This Black vinyl edition represents Dirty Harry’s premiere vinyl release – other than an unofficial 2021 release by Ryder Records – complete with the original session masters remixed for stereo. Lalo Schifrin achieved an action score that would come to be defined as the quintessential work in seventies action cinema. Urban jazz-funk formed the basis of the score for Dirty Harry, with a driving, percussion-based jazz ensemble, along with a ghostly chorale for the “Scorpio” scenes. All of the music originally recorded for the film is included in the release.

The first of the Dirty Harry series of films, the story centers on a killer calling himself ‘Scorpio,’ who’s terrorizing San Francisco. Tough-as-nails Police Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath before he strikes again. Co-directed by Don Siegel & Clint Eastwood and based on a story by Harry & Rita Fink, Dirty Harry stars Eastwood as ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan, along with Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice Argent and Jo de Winter.

Features

• Composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin and Executive Produced by Donna Schifrin
• The music was remixed from the original multi-track masters by Michael Matessino at Sharpline Arts
• Edited and Mastered by Daniel Hersch at d2 Mastering
• Vinyl Mastered at Well Made Music
• Art Direction and Design by Theresa E. Schifrin
• The sleeve features original front and back illustrations by Artur Trzebny

Tracklist

1. Prologue / The Swimming Pool
2. Main Title
3. Harry’s Hot Dog
4. No More Lies, Girl
5. Scorpio’s View
6. Red Light District
7. Scorpio Takes the Bait
8. The Cross
9. The Stadium Grounds
10. Floodlights
11. Dawn Discovery
12. Off Duty
13. The Strip Club
14. Liquor Store Holdup
15. City Hall
16. The School Bus
17. Goodbye, Callahan
18. End Titles
19. The Swimming Pool Original Version / Scorpio’s View (Bonus Track)
20. Dirty Harry’s Creed (Bonus Track)