The Taking of Pelham 123 (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)

One of the great, gritty 1970s movies (in the vein of "The Friends of Eddie Coyle"), the soundtrack by David Shire has been a album music-crate and import-only hidden gem for years. It only took 7 years, but iTunes finally put the official soundtrack to "The Taking of Pelham 123" out for sale. Take a listen to the Main and End Titles, the four "Money" songs, along with "Fifty Seconds", to get the feel of a desperate, intense, and malaise of early 1970s NYC. The whole album is a STEAL for only $10. I only hope that the wrong hip-hop artist doesn't discover the greatness of this soundtrack, and "reinterpret" it. We saw what happened to Curtis Mayfield's R&B classic "Move On Up" when Kanye West was done with it.