Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Bob Dylan
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Main Title Theme (Billy) | Bob Dylan | 6:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Cantina Theme (Workin' for the Law) | Bob Dylan | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Billy 1 | Bob Dylan | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bunkhouse Theme | Bob Dylan | 2:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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River Theme | Bob Dylan | 1:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Turkey Chase | Bob Dylan | 3:30 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan | 2:29 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Final Theme | Bob Dylan | 5:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Billy 4 | Bob Dylan | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Billy 7 | Bob Dylan | 2:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
iTunes Review
If Bob Dylan's music on this soundtrack resembles the desolate sparseness and melancholic beauty on display in Peter Fonda's directorial debut The Hired Hand, it could be because Bruce Langhorne (the muse of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man") played guitar on both scores. Aside from birthing the soft anthem "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," the aural accompaniment to Sam Peckinpah's 1973 western (starring Kris Kristofferson as Billy the Kid and Dylan as his knife throwing colleague, Alias) was Dylan's very first recorded soundtrack to a film. It was also his first recording since 1970's New Morning, an often overlooked album of similarly pastoral, mostly Western-tinged folk songs. The haggard texture of his voice here adds a thick layer of wariness to this mostly instrumental offering, especially on the threadbare variations of "Billy." Dylan's electric protégé Roger McGuinn from the Byrds performs the final version of the song with Jim Keltner helping give it the personality of a creaking card table inside an old saloon. "Turkey Chase" serves up a barn-burning bluegrass party with Byron Berline playing fiddle like his fingers were on fire.
Customer Reviews
"Up To Boot Hill They'd Like Ta Send Ya!"
.."Billy; Don't You Turn Your Back On Me!"..Legendary Director Sam Peckinpaw allegedly threw a knife at Bob Dylan's head in a drunken rage and Bob still came up with this overlooked gem of a Soundtrack Album; anyways; "Bless His Heart!" "Billy" is mostly an instrumental affair; like an afternoon backporch jam session or a smoky summer night in the local Cantina; loaded on cheap tequila + beer; just playing away with some good friends! (One of the most important & oft-covered songs to come out of the "Billy Sessions" was "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"; used so effectively in the movie!) Loose, limber, ragged and ripped (at times); "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" is a guitar picker's dream! (Thanks to Bruce Langhorne, Roger Mc Guinn & Bob Dylan!) Add another accomplishment for "Alias"; the mysterious shopkeeper played by Dylan himself in the film! "Beans, Beans, Beans" & "Sleep With One Eye Open!" Dig this again!...by Grimmbo.
Billy, they don't like ya to be so free...
The instrumentals here are pretty enough to make you wish Dylan had done more. A shame the same song appears, in somewhat different forms, four times on a relatively short album. It's a good song and all, but we don't need to hear it endlessly. If you're looking for a country album that successfully incorporates a narrative, Willie Nelson's The Red Headed Stranger has that market well cornered. Pat Garrett is not a cohesive album, but it is a delight to find when rummaging through the cluttered attic of Dylan's storied catalogue. The music is wistful, often beautiful, and of course there's the original and best version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door. I get the feeling listening that I'm hearing an unfinished great album, an opportunity only partially realized. It certainly does nothing to harm Dylan's formidable legacy, but "Alias" just didn't work hard enough for this interesting if minor album to add to it.
RESPONSE TO A NEGATIVE REVIEW OFA BOB DYLAN ALBUM FROM THE 60's/70's
jjmumbles is a bubbling fool this album is golden
Biography
Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
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- $9.99
- Genres: Soundtrack, Music, Rock, Psychedelic, Singer/Songwriter, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Rock & Roll, Southern Rock
- Released: Jul 13, 1973
- ℗ 1973 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
