Very up-to-date and just as exciting as the screenplay is the music Lalo Schifrin wrote for the film, which embeds the characters, places and events in a musical context. For example, “Bullitt”: the metrically angular main theme portrays a mysterious, cool character who sums up a situation with keen alertness and then makes his attack with the speed of lightning. Initially the music travels through easygoing Latin terrain. But gradually the rhythmic texture changes and takes a rougher path, with clicks, knocks and hammering. Legendary flute lines create a compensatory placidness with airy clouds floating above the sharp mix. A really special track is “Shifting Gears”: here you can listen to Schifrin tuning the car, how he manipulates a jammed springy bossa to take on the sound of clean, smooth-running rock.

Tracklist:

1. Bullitt (Main Title)
2. Room “”26″”
3. Hotel Daniels
4. The Aftermath of Love
5. Music to Interrogate By
6. On the Way to San Mateo
7. Ice Pick Mike
8. A Song for Cathy
9. Shifting Gears
10. Cantata for Combo
11. The First Snowfall
12. Bullitt (End Title)

UPC: 4260019715432
Label: Speakers Corner
Release Date: 9.4.26
Format: Vinyl