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Harry Nilsson - Midnight Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Score Audio CD

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Harry Nilsson Band: Harry Nilsson
Title: Midnight Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Score
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Everybody's Talkin' 2: Joe Buck Rides Again 3: A Famous Myth 4: Fun City 5: He Quit Me 6: Jungle Gym At The Zoo 7: Midnight Cowboy 8: Old Man Willow 9: Florida Fantasy 10: Tears and Joys 11: Science Fiction 12: Everybody's Talkin'

Good, but spotty in areas
It's actually not bad. I finally faced it; I know that the song "Midnight Cowboy" can reduce me to tears, make me want to curl up in a fetal position, but let's check out the rest of this. Most of the John Barry material is a loser, and "Everybody's Talkin" is a rather weak song that booted out Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" as that was the original song to be the highlight on here. The stuff from Garry Sherman, and Elephant's Memory are pretty choice cuts. I still have yet to watch the movie, so I will have to do that next. .


Ratso & Joe
Worth it, also a great movie. For a soundtrack a good collection of songs including one of my favorites "Everbody's Talkin".


Missing music:
In particular, I was hoping to find anything about the music that is playing the in bar when Joe Buck goes back looking for Ratso when he realizes he got ripped off by him, where the crossdresser hangs out. I have this soundtrack on cassette, one of the original cassettes that were first produced and I like it, only I am dissappointed that both the one I have and the new releases of it seem to be missing music from the movie.
I really like that kind of late 60s early 70s swingin sound. Corny as this may sound, tracking down exact examples of this very specific sound has become frustrating. It's very funky and rock at the same time, very much what was happening in NY at the time. It didn't last long before disco started to evolve out of soul and erased it. In watching the movie "Klute" I found they used the same type of music during two scenes when Bree goes to the bar. It would be really nice to find out some artists that produced this stuff so I can track it down. Other than that, Old Man Willow is much shorter than what is played in the movie throughout the whole scene. Just as I get into it, the song fades. With such a wonderful soundtrack, one that (like the whole movie) was very ahead of its time and revolutionary, it only leaves me wanting more! I definitely recommend this however, especially if you are like me and cherish that ever so unique frame of time in history. .


Good souvenir !
These two versions are different from the studio version found in the current CD's of our singer. Good souvenir from the original motion picture but the best song (sung in two different ways) is "Everybody's talking", performed by Nilsson. .


Disappointing
The title showed up in iTunes in Chinese and the album sounded like it was dubbed using a cheap stereo and microphones.


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