Bernard Herrmann / Taxi Driver (Original Soundtrack Recording)

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Artist

Bernard Herrmann

Album Title:

Taxi Driver (Original Soundtrack Recording)

Album Cover:

Primary Genre

Soundtrack: Film Score

Format

Released

05/19/1998

Label

Arista

Catalog No

07822-19005-2

Bar Code No

0 7822-19005-2 2

Packaging

Jewelcase

Tracks

1.	Main Title (2:15)
2.	Thank God for the Rain (1:38)
3.	Cleaning the Cab (1:05)
4.	I Still Can't Sleep/They Cannot Touch Her (Betsy's Theme) (4:31)
5.	Phone Call / I Realize How Much She is Like the Others / A Strange Customer / Watching Palantine on TV / You're Gonna Die in Hell / Betsy's Theme / Hi (6:10)
6.	The .44 Magnum is a Monster (3:20)
7.	Getting Into Shape / Listen You Screwheads / Gun Play / Dear Father & Mother / The Card / Soap Opera (5:25)
8.	Sport and Iris (2:18)
9.	$20 Bill / Target Practice (2:33)
10.	Assassination Attempt / After the Carnage (5:04)
11.	A Reluctant Hero / Betsy / End Credits (4:40)
12.	Diary of a Taxi Driver (Album Version) (4:28)
13.	God's Lonely Man (Album Version, with Alternate Ending) (2:00)
14.	Theme From Taxi Driver (4:02)
15.	I Work the Whole City (2:24)
16.	Betsy in a White Dress (2:13)
17.	The Days Do Not End (4:05)
18.	Reprise: Theme From Taxi Driver (2:25)

Date Acquired

11/16/2022

Personal Rating

Acquired from

ElArticoDiscos (Discogs)

Purchase Price

20.00

Web Links

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Notes

Notes:
Soundtrack from the 1976 Martin Scorsese movie 'Taxi Driver' starring Robert de Niro.
20-Bit digital mastering from the original master tapes: 1998
Made in the EU.

Credits:
Arranged By, Conductor – Dave Blume (tracks: 14 to 18)
Artwork [Front Cover] – Guy Peellaert
Composed By – Bernard Herrmann (tracks: 14 to 18)
Composed By, Conductor – Bernard Herrmann (tracks: 1 to 13)
Design [Original Lp Design] – Nancy Greenberg
Design [Reissue Design] – Marlo Viscel
Photography By – Steve Schapiro

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 0 7822-19005-2 2
Matrix / Runout: S 07822190052 02 DISCTRONICS

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Analyzed Folder: Taxi Driver Soundtrack_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR13 -0.10 dB -18.12 dB 01 - Main Title.aif
DR11 -1.29 dB -17.16 dB 02 - Thank God for the Rain.aif
DR11 -3.62 dB -21.74 dB 03 - Cleaning the Cab.aif
DR13 -4.56 dB -21.59 dB 04 - I Still Can't Sleep - They Cannot Touch Her.aif
DR12 -1.48 dB -18.66 dB 06 - The .44 Magnum is a Monster.aif
DR13 -0.10 dB -16.89 dB 07 - Getting Into Shape - Listen You Screwheads...aif
DR10 -2.13 dB -16.12 dB 08 - Sport and Iris.aif
DR13 -0.10 dB -18.22 dB 09 - The $20 Bill - Target Practice.aif
DR10 -0.10 dB -14.41 dB 10 - Assassination Attempt - After the Carnage.aif
DR15 -0.10 dB -20.23 dB 11 - A Reluctant Hero - Betsy - End Credits.aif
DR13 -2.38 dB -19.04 dB 12 - Diary of a Taxi Driver (Album Version).aif
DR10 -0.05 dB -14.93 dB 13 - God's Lonely Man (Album Version, with Alternate Ending).aif
DR12 -1.41 dB -17.13 dB 14 - Theme from Taxi Driver.aif
DR13 -1.64 dB -16.89 dB 15 - I Work the Whole City.aif
DR14 -0.02 dB -17.30 dB 16 - Betsy in a White Dress.aif
DR15 -0.53 dB -18.28 dB 17 - The Days Do Not End.aif
DR12 -1.14 dB -15.93 dB 18 - Theme from Taxi Driver (Reprise).aif
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Number of Files: 17
Official DR Value: DR12
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Reviews

All Music Guide Review by Rick Watrous:

Bernard Herrmann's last soundtrack (completed just hours before he died in his sleep) is also one of his best -- which means one of the greatest scores ever put to film. This expanded 1998 reissue performs a public service by finally offering Herrmann's complete score for Taxi Driver in all of its harrowing grandeur. As director Martin Scorsese says in his insightful liner notes, "There was no one who could even come near him." Dave Blume's cover versions of Herrmann's melodies are again inexplicably included, proving that anything, even the epic themes of Bernard Herrmann, can be turned into Muzak.

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