Bullitt - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (LP Vinyl)
Product Details
Lalo Schifrin composed the *Bullitt* score in 1968, the same year he was deep in a run of defining the sound of cinematic cool, having already scored *Mission: Impossible* for television. The soundtrack sits at a crossroads of jazz, bossa nova, and early funk that would influence film composers for decades, and hearing it on vinyl restores the warmth and low-end presence that the music demands.
Very up-to-date and just as exciting as the screenplay is the music Lalo Schifrin wrote for the film, which embeds the characters, places and events in a musical context. For example, "Bullitt": the metrically angular main theme portrays a mysterious, cool character who sums up a situation with keen alertness and then makes his attack with the speed of lightning. Initially the music travels through easygoing Latin terrain. But gradually the rhythmic texture changes and takes a rougher path, with clicks, knocks and hammering. Legendary flute lines create a compensatory placidness with airy clouds floating above the sharp mix. A really special track is "Shifting Gears": here you can listen to Schifrin tuning the car, how he manipulates a jammed springy bossa to take on the sound of clean, smooth-running rock.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 4260019715432
Label: Speakers Corner
Release Date: 9.4.26
Format: LP Vinyl