In Cold Blood (soundtrack)

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In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood (soundtrack).jpg
Soundtrack album by
Quincy Jones
Released1967
Recorded1967
at RCA Victor's Music Center of the World
GenreFilm score
Length31:41
LabelColgems
COM/COS 107
ProducerNeely Plumb
Quincy Jones chronology
In the Heat of the Night
(1967) 		In Cold Blood
(1967) 		For Love of Ivy
(1968)

In Cold Blood is a 1967 film score for the film In Cold Blood, composed, arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones. The soundtrack album was released on the Colgems label in 1967.[1][2]

Truman Capote lobbied unsuccessfully to have Jones removed from the film. According to Jones, Capote called director Richard Brooks and said "Richard, I don't understand why you've got a Negro doing the music for a film with no people of color in it.' And Richard Brooks said, 'Fuck you, he's doing the music".[3] Capote later apologized to Jones.

The Vinyl Factory said "The opening title track, with its galloping drums and corrosive strings, lets you know you are entering a bleak musical terrain. "Perry's Theme", which begins with a beatific Spanish guitar, mutates into something terrifying, as strings rise and fall ominously. With its harrowing organ blasts, "Murder Scene" is a haunting aural crime photo. At the time, this menacing soundtrack was considered a convention breaker not only for Jones, but also for black composers in Hollywood".[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Quincy Jones

  1. "In Cold Blood" – 2:48
  2. "Clutter Family Theme" – 2:03
  3. "Hangin' Paper" – 2:10
  4. "Down Clutter's Lane" – 2:43
  5. "Seduction" – 2:35
  6. "Perry's Theme" – 3:20
  7. "Lonely Bottles" – 2:34
  8. "No Witnesses" – 2:13
  9. "I'll Have to Kill You" – 2:25
  10. "Nina" (Lyrics by Gil Bernal) – 3:56
  11. "Murder Scene" – 2:02
  12. "The Corner" – 2:52

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Soundtrack Collector: album entry accessed January 17, 2018
  2. ^ Edwards, D & Callahan, M. Colgems Album Discography, accessed January 17, 2018
  3. ^ "Quincy Jones Has a Story About That". GQ. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  4. ^ 10 definitive Quincy Jones soundtracks from the '60s and '70s, The Vinyl Factory, accessed January 17, 2018
  5. ^ "The Film Music Society". www.filmmusicsociety.org. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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