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 - Nifty soundtrack for a great filmThis CD has the film's movie version, complete with heavy bass lines and its edgy, driving tempo, but even if the tracks here are not the original as heard in the movie, the CD is no less interesting and enjoyable. "Shifting Gears" is perhaps the best cut here because the cue covers the film's best scene that begins on the hilly San Francisco streets and finishes on a highway with dramatic cutting back and forth involving Steve McQueen and the bad guys. Also, the film shows a band during a live performance highlighted by a woman playing a wonderful flute solo and it's a shame that piece was not included in this collection. Nevertheless, this soundtrack is a diverting program that captures that certain jazz flavor of the late '60s. Rating: - BULLITT IS STILL BADASSI had the rare opportunity to meet Lalo Schifrin while I worked at Borders. I have always been a huge fan. Let's face it: Lalo made guys like Eastwood and McQueen cool and they just don't write 'em like this anymore. This cd is so cool that when I first met actor Michael Madsen, the ultimate badass, he borrowed it and never gave it back... Michael knows a cool thing when he hears or sees it, so I bought another copy for myself. Great Liner notes included. I see that some reviewers complained about this version; it states on the cd: "This is the digital release with both record and movie versions from the classic film including additional cues never before released (it features the WDR Big Band which recorded the cd in April 2000 in Cologne, Germany)." Also recommend the Dirty Harry soundtrack. Rating: - classicThe only question I have when listening to and writting about Lalo Schafrin is, can I sing his praises loud enough? Wonder why? Just check out this Bullit Score. In 1968, many composers--good ones, like Stanley Myers on No Way To Treat A Lady--were still using easy listening music in films. Not Master Schafrin. He had already done a fantastic country blues score for Cool Hand Luke, that was an geniune, real taste of the genre; not, as many soundtracks then were, a charactature of the music. On Bullit, he ups the antie twofold. The score is a driving, perpulsive jazz funk, as cutting edge as any, non-rock soundtrack of the era. The music is filled with popping, bluesy bass patterns, jazzy flute, and outstanding, smaple-worthy drumming. Like the film or not, the soundtrack is a funk masterpiece. This CD was not recorded in 1968, but in the 1990s. A band was hired to redo the entire score. I am not sure why, but the audio is modern, and much thicker than it was on the 1968 soundtrack. I have read complaints about this score, particularly the heavy bass and an overall unbalanced matering job. True, the bass is a little overbaring. (Being a bass player, I am biased and kind of like this flaw) But the production is warm and organic and huge. It fills the room and has a soundstage like eccho: this recording is not--whether you like it or don't--a victim of sterile, modern digital recording. Regardless, the music itself cannot be beat. You have to own this. Rating:  - This will teach me to check the reviews before I buy!!!!Although Amazon lists this as a soundtrack, it isn't. It's at best a score recording, and the packaging dosen't even claim that. It's not the original 1968 album, which I wore out 20 years ago and need to replace. It was recorded in 2000 by a German big band. This is a hideous work and I can only hope to find a cassette version of the 1968 version so I can at last have a scratch free copy again. Rating: - Wrong CDI truly wanted the movie and not the CD, can you tell me how to return it?
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