Name: The Stone Killer
Brand: Roy Budd

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BEAT82BLK

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-04-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

8809114697357

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

BEAT82RED

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Extended format: Yes

2021-06-04

8809114690822

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2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

Roy Budd

Genre GB

Soundtracks

Label GB

Beat Ball

180 gram heavyweight double vinyl set housed in gatefold tip-on sleeve. Newly illustrated artwork by the comic Sean Phillips (Criminal, Incognito, Sleeper and other DC Comics). This is the soundtrack album for <i>The Stone Killer</i> by director Michael Winner starring Charles Bronson, which came in the middle of a 3-part crime thriller series (1972, 1973, 1974). It follows Charles Bronson as a detective getting to the bottom of the killings in the Sicilian Mafia, with a score by the British film composer Roy Budd (‘Get Carter’, ‘Fear is the Key’).

The soundtrack was initially released in Italy and Japan on LP and 7” single, respectively, but only limited copies were released, making these hard to find. The soundtrack itself has everything one could expect of a 70s cop action movie score – with elements such as funky variations on a theme – but Budd (on spooky synthesizer and treated electric piano) also colors his music with cinematic jazz/soul and strange lounge sounds.

The score represents the essence of Budd’s sound and was one of the holy grails at the top of the wish list among not only soundtrack collectors but also DJs and hip-hop producers who had eagerly awaited a reissue.

The Stone Killer

Music GB