Brian Jones - Theme from the movie "Mord und Totschlag" ("A Degree Of Murder")

Recorded in September'1966 in London, IBC Studios (and other dates and places in late 1966 and early 1967).
All music produced and composed by Brian Jones.
Musicians:
BJ (gtr, sitar, org, dulcimer, recorder, clarinet, harpsichord, harm, cello, bass, banjo and maybe even more)
Jimmy Page (gtr)
Nicky Hopkins (p)
Kenney Jones (dr)
Peter Gosling (keyb, mellotron, voc on one track)
Mike Leander (conductor of orchestra)
& maybe some of the other members of The Rolling Stones.

[@Cissy2cute]

So much for all the detractors of Brian who say he couldn't compose music. Thanks so much for this!

[@Rollover1970]

Yes, we love Brian and remember him! Thank you for your feedback!

[@Cissy2cute]

No problem! I have noticed that his popularity is growing (finally). Like so many artists, most of their fame seems to come after they pass away. I will NEVER forget Brian.

[@Rollover1970]

Yes, there are no problems))) I am glad to meet like-minded people. After all, soon a generation will disappear altogether, for which that music is like a holy scripture. And the Twins do not say anything (((( Therefore, we need to talk ....

[@Cissy2cute]

I feel likewise. The Glimmer Twins have changed their stories many times. Now Keith is admitting they did wrong to Brian, while before he said it was all Brian's fault. What a liar! I have people write to me with questions about Brian and I do my best to tell the truth as I know it.

[@Rollover1970]

It's great that you are talking about Brian. If you have any questions - I'm ready to help you as much as possible.

[@espeh75]

Excellