(Redirected from Death Wish (Soundtrack)) Death Wish is a soundtrack album by Herbie Hancock featuring music composed for Dino De Laurentiis ' film Death Wish released on October 11, 1974 on Columbia Records.
- Herbie Hancock - Death Wish (Original Soundtrack), Side One - 197424 bit, 44100 hz stereo vinyl transfer via Pioneer PLX-500 direct drive turntable.All audio.
- Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and actor. Hancock started his career with Donald Byrd.He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock.
- Herbie Hancock was heavily into electronics at this time in his career (mid 70's), and is displayed with brilliant effect on 'Death Wish'. For me, this is some of the best work he ever composed and is timeless. The orchestrations, as well, are magnificent. On 'Death Wish', he used some of the same players that were in his jazz/funk group at the.
“Herbie Hancock extends the reach of his Head Hunters – vintage electric music into the soundtrack field, with some switchbacks to earlier styles and old-fashioned movie suspense music thrown into the eclectic mix. Jerry Peters provides the requisite orchestral backgrounds, and the wah-wah guitar licks give some indication as to where Herbie’s funk music would be going in the future. The main title music is the best track — tense, streaked with Hancock’s echo-delayed electric piano and understated orchestrations…..the results are, in general, more intriguing than usual for the film genre.” – Allmusic Review
“In the spring of 1974, Hancock received a call from film director Michael Winner, who asked him to compose the score for Death Wish, a film in which an architect (played by Charles Bronson) takes to vigilantism after a gang of thugs murders his wife and rapes his daughter. Winner’s girlfriend had recommended Hancock for the job on the basis of the omnipresent LP Head Hunters. This was his third film score after Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966) and Ivan Dixon’s The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973).
The personnel on the recording date included the Head Hunters members and a group of distinguished session musicians. Among them was guitarist Melvin Ragin, also known as Wah Wah Watson, whom Hancock had first met at the recording sessions for Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, and who went on to play on a number of later Hancock albums. Parts of the score were arranged and conducted by fellow keyboarder and composer Jerry Peters.” – Bob Belden, 2013 Sony Box Set Liner Notes
Disc 1: Sextant (Columbia KC 32212, 1973)Rain Dance
Hidden Shadows
Hornets
Disc 2: Head Hunters (Columbia KC 32731, 1973)
Chameleon
Watermelon Man
Sly
Vein Melter
Disc 3: Dedication (CBS/Sony SOPM 165 (JP), 1974) *
Maiden Voyage
Dolphin Dance
Nobu
Cantaloupe Island
Disc 4: Thrust (Columbia PC 32965, 1974)
Palm Grease
Actual Proof
Butterfly
Spank-A-Lee
Disc 5: Death Wish: Original Soundtrack (Columbia PC 33199, 1974)
Death Wish (Main Title)
Joanna’s Theme
Do a Thing
Paint Her Mouth
Rich Country
Suite Revenge
Ochoa Knose
Party People
Fill Your Hand
Disc 6: Flood (CBS/Sony SOPZ 98/99 (JP), 1975) *
Introduction & Maiden Voyage
Actual Proof
Spank-A-Lee
Watermelon Man
Butterfly
Chameleon
Hang Up Your Hang Ups
Disc 7: Man-Child (Columbia PC 33812, 1975)
Hang Up Your Hang Ups
Sun Touch
The Traitor
Bubbles
Steppin’ in It
Heartbeat
Disc 8: Secrets (Columbia PC 34280, 1976)
Doin’ It
People Music
Cantaloupe Island
Spider
Gentle Thoughts
Swamp Rat
Sansho Shima
Discs 9-10: V.S.O.P. (Columbia PG 34688, 1976)
Piano Introduction
Maiden Voyage
Nefertiti
Introduction of Players/The Eye of the Hurricane
Toys
Introductions
You’ll Know When You Get There
Hang Up Your Hang Ups
Spider
Disc 10: The Herbie Hancock Trio (CBS/Sony 25AP 60 (JP), 1977) *
Watch It
Speak Like a Child
Watcha Waitin’ For
Look (aka “Harvest Time”)
Milestones
Disc 11: V.S.O.P.: The Quintet (Columbia C2 34976, 1977)
One of a Kind
Third Plane
Jessica
Lawra
Darts
Dolores
Little Waltz
Byrdlike
Disc 12: V.S.O.P.: Tempest in The Colosseum (CBS/Sony 40AP 771/2 (JP), 1977) *
The Eye of the Hurricane
Diana
Eighty-One
Maiden Voyage
Lawra
Red Clay
Discs 13-14: An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea in Concert (Columbia PC2 35663, 1978)
Someday My Prince Will Come
Liza
Button Up
Introduction of Herbie Hancock by Chick Corea
February Moment
Maiden Voyage
La Fiesta
Disc 14: Sunlight (Columbia JC 34907, 1978) **
I Thought It Was You
Come Running to Me
Sunlight
No Means Yes
Good Question
Disc 15: Feets Don’t Fail Me Now (Columbia JC 35764, 1978)
You Bet Your Love
Trust Me
Ready or Not
Tell Everybody (Disco Version) (12? A-side – Columbia 43-11019, 1979)
Honey from the Jar
Knee Deep
Tell Everybody (Original Album Version)
Disc 16: Directstep (CBS/Sony 30AP 1032 (JP), 1978) *
Butterfly
Shiftless Shuffle
I Thought It Was You
Disc 17: The Piano (CBS/Sony 30 AP 1033 (JP), 1978)
My Funny Valentine
On Green Dolphin Street
Someday My Prince Will Come
Harvest Time
Sonrisa
Manhattan Island
Blue Otani
My Funny Valentine (Alternate Take)
On Green Dolphin Street (Alternate Take)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Alternate Take)
Harvest Time (Alternate Take)
Tracks 8-11 from Columbia CD CK 87083, 2004
Discs 18-19: V.S.O.P. The Quintet: Live Under the Sky (CBS/Sony 40 AP 1037-1038 (JP), 1979)
Opening
The Eye of the Hurricane
Tear Drop
Domo
Para Oriente
Pee Wee
One of Another Kind
Fragile
Opening
The Eye of the Hurricane
Tear Drop
Domo
Para Oriente
Pee Wee
One of Another Kind
Fragile
Stella by Starlight
On Green Dolphin Street
Disc 2 released on Columbia CD C2K 87165, 2004
Disc 19: V.S.O.P. The Quintet: Five Stars (CBS/Sony 30AP 1036 (JP), 1979) *
Skagly
Finger Painting
Mutants on the Beach
Circe
Skagly (CD Version)
Finger Painting (CD Version)
Tracks 5-6 from CBS/Sony CD 38DP 38 (JP), 1983)
Disc 20: Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock: Butterfly (CBS/Sony 25AP-1350 (JP), 1979) *
I Thought It Was You
Tell Me a Bedtime Story
Head in the Clouds
Maiden Voyage
Harvest Time
Sunlight
Butterfly
As
Disc 21: Monster (Columbia JC 36415, 1980)
Saturday Night
Stars in Your Eyes
Go for It
Don’t Hold It In
Making Love
It All Comes Round
Disc 22: Mr. Hands (Columbia JC 36578, 1980)
Spiraling Prism
Calypso
Just Around the Corner
4 A.M.
Shiftless Shuffle
Textures
Disc 23: Magic Windows (Columbia FC 37837, 1981) **
Magic Number
Tonite’s the Night
Everybody’s Broke
Help Yourself
Satisfied with Love
The Twilight Clone
Disc 24: Herbie Hancock Trio with Ron Carter + Tony Williams (CBS/Sony AP-2190 (JP), 1981) *
Stablemates
Dolphin Dance
A Slight Smile
That Old Black Magic
La Maison Goree
Disc 25: Quartet (Columbia C2 38275, 1981)
Well You Needn’t
Round Midnight
Clear Ways
A Quick Sketch
The Eye of the Hurricane
Parade
The Sorcerer
Pee Wee
I Fall in Love Too Easily
Disc 26: Lite Me Up (Columbia FC 37928, 1982) **
Lite Me Up!
The BombGettin’ to the Good Part
Paradise
Can’t Hide Your Love
The Fun Tracks
Motor Mouth
Give It All Your Heart
Disc 27: Future Shock (Columbia CK 38814, 1983)
Rockit
Future Shock
TFS
Earth Beat
Herbie Hancock Death Wish
Autodrive
Rough
Rockit (Mega Mix) (12? A-side – Columbia 44-04960, 1984)
Disc 28: Sound-System (Columbia CK 39478, 1984)
Herbie Hancock Death Wish Main Title
Hardrock
Metal Beat
Karabali
Junku
People Are Changing
Sound-System
Metal Beat (Extended Version) (12? A-side – Columbia 44-04637, 1984)
Disc 29: Herbie Hancock and Foday Musa Suso: Village Life (Columbia CK 39870, 1984)
Moon/Light
Ndan Ndan Nyaria
Early Warning
Kanatente
Disc 30: Round Midnight: Original Soundtrack (Columbia CK 40464, 1985)
Round Midnight
Body and Soul
Berengere’s Nightmare
Fair Weather
Una Noche Con Francis
Herbie Hancock Death Wish Rare
The PeacocksHow Long Has This Been Going On?
Rhythm-a-Ning
Still Time
Minuit a Champs Elysses
Chan’s Song (Never Said)
Disc 31: Perfect Machine (Columbia CK 40025, 1988)
Perfect Machine
Obsession
Vibe Alive
Beat Wise
Maiden Voyage/P. Bop
Chemical Residue
Vibe Alive (Extended Dance Mix) (12? A-side – Columbia 44-07804, 1988)
Beat Wise (12” Edit) (12? A-side – Columbia 44-07896, 1988)
* previously unreleased in the U.S.
** previously unreleased on CD
Format - Mp3 @320kbs
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