The Big Boss / Fists of Fury Soundtrack By Peter Thomas

The Big Boss is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film, and is the first starring role of Bruce Lee. Also known as Fists of Fury in the United States and not to be confused with Fist of Fury also known as Chinese Connection. Various versions of the film feature music ranging from German composer Peter Thomas to bands such as Pink Floyd and King Crimson.

The Three Main Edits
There are three primary cuts of The Big Boss: The Mandarin print, the international prints (English dubbed), and the Cantonese print. These three cuts feature differing music scores. The Mandarin print (as well as the "beta" English dub and possibly the French theatrical cut) featured a score by composer Wang Fu-Ling. The international prints (including the English dub, and most of the European prints) featured a score from German film composer Peter Thomas. The Cantonese print used an abundance of stock music, as well as unlicensed cues from Pink Floyd. The following lists show the known music tracks used in the international and Cantonese prints.

This is the music from the English/International dub composed by Peter Thomas which is only avaliable on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fists of Fury".

Download Links:

Mediafire
For 192kbps: Peter Thomas – The Big Boss OST 192kbps.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?99sosremx3enomw)
For 320kbps: Peter Thomas – The Big Boss OST 320kbps.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?x6w5c6yzb3uvrw7)

4Shared
PETER THOMAS SOUND ORCHESTRA – The Big Boss (OST) (1971).rar – 4shared.com – online file sharing and storage – download (http://www.4shared.com/file/a_nr4xu5/PETER_THOMAS_SOUND_ORCHESTRA_-.html)

The International Music
* Big Boss by Peter Thomas This is the film’s theme, which plays roughly 5 times throughout the film. This is found on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury" credited as ‘Main Theme’.

* Mukuri by Peter Thomas This music first plays when Nora Miao’s character is being harrassed by the four thugs. It plays two more times in the film, when the workers wait to hear what happens to Cheng (Lee) after their strike, and before Cheng and Mi (the boss) fight. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* A Girl Loves Cheng Li by Peter Thomas This music plays when the girl comes crying out of the casino and Hsiu (James Tien) goes to find out what’s going on. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Hard Drugs by Peter Thomas This music plays when the casino bouncers chase down Cheng and Hsiu after Hsiu has revealed them as crooks. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* China Love by Peter Thomas This is a mix of various cues used in the film. Part of it is used when Cheng’s uncle leaves to head back home, as well as when Chiao Mei is crying upon her brother Hsiu not returning home. Another part is used when Cheng and Mei walk alongside the creek near their home. Another portion is used in one more scene when Cheng cradles his dead cousin Ah Kun. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Amulett by Peter Thomas This is a mix of various cues used in the film. Part of it is used when Hsiu and Ah Pei go visit Mi at his mansion. Another part is used when Cheng returns home after a meeting with Mi and his cousins ignore him. Another portion is used when Cheng finally arrives at Mi’s mansion for the final confrontation and is faced with his final 6 henchmen. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Moontown by Peter Thomas This is used in two instances in the film. The first being when Hsiu and Ah Pei attempt to leave Mi’s mansion and are surrounded. It is used once again when Cheng visits Wu Mang, the prostitute. This is featured on a rare library LP called Orion 2000. It is also found on the vinyl reissue of the "Raumpatrouille" soundtrack as a bonus track.

* Finding The Drugs by Peter Thomas This music plays when Hsiu and Ah Pei are finally losing to the boss’s son and are approaching death. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Malaparte Sinus by Peter Thomas This music plays when Cheng is searching around town for Hsiu. This song is found on Orion 2000 as well as "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Communication in Hyperspace by Peter Thomas This music plays when one of the foremen posts the information about Cheng becoming foreman. This song is found on Peter Thomas’ album "Warp Back to Earth".

* Cheng Li and His Friends by Peter Thomas This music plays when Cheng and his cousins return home after his promotion. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Ekg by Peter Thomas This music plays when Chiao Mei brings it to Ah Kun’s attention that despite the strike at the factory, they still haven’t brought Hsiu home. This song is found on Peter Thomas’ album "Warp Back to Earth".

* Big Boss & His Gang by Peter Thomas This music plays when Cheng wakes up to see that he is in bed with a woman he only met the night before. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* The Fist of Fury by Peter Thomas This track is essentially two music cues. One cue is when Cheng discovers the drugs (and body parts) in the giant blocks of ice. Another cue is when Cheng finds his remaining cousins murdered. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

Enjoy!

