The Liquidator (soundtrack)

The Liquidator
Soundtrack album by Lalo Schifrin
Released	1965
Recorded	March 1965 London, England
Genre	Film score
Length	34:14
Label	MGM CS 8029
Producer	Jesse Kaye
Lalo Schifrin chronology
Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts (1964) The Liquidator (1965) Once a Thief and Other Themes (1965)

The Liquidator is a soundtrack album to the motion picture The Liquidator by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1965 and released on the MGM label.^[1] An expanded edition of the soundtrack was released on by Film Score Monthly in 2006.^[2] Shirley Bassey, then well known for her Goldfinger title song performed two versions of the theme; a hard driving main title theme and a softer romantic version called My Liquidator. Due to the delayed release of the film, the soundtrack was issued later in 1966^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review states "Taking a few cues from Mancini, Ellington, and Bacharach, Schifrin fashions a fetching lounge backdrop here, with enough of the way of original and sophisticated touches to make it worthy of the competition".^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated

1. "The Liquidator" (Lalo Schifrin, Peter Callander) - 2:17
2. "Boysie's Bossa (Instrumental Sax Version)" - 2:48
3. "The Killer" - 1:28
4. "Bikini Waltz" - 2:20
5. "The Bird" - 3:40
6. "Casino Rhapsody" - 3:25
7. "Carry On" - 1:25
8. "Iris" - 2:55
9. "Riviera Chase" - 4:49
10. "Boysie's Bossa" - 2:21
11. "Tilt" - 4:20
12. "My Liquidator" (Schifrin, Callander) - 2:26

• Recorded in London, England in March 1965

Personnel

• Lalo Schifrin - arranger, conductor
• Shirley Bassey - vocals (tracks 1 & 12)
• Ronnie Scott - saxophone
• Tubby Hayes - flute
• Tony Crombie - drums
• Unknown musicians and orchestra

References