Roy Budd

180g Heavyweight double vinyl set housed in gatefold tip-on sleeve with extensive liner-notes by Charlie Brigden. 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.

• 01 The Stone Killer (main titles)
• 02 Under Surveillance
• 03 The Plot
• 04 On The Trail
• 05 The Graveyard
• 06 In The Shadows
• 07 Too Late
• 08 The Old Precinct
• 09 Down Town
• 10 On The Move
• 11 Down Uptown
• 12 From Vietnam
• 13 The Chase
• 14 The Assassination
• 15 Final Capture
• 16 The Stone Killer (main title - alt mix)
• 17 M5 SK6- The Old Precinct
• 18 M5 SK7- On The Move
• 19 M1 SK10- The Chase
• 20 Black Is Beautiful
• 21 M4 SK10
• 22 M7 SK10- The Assassination
• 23 M5 SK2
• 24 The Graveyard (alt mix)
• 25 The Stone Killer (main theme - film mix - mono)
• 26 Too Late
• 27 M1 SK10 (film mix - mono)
• 28 The Stone Killer (7%22 mix)