introducing...Roy Budd

"Roy Budd was considered a child prodigy taking up the piano at four years old and making his first public performance at six. Early on he discovered and developed a love of jazz, forming his own jazz band, The Roy Budd Trio. He left school at sixteen and started a successful career as a professional jazz pianist. His first venture into film music in 1970 is legendary, convincing director Ralph Nelson to allow him to compose a score for his new and highly controversial film Soldier Blue by giving him a tape full of less well known music by Goldsmith, Williams, Schifrin and Steiner, but passing it off as Budd’s own work. The stunning score for Soldier Blue led to many more commissions including Get Carter, The Wild Geese and Fear Is The Key. Roy Budd composed for almost fifty films, sometimes with songwriter Jack Fishman, before tragically dieing from a brain haemorrhage in 1993 just after completing his ambitious project for a new score for the 1923 silent film, The Phantom Of The Opera. AK"

"Music from the Movies"


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Fear is the Key [Roy Budd] (Cinephile Records 1972) (Cinephile Records 1975)



The main theme is haunting and unmistakably Budd at his best. The second track is a masterpiece of film scoring being, one of the few instances where sound effects and music work together, covering a car chase through the bayou which lasts more than ten minutes. The screeching tyres and wailing police sirens inter-link with Roy's jazz music in a strange but compelling harmony, which does odd things to your driving skills when played in the car! The later tracks project the speed and the excitement of the film and are full of rhythm and life.


Get Carter [Roy Budd] (Castle Records 1971)


This soundtrack commission was jazz musician Roy Budd's second score and it owes much to his jazz background, with the entire score being recorded by Roy Budd's trio. The inspired use of a harpsichord for the main opening theme gives a unique, unforgettable sound which still remains fresh after nearly thirty years. However, the score includes many different musical styles, themes and songs with tracks varying from sixties ballads to the Bach influenced 'Goodbye Eric', but with a recurring jazz influence. There is not a single track on this score that will not stand alone or stand repeated listening.

Diamonds [Roy Budd] (Cinephile Records 1975)



Heist films always provided some of the best soundtracks of the 70's, and this one (starring Robert Shaw and Richard Roundtree, and issued in the US as Diamond Shaft) is no exception! Roy Budd rises to the groovy occasion and scores some excellent moments that match a light orchestral sound with a throbbing electric bass and percussion underground -- in a style that's like Lalo Schifrin's best work from the time. The LP's overflowing with tracks, including a few bonus mixes, and there's even 2 vocal numbers that feature The Three Degrees. Titles include "The Thief", "Beauty & The Bass", "Diamonds", "Party Piece", "Thief On the Prowl", and more! Nice notes, and some nicely funky crime themes, too!





Roy Budd - Get Carter Theme