Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: La-La Land Records
Cat.#: LLLCD 1012
Country: United States
Format: CD
Release Date: December 9, 2003
UPN: 8-2692-41012-2-3
Notes:
Music composed and conducted by Dominic Frontiere
Limited edition of 3,000 hand numbered copies.
Includes a 12-page booklet.
From La-La Land: Dominic Frontiere's score for the 1975 John Wayne vehicle Brannigan anticipates the suspenseful, kinetic jazz sensibility he perfected five years later with Richard Rush's cult classic The Stunt Man. Frontiere's spry melodies deftly balance between tart and tense, achieving the drama requisite within the crime thriller formula while keeping tongue planted firmly in cheek. Every time an explosion of trumpet ratchets the intensity, cool jazz-inspired rhythms conspire to bring the scale back down to size. Like compatriot Roy Budd, Frontiere emphasizes substance as much as style, and while Brannigan is clearly a product of the mid-'70s, it boasts a timelessness that's undeniably persuasive. La-La Land's limited-edition reissue features informative liner notes and lavish illustrations. Highly recommended.
Track Listing:
1. Main Title (03:07)
2. Knock, Knock (Main Title-Part Two) (02:31) Not Used In Final Version Of Film
3. The Kidnap (01:28)
4. Ransom - Part One (03:19)
5. Ransom - Part Two (01:46) Not Used In Final Version Of Film
6. Ransom - Part Three (01:41)
7. Ransom - Part Four (04:09)
8. Shotgun (02:46)
9. Twenty Five Grand (01:37)
10. I'm A Cop! (01:35)
11. All Right Buster (01:43)
12. Stampede Along The Thames (02:01)
13. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Bird (04:54)
14. Bugging Around (04:06)
15. Here Comes The Jag (02:49)
16. End Titles (01:20)
Total Duration: 00:40:52