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PRICE:
$31.50
$31.50
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ARTIST
SCHIFRIN, LALO
TITLE
Man On A Swing
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WEWANTSOUNDS
CATALOG #
WWSLP 069LP
WWSLP 069LP
GENRE
SOUNDTRACK
RELEASE DATE
3/17/2023
Wewantsounds release for the first time on vinyl the
Lalo Schifrin
's soundtrack for
Frank Perry
's thriller
Man On A Swing
from 1974. Featuring Schifrin's superb mix of jazz, bossa, groove, and atmospheric soundscape, the soundtrack, recorded in LA with the
Wrecking Crew
's
Emil Richards
,
Bud Shank
, and
Howard Roberts
, among others, finds the composer at his most inspired. Among which the mind-blowing rhythm track for the title "Radio Source", featuring a super funk breakbeat. Remastered for vinyl by Colorsound Studio. Features liner notes by
Jeremy Allen
with artwork by
Eric Adrian Lee
. By the time Lalo Schifrin composed the soundtrack for Frank Perry's psychological thriller in 1974, starring
Cliff Robertson
and
Joel Gray
(who'd just won an Oscar for his role in
Bob Fosse
's
Cabaret
) he was Hollywood royalty having worked on such iconic films as
Bullitt
and
Dirty Harry
. Perry on his side, had caused a stir with
The Swimmer
in 1968 starring
Burt Lancaster
(although he would dismiss the film after being fired from the production) and followed up with a string of great cult movies including
Last Summer
(1969),
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(1970) starring
Carrie Snodgress
. Breaking from the social dramas from of his previous films, Perry decided to shoot a thriller based on journalist
William Arthur Clark
's book
The Girl on The Volkswagen Floor
. The film follows a police officer investigating a murder with the help of a strange ambiguous clairvoyant played by Gray. For the score Perry went to Lalo Schifrin who'd just come out of a bad experience on
The Exorcist
working with
William Friedkin
who'd rejected his music in favor of
Tubular Bells
by
Mike Oldfield
.
Man On A Swing
is pure undiluted Schifrin from the early '70s. The score plays like a long suite alternating bossa nova ("Juke Box Source"), lounge jazz ("Trip to LA"), and groove ("FM Groove") with superb "suspense" soundscapes, like "Rosehaven Hotel". The label has gone back to the Paramount 3-track tape transfers and come up with an updated tracklist (a CD version briefly appeared in the 2010s) -- re-sequenced and augmented with a handful of bonus tracks and alternate takes. A highlight is certainly "Radio Source Rhythm" which, losing the guitar and organ, reveal a jaw dropping funk breakbeat that is in the league of
Dirty Harry
and
Enter the Dragon
. This and the whole soundtrack, will ravish all the funk diggers and Lalo Schifrin fans around the world.
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