South American Getaway (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version) (1969)

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Disc 1
Song Title	Album	Sample	Time
4. South American Getaway (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version)	Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid		5:18

(P) 1969 A&M Records

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Release Date: 1/12/1987

Label: A&M Records

UPC: 00075021315921

Buy.com Sku: 200512229

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Original score composed by Burt Bacharach.
	Bacharach's score for this Paul Newman/Robert Redford classic is probably his best-known film work, as it contains the instant standard "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head." "Raindrops," like the similarly infectious "On A Bicycle Built For Joy" is sung in the film by B.J. Thomas. The rest of Bacharach's score is equally impressive, slyly echoing the great scores of the John Ford westerns of the '40s in much the same way the film itself plays with the conventions of the genre.
	"Not Goin' Home Anymore," in particular, has the elegiac feel so integral to westerns, while "South American Getaway" has a bossa-nova groove more in keeping with the era in which the film was shot. Though Bacharach is justifiably best known as a songsmith, his film scores are equally impressive, with BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDACE KID standing as one of his finest.

Artist Overview

Co-author (with lyricist Hal David) of an extensive string of hits in the '60s, Burt Bacharach is one of the most respected composer/producers in pop history. In Dionne Warwick, Bacharach found a perfect vehicle for his innovations, which fused uncommon rhythms, creative arrangements, and gorgeous melodies, often bringing the sophistication of classical music and jazz to the Top 40 charts. In the '90s, years after the hits dried up, the burgeoning "lounge" music movement provided him with a resurgence in popularity. His late-'90s collaborations with admirer Elvis Costello were widely lauded.

Artist Influences
Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie
Frank Sinatra
Gil Evans
Henry Mancini
Miles Davis
Nelson Riddle
Steve Lawrence
The Ames Brothers
Wes Montgomery

Artist Contemporaries
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Jazz)
Brian Wilson (Pop)
Carole King
George Martin
Herb Alpert
Jimmy Webb
Neil Sedaka
Paul Anka
Perry Como
Sergio Mendes
The Beatles
The Four Seasons
The Walker Brothers
Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks

Artist Followers
Barry Manilow
Ben Folds
Christopher Cross
Cinerama
Cousteau
Dionne Warwick
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Marty Robbins
Neil Diamond
Patti Page
Rilo Kiley
Roberta Flack
Sondre Lerche
The Carpenters
The Divine Comedy
The High Llamas
The Magnetic Fields

Technical Info


	Release Date : 10/25/1990
	Original Release Date : 1969
	Catalog ID : 213 159
	Label : A&M Records (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00075021315921

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher)
(6/02, p.66)
- Included in Mojo's "100 Coolest Movie Soundtracks" - "...Supernaturally fecthing..."

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