Thanks for this, I love the Wang Fu-Ling score very much, sounds a lot like the 70’s Schifrin style he he, let’s hear how this sounds…

Thanks a lot for the informations (besides the music!). Big fan too…

great share + thanks for the info too!

Hope it has the cue from where he kicks those knives back into the thrower’s chest.

Great stuff. Thanks for posting.

Finally they realise how many people wanted this Soundtrack on High quality cd. After almost 40 years. I had a copy in 120kbps for years. Now we have 320kbps. Yay! I’ll buy the cd after xmas but for now this will do. Thanks for the upload. 😀 And the 3 missing tracks have been added this time.

thev101, thanks!

Thanks for this!

A wonderful share, thanks!

Great….Thank you!

Very Cool !!! This one takes me back to Saturday afternoons watching Kung-Fu theatre on TV.
Many Thanks !!!

The album that thev101 posted is the Bungalow Records release from 2005:
http://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/the-big-boss-fist-fury-soundtracks/id45456937

FYI, there’s a newer 2010 release on Allscore Records:
The Big Boss (Original Soundtrack) by Peter Thomas Sound Orchester – Download The Big Boss (Original Soundtrack) on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-big-boss-original-soundtrack/id402743368)

The Allscore release has 20 tracks, whereas Bungalow has 19.

Bungalow’s has three extra tracks – "Yellow", "Tromboneman Is Fallen In Love" and "Under Control". These cuts were taken from other Peter Thomas library albums. And the Allscore release has film version cuts of "The Amulet" and "Big Boss And His Gang" not found on the Bungalow release.

Also if anyone has the Wang Fu Ling mandarin score, I’d love to hear it!

Thanks for the soundtrack, friend. You are truly an authority on the Big Boss’s OST.

Thanks for this Soundtrack. Originally lost it in a hard drive crash.

Obrigado!!

Ainda funciona o Link em 4Shared
PETER THOMAS SOUND ORCHESTRA – The Big Boss (OST) (1971).rar – 4shared.com – online file sharing and storage – download (http://www.4shared.com/file/a_nr4xu5/PETER_THOMAS_SOUND_ORCHESTRA_-.html)

Please re-post!

This takes me back….
Thank you

(Noisemed – the 320 link works fine)

HPLFreak, thank you for letting me know. Yes. It does work. Thank you thev101!

the link for the 320 version doesn’t work :(, says permission denied, some1 help please?

Thanks!!! If somebody need the Ost for Just Heroes (1989) check my YouTube channel!!! AngeloRipertto

bad likks
plz
change it

Can anyone upload some lossless versions of this and all other bruce lee soundtracks? (minus the enter the dragon ost which is easily available)

+1 for the link

Doesn’t anyone ever have/want the lossless for this kinda thing??

Thank you so much for sharing this nice.

Many thanks for this treasure, and thanks for keeping the links going.

holy shit i been looking for this, you still got this man?

The Big Boss is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film, and is the first starring role of Bruce Lee. Also known as Fists of Fury in the United States and not to be confused with Fist of Fury also known as Chinese Connection. Various versions of the film feature music ranging from German composer Peter Thomas to bands such as Pink Floyd and King Crimson.

The Three Main Edits
There are three primary cuts of The Big Boss: The Mandarin print, the international prints (English dubbed), and the Cantonese print. These three cuts feature differing music scores. The Mandarin print (as well as the "beta" English dub and possibly the French theatrical cut) featured a score by composer Wang Fu-Ling. The international prints (including the English dub, and most of the European prints) featured a score from German film composer Peter Thomas. The Cantonese print used an abundance of stock music, as well as unlicensed cues from Pink Floyd. The following lists show the known music tracks used in the international and Cantonese prints.

This is the music from the English/International dub composed by Peter Thomas which is only avaliable on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fists of Fury".

Download Links:

Mediafire
For 192kbps: Peter Thomas – The Big Boss OST 192kbps.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?99sosremx3enomw)
For 320kbps: Peter Thomas – The Big Boss OST 320kbps.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?x6w5c6yzb3uvrw7)

4Shared
PETER THOMAS SOUND ORCHESTRA – The Big Boss (OST) (1971).rar – 4shared.com – online file sharing and storage – download (http://www.4shared.com/file/a_nr4xu5/PETER_THOMAS_SOUND_ORCHESTRA_-.html)

The International Music
* Big Boss by Peter Thomas This is the film’s theme, which plays roughly 5 times throughout the film. This is found on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury" credited as ‘Main Theme’.

