composed and conducted by Dominic Frontiere

I wasted no time getting my hands on eight digitally encoded vinyl discs of instrumental goodness (plus a bonus album!) which were lovingly assembled and are graciously distributed by Basic Hip Digital Gold. It's the same place from which I snagged one of my most favorite 1970s soundtracks, Hammersmith Is Out.

The vocal track is a bit of a clunker, but the rest is sultry and funky and rocking in a fuzzed-out sort of way. It seems odd to me that the album has never made its way onto CD. And while a VHS copy of the film itself might be obtained - though likely not very easily - it's not on DVD. I'd like to think that when the day comes that I manage to view the movie that I find it as fantastic as its soundtrack. Unfortunately, recent viewings of 1970s flicks which for a long time I'd been waiting to see have been huge letdowns, a retooled Phillip Marlowe and nitroglycerin in South America being two perfect examples.

Anyway, enjoy a Hammersmith track (then go score the entire score)!:

Dominic Frontiere - Kiddo