Dirty Harry & Scorpio Jazz It Up!
5
By Andrew Hawkins
Great for hunting down bad guys, jumping off overpasses onto hijacked vehicles or just munching on a hot dog in downtown SF, Dirty Harry by Lalo Schifrin is one of the best soundtrack/scores of the '70s. Jazz influenced and peppered with noirish cues to punctuate the intensity of Harry on the move, this album is a must for fans of the film. Dirty Harry features some of the greatest testosterone filled themes ever recorded.
Incredible Breakthrough Soundtrack
5
By slick1ru
Much has been said about Dirty Harry over the years. The movie pushed the limit on what people thought a cop movie could be. But the soundtrack of this movie played a big part in its suceess. Unique in its mixed styple of jazz and classical music, it helps envoke the appropriate response in viewers throughout the movie. Be it the upbeat, hip tempo of the music envoked when Dirty Harry appears onscreen in his cool shades, or the haunting music for the scene when the police are digging up the murdered body of a young girl on a cold San Francisco bay, Lalo was a genius scoring this film. His list of movies stretches on and on. His music is right up there with the greatest film composers, Williams and Barry.
Will send a chill up your spine!
5
By JeffBassGlass
Lalo Schifrin's scores from this era are to me the ultimate fusion of musical styles. Take R&B, big band swagger, cutting edge Jazz improv, blended perfectly with the sonic pallete only a full symphony orchestra can provide. This is my high water mark for hip film scores!
For casual listening, the Bullitt soundtrack has more peppy tracks that work, away from the movie. But the Dirty Harry score cuts much deeper. It's profoundly creepy and haunting. It definitely helps cement Dirty Harry as THE best cop thriller of all time. If you're a die-hard fan of the movie, you should really have this soundtrack.
Some of the tracks are, frankly, very hoakey. There's really no need for Harry's Hot Dog or No More Lies, Girl. The "meat" is contained in The Swimming Pool, Main Title, Scorpio's View, Scorpio Takes The Bait and The School Bus and most of these tracks are restating the main theme. The Cross, Goodbye Callahan, The Stadium Grounds, Floodlights, Dawn Discovery and the End Titles are important mood pieces, necessary to complete the experience of the film. If you're going this deep, you might as well get the whole album. The alternate takes are cool and Off Duty, Liquor Store Holdup and City Hall are all worth having.
If you're into the movie and into cool music, for $8 this is a no-brainer.
Thank you, iTunes!
5
By MarkfromSC
One of the greatest soundtracks ever...thank you, iTunes!
Do you feel lucky?
4
By MarmitBoy
Listening to this album brought back some great memories of when I first saw the film. If you liked the movie, you will love the sound track. Clearly, the music has been remastered. The instruments come though clear and crisp compared to other versions of the main title that are available on other sound track compilations. Some of my favorite tracks are The Main Title (of course), The Strip Club, and Scorpio’s view. The Strip Club track almost makes me want to find a GoGo club. Most of the tracks don’t have those 2 seconds of silence between them, making for a better listening experience as the pieces of music are relatively short being 1 to 3 minutes in length. The whole album price is “right on, man”. The tracks are a bit too short for the .99 cent price, making buying the whole album worth while. Overall, a nice piece of work by Lalo Schifrin.
Dirty Harry
4
By Becko of the sea
I love the whole 70's thing and these sounds hit it right between the eyes.
