ribonucleic
03-28-2013, 11:49 PM
With this score, Shire downplays melodic content and lush orchestral arrangements in favor of a rhythm-based sound that is mostly brought to life by a jazz band. The end result is an exciting, propulsive score that is every bit as tough as the city in which the film is set. Good examples of the score's hard-hitting approach include "Main Title," which layers explosive horn arrangements and serpentine keyboard riffs over a rhythm section that pits hard-grooving basslines against constantly shifting but always insistent layers of percussion, and which layers ominous brass over a rumbling barrage of fast-paced percussion, and "Money Montage" which creates maximum tension by letting the horn section duel with the rhythm section on a tune that constantly and abruptly shifts its tempo. Other cuts take a moodier but no less gritty approach: "The Taking" slowly builds ominous layers of horns to create its mood of growing hysteria, and "The Pelham's-Moving-Again Blues" restates elements of the title theme against a taut backdrop of rumbling percussion and scratching rhythm guitar. ... In the end, The Taking of Pelham 123 is one of the best and most inventive thriller scores of the 1970s, and a worthwhile discovery for fans of jazzy soundtracks. - AllMusic
Main Title (2:18)
The Taking (3:10)
Dolowitz Takes a Look/Dolowitz Gets Killed (2:21)
Blue and Green Talk (2:03)
Money Montage (3:13)
Fifty Seconds/The Money Express (3:55)
Conductor Killed/The Money Bag (1:46)
The Pelham's-Moving-Again Blues (3:12)
I'm a Police Officer/Renewing Disguises/Goodbye Green, Hello Garber, Goodbye Hippie/Smoking More, Enjoying It Less (2:59)
Mini-Manhunt (1:56)
End Title (3:01)
Total Time: 30:55
While I'll be happy to continue providing my 256 link upon request, this score deserves the lossless version generously volunteered by DaUpp here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/taking-pelham-one-two-three-1974-david-130199/#post2313280).