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.
Listen Track 1 and 2 (03:50)
1. Main Title (02:15)
2. Thank God for the Rain (01:38)
3. Cleaning the Cab (01:05)
4. I Still Can't Sleep/They Cannot Touch Her (Betsy's Theme) (04:31)
5. Phone Call/I Realize How Much She Is Like the Others/A Strange Customer/Watching Palentine on TV/You're Gonna Die in Hell/Betsy's Theme/Hitting the Girl (06:10)
6. The .44 Magnum Is a Monster (03:20)
7. Getting into Shape/Listen You Screwheads/Gun Play/Dear Father & Mother/The Card/Soap Opera (05:25)
8. Sport and Iris (02:18)
9. The $20 Bill/Target Practice (02:33)
10. Assassination Attempt/After the Carnage (05:04)
11. A Reluctant Hero/Besty/End Credits (04:40)
Tracks 01-11: Original Film Score conducted by Bernard Herrmann Additional Interpretations: 12. Diary of a Taxi Driver (Album Version) (04:28) 13. God's Lonely Man (Album Version, with alternate ending) (02:00) 14. Theme from Taxi Driver* (04:02) 15. I Work the Whole City* (02:24) 16. Betsy in a White Dress* (02:13) 17. The Days Do Not End* (04:05) 18. Theme from Taxi Driver (Reprise)* (02:25) * Arranged and conducted by Dave Blume
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