutes of music. Lalo's mixture of bluegrass and symphonic music resulted in a unique and satisfying sound. From the distinctive "Main Title" theme to the highly energetic (and Copeland-esque) "Tar Sequence", the first five minutes alone on the album are enough to give one the clear indication that this is no ordinary score.
-Dan Goldwasser-
1 Main Title
2 Just a Closer Walk With Thee
3 Tar Sequence
4 Lucille
5 Egg Eating Contest
6 Plastic Jesus
7 Bean Time
8 Ballad of Cool Hand Luke
9 Arletta Blues
10 The First Morning
11 The Chase
12 Road Gang
13 End Title
GET IT HERE
i hope to soon be recording a version of this theme.
highlights; "end title" and Harry Dean Stanton's "Just a Closer Walk With Thee"
9/24/10
lalo schifrin- cool hand luke soundtrack
Composer Lalo Schifrin might be better known to the current generation of young moviegoers as the guy who wrote the "Mission: Impossible" theme. But this six-time Academy Award nominee has a much broader palette than people may know. He's also a renowned classical and jazz composer. His personal record label, Aleph Records, has been releasing many of his new albums (including "Esperanto" and "Brazilian Jazz"), as well as digging back into the archives to release older soundtracks that might have been forgotten. Recently, they released his score to the "disaster" movie, Rollercoaster. The Steve McQueen classic Bullitt, and his Academy Award nominated score to The Fox. Now, continuing this impressive streak of score releases, Aleph Records has released Lalo's Academy Award nominated score to Cool Hand Luke.
Long considered an excellent score (and one of Lalo's best), this release of Cool Hand Luke is by far the best release of the score to date. Previously released (on LP and the later on CD) as a 31-minute album, this new score has been somewhat remastered (there is still a bit of hiss present, but the album is just a bit "loud", so turn your volume down a tad to make it more enjoyable) and has given us an additional 26-minutes of music. Lalo's mixture of bluegrass and symphonic music resulted in a unique and satisfying sound. From the distinctive "Main Title" theme to the highly energetic (and Copeland-esque) "Tar Sequence", the first five minutes alone on the album are enough to give one the clear indication that this is no ordinary score.
-Dan Goldwasser-
1 Main Title
2 Just a Closer Walk With Thee
3 Tar Sequence
4 Lucille
5 Egg Eating Contest
6 Plastic Jesus
7 Bean Time
8 Ballad of Cool Hand Luke
9 Arletta Blues
10 The First Morning
11 The Chase
12 Road Gang
13 End Title
GET IT HERE
i hope to soon be recording a version of this theme.
highlights; "end title" and Harry Dean Stanton's "Just a Closer Walk With Thee"