* Mukuri by Peter Thomas This music first plays when Nora Miao’s character is being harrassed by the four thugs. It plays two more times in the film, when the workers wait to hear what happens to Cheng (Lee) after their strike, and before Cheng and Mi (the boss) fight. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* A Girl Loves Cheng Li by Peter Thomas This music plays when the girl comes crying out of the casino and Hsiu (James Tien) goes to find out what’s going on. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Hard Drugs by Peter Thomas This music plays when the casino bouncers chase down Cheng and Hsiu after Hsiu has revealed them as crooks. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* China Love by Peter Thomas This is a mix of various cues used in the film. Part of it is used when Cheng’s uncle leaves to head back home, as well as when Chiao Mei is crying upon her brother Hsiu not returning home. Another part is used when Cheng and Mei walk alongside the creek near their home. Another portion is used in one more scene when Cheng cradles his dead cousin Ah Kun. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Amulett by Peter Thomas This is a mix of various cues used in the film. Part of it is used when Hsiu and Ah Pei go visit Mi at his mansion. Another part is used when Cheng returns home after a meeting with Mi and his cousins ignore him. Another portion is used when Cheng finally arrives at Mi’s mansion for the final confrontation and is faced with his final 6 henchmen. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Moontown by Peter Thomas This is used in two instances in the film. The first being when Hsiu and Ah Pei attempt to leave Mi’s mansion and are surrounded. It is used once again when Cheng visits Wu Mang, the prostitute. This is featured on a rare library LP called Orion 2000. It is also found on the vinyl reissue of the "Raumpatrouille" soundtrack as a bonus track.

* Finding The Drugs by Peter Thomas This music plays when Hsiu and Ah Pei are finally losing to the boss’s son and are approaching death. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Malaparte Sinus by Peter Thomas This music plays when Cheng is searching around town for Hsiu. This song is found on Orion 2000 as well as "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Communication in Hyperspace by Peter Thomas This music plays when one of the foremen posts the information about Cheng becoming foreman. This song is found on Peter Thomas’ album "Warp Back to Earth".

* Cheng Li and His Friends by Peter Thomas This music plays when Cheng and his cousins return home after his promotion. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* Ekg by Peter Thomas This music plays when Chiao Mei brings it to Ah Kun’s attention that despite the strike at the factory, they still haven’t brought Hsiu home. This song is found on Peter Thomas’ album "Warp Back to Earth".

* Big Boss & His Gang by Peter Thomas This music plays when Cheng wakes up to see that he is in bed with a woman he only met the night before. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

* The Fist of Fury by Peter Thomas This track is essentially two music cues. One cue is when Cheng discovers the drugs (and body parts) in the giant blocks of ice. Another cue is when Cheng finds his remaining cousins murdered. This is only available on the iTunes album "The Big Boss / Fist of Fury"

Enjoy!

Thanks for the detailed info! I saw the mandarin version, it has different music, everything changed hehe!

graciasss��

Hay muchos espa�oles aqui por lo que veo! Hehehe

A big thank you for something different.

I saw the film again but in Mandarin or Cantonese, don’t know. But I must say that the music is different, as I said before in my other post. The music is strange, I think the composer is Joseph Koo, but I downloaded an album with his music from this film and it’s different too!!!
Now I know that there are at least 3 different soundtrack versions:
The one released in this post (made by Peter Thomas)
The one with this cover (I also have it)
And the one I am talking about (the unreleased ost made possibly by Joseph Koo or another chinese composer whose name I don’t know)

Also I would like to make a question. Does anybody has the theme that appears in the prostitute death scene/ Lee’s character returns home after the fight at the factory? I think it’s part of Peter Thomas work, at least it seems so for me! Thanks for the help! 🙂

I’m too wondering if anyone knows the sad piano music that appears also in the documentary ( Bruce Lee the legend), this music piece appears at the scene of Lee’s funeral, i have read it appears at Big Boss the cantonese version, it’s written that Joseph Koo is possibly the composer …

I’m too wondering if anyone knows the sad piano music that appears also in the documentary ( Bruce Lee the legend), this music piece appears at the scene of Lee’s funeral, i have read it appears at Big Boss the cantonese version, it’s written that Joseph Koo is possibly the composer …

No idea about that, I will check the movie soon for more unknown tracks. Also I noticed that there is another melody from the film version that includes Peter Thomas soundtrack, it appears when Lee’s character is sleeping while the thai prostitute is next him, it is also a sad melody, I don’t know if it was Peter Thomas work too…

Thanks!

Thank you very much for sharing.