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List Price: $10.98 | | Label: Columbia Europe
Salesrank: 207072
Released: January 28, 1991 |
| Our Price: $3.00 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Track Listing:
1. Main Title Theme (Billy)
2. Cantina Theme (Workin' for the Law)
3. Billy 1
4. Bunkhouse Theme
5. River Theme
6. Turkey Chase
7. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
8. Final Theme
9. Billy 4
10. Billy 7
Editorial Review:
Out of print in the U.S.! Bob Dylan's mostly instrumental soundtrack to the surreal Western from director Sam Peckinpah. Of the few vocal tracks on the album, the stunning now-classic (and often covered) 'Knocking On Heaven's Door' made it's debut on this release. 10 tracks. Sony.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Reviews:
BOB DYLAN SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 
2008-07-30 - This is a Bob Dylan soundtrack album. I already did a review for the previous edition--1989. Check it out. Same album--new edition.
BOB DYLAN SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
2008-03-18 - (There is a 2008 version of this CD) Bob did a GREAT job on this soundtrack album!!! The instrumental Main Theme (Billy) is a particularly well-done mood setter which gains intensity as it progresses (like the gradual appearance of a distant lone rider from the dust and wind of the horizon) it lasts 6 minutes and Bob's fans usually like his songs to last long (the longer the better). Knockin' On Heaven's Door which Bob sings is on this album. You should know this one by now, but if you DON'T, please listen to it as it is outstanding in melody, mood, and the sound of Bob's creamy voice--an A+ song.
I am truly amazed at one thing that seems to be somewhat of a regular with composers: Some of them do really great work upon request when doing music for a play, movie or such. Maybe we should push Bob to do something else--give him another theme and he might come up with some other masterpieces. Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian Composer (AND I AM NOT COMPARING THE TWO!!!!) did PEER GYNT (Suites) upon request. This is classical music but if you haven't heard this collection, you MUST!--especially the Halls of the Mountain King (piece on Peer Gynt) that IS AWESOME (it's too short, however). Another well-known composer is George Gershwin who did Porgy and Bess, Summertime, Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris upon request (if not all of them upon request, I am sure that some of these pieces were included).
I am not doing reviews for Bob's first albums as I am not comfortable judging them since these were his first albums and some of his early best and classical pieces are on them. You can't make a mistake getting them!!!!! I don't feel they are subject to open hunting season, if you know what I mean. This soundtrack album is a must buy and you have several options to choose from. I don't remember which category I bought this CD from and put this review on the first one that came up. Just get it!! Hey!!! Bob is in this film as a character called Alias!!!
I have most of Bob's albums now and will probably do one or two very short reviews--maybe--on my last ones I got. I don't intend to get "Self Portrait". There will be a book review coming up and a DVD review coming up shortly that I highly recommend--in fact, the DVD, book and one album all fit in quite nicely as a gift to yourself or someone else type of combo.
If you are a newcomer, please read my reviews and follow through. If you have not witnessed or participated in the 60's or else catching up with it all, please make sure you know Bob from the very start and get acquainted with all his earlier work, then move up and expand.
Dylan's best foray in the film world....
2007-12-29 - Dylan has made many forays into the film world, and honestly, they've been mostly disasters (Renaldo and Clara, Hearts of Fire). Many musicians attempt to be filmmakers, but for some strange reason, they just can't. They come across as preachy and pretentious (Renaldo's "acted" segments are painfully bad). But this foray, which was Dylan's first entry into the film world (if you don't count documentaries about him), is his best. His soundtrack to Peckinpah's film is superb, and it really enhances the film greatly. In fact, a more conventional score wouldn't have worked. It is an essential component to the film. It can also be listened to on its own. The opening theme is one of the most haunting, soulful compositions that Dylan ever wrote. It invokes a lot of feelings and images on its own. Billy 1 is the best of the Billy songs (with excellent lyrics), and Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a great single. The film itself is fantastic, but only in its 123 minute version. This album came in a time when Dylan had kind of disappeared from the scene, and the stuff he was putting out (like Planet Waves, which came after this), was really bad. So this album is a breath of untouched air from a rather bad period for Dylan. This album isn't just for Dylan completists, it's for even a casual fan.
Still one of my fav Dylan CDs
2006-09-18 - I had this on LP when I was a kid in the 70s.
Hearing it on CD makes it even better.
Acoustic ballads, blue grass and some great Dylan lyrics
A must get
Outlaw Bob to the Max
2005-05-07 - This is the soundtrack to a terrific movie, Sam Peckinpah's last western. The film starred Kris Kristoferson, Jason Robards, James Coburn, Rita Coolidge, Slim Pickens, Jack Elam and Bob Dylan, who in my opinion as the outlaw Alias stole the show. There are only three vocals on this LP, but they are good ones, though you can get "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" on about a zillion compilation albums done over the years. The other two vocals are different versions of the outlaw narrative, "Billy", a super cowboy song that ya just gotta love. The instrumental stuff isn't bad either, but I have to say I took the two versions of "Billy" and put `em with "Blood on the Tracks" on my iPod.
Jack Priest, Writer from the Darkside
