Roy Budd - The Stone Killer [2LP]

Beat Ball Music

£48.58

Genre: Soundtracks
Format: 2LP
Catalogue No.: BEAT82BLK
B/C: 8809114697357
Release Date: 2nd April 2021

First time on vinyl.
Remastered from the original master tapes.
Extensive liner notes by Charlie Brigden.

180g heavyweight double vinyl set housed in gatefold tip-on sleeve. (Both versions non-returnable)
Newly illustrated artwork by the comic Sean Phillips (Criminal, Incognito, Sleeper & other DC Comics).
This is the soundtrack album for ‘The Stone Killer’ by director Michael Winner starring Charles Bronson, which came in the middle of a 3-part crime thriller series (1972, 1973, 1974). It follows Charles Bronson as a detective getting to the bottom of the killings in the Sicilian Mafia, with a score by the British film composer Roy Budd (‘Get Carter’, ‘Fear is the Key’).

The soundtrack was initially released in Italy and Japan on LP and 7” single, respectively, but only limited copies were released, making these hard to find. The soundtrack itself has everything one could expect of a 70s cop action movie score – with elements such as funky variations on a theme – but Budd (on spooky synthesizer and treated electric piano) also colors his music with cinematic jazz/soul and strange lounge sounds.

The score represents the essence of Budd’s sound and was one of the holy grails at the top of the wish list among not only soundtrack collectors but also DJs and hip-hop producers who had eagerly awaited a reissue.

DISC 1 of this reissue is a faithful replica of the original Italian (Fonit – Cetra) edition, which is accompanied by a DISC 2 that contains outtakes and other unreleased tracks to form a more ‘complete’ 2LP expanded edition.

Tracklist:
The Stone Killer Main Titles , Under Surveillance , The Plot , On The Trail , The Graveyard , In The Shadows , Too Late , The Old Precinct , Down Town , On the Move , Down Uptown , From Vietnam , The Chase , The Assassination , Final Capture , The Stone Killer Main title (Alt mix) , M5 SK6: The Old Precinct , M5 SK7: On The Move , M1 SK10: The Chase , Black Is Beautiful , M4 SK10 , M7 SK10: The Assassination , M5 SK2 , The Graveyard (alternative mix) , The Stone Killer Main Theme (Film mix - Mono) , Too Late , M1 SK10 (Film mix - Mono) , The Stone Killer 7" Mix