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MOVATM 453LP
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$39.00
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RELEASE DATE: 4/24/2026
"You don't have to be a cinephile to know Michael Winner's 1974 cult vigilante movie Death Wish. Starring the ever-stoic, quintessential action hero Charles Bronson, it was this film that defined the further careers of both Winner and Bronson. Right before this, they collaborated on The Stone Killer, in which Bronson plays a gritty detective from New York sent to L.A. to solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud. The soundtrack is composed by jazz pianist and composer Roy Budd, who was also responsible for the much-praised soundtrack of the 1971 classic Get Carter starring Michael Caine. It begins with a gentle tender melody but it's a trick, as there is a 70-piece orchestra waiting to pounce. Suddenly the big picture is revealed and the listener enters a full-on Budd theme with a cool jazz accompaniment. The score perfectly demonstrates Budd's ability to blend jazz with orchestral arrangements in ways unparalleled by very few composers. In typical 1970s fashion, this soundtrack will surely satisfy fans of the jazz-funk and library music found on labels such as KPM and Music De Wolfe. The Stone Killer is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on 'Blade Bullet' colored vinyl and includes an insert with liner notes and a fold-out replica of the original movie poster."
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JBH 079LP
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2021 restock. Unreleased masterpiece by Roy Budd, the master of British 1970s scores. Composed and recorded in 1974, The Internecine Project is a truly classic Roy Budd score, released here and now on vinyl (and on any format) for the very first time. And it's worth buying just for the totally sublime track called "Mr Easy". Coming from the peak Roy Budd period -- post Get Carter (1971) and pre Diamonds (1976) -- this score neatly bridges the two with Carter-style hypnotic, jazz-driven cues and superb Diamonds-style drama. The film itself was a slick British thriller directed by Ken Hughes, set in a gray, gloomy London and based around espionage and murder. The plot is simple; former spy Robert Elliot (the ice cool James Coburn -- with interesting facial hair and equally as interesting wardrobe) is given a big government job. In order to cut all questionable ties and clean up his rather grubby past he devises a plan in which all of his dodgy associates unwittingly kill each other on the same night -- and in alphabetical order. The film's unusual and often misspelt name comes from the word internecine -- the definition of which is conflict within a group. Full color sleeve; includes sleeve notes.
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DQF 003CD
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"Roy Budd is a one-off great in the world of '70s film music. Serving his apprenticeship at 16 on the London jazz circuit and as a regular on 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium', he landed his first film score in 1970 for the native American Indian epic, Soldier Blue. But it was the follow-up a year later that planted Budd firmly on the cult soundtrack map, Mike Hodges' Get Carter. Led by its superb haunting, tabla-drenched theme, Budd's soundtrack was the perfect foil for Michael Caine's stylishly ruthless journey through the Yorkshire underworld. Budd went on to score over 50 films in his lifetime, effortlessly moving from complex military orchestral arrangements to tense, minimal pieces using some of the most contemporary technology of the time. Vigilante: Roy Budd Cult Film Soundtracks 1971-1977 collects together the best loved side of Budd -- the cool thriller scores that have become his trademark. Including several Michael Caine films (Get Carter, The Black Windmill, The Marseille Contract), blaxploitation star Richard Roundtree's cult favourite Diamonds, Charles Bronson's The Stone Killer and a handful of lesser known gems (Foxbat, The Intercine Project), this is Budd at his very best. For funky car chases, pin- sharp tension and classy loungecore, no one does it better. First ever comprehensive compilation of the cult funky detective/vigilante movie scores of one of the UK's greatest ever film composers. Includes new, exclusively commissioned remixes of Budd classics by Bobby Hughes Experience, Mitchell & Dewbury and Karminsky Experience. Compiled and annotated by '70s dance music aficionado and ex-Strut Records boss, Quinton Scott."
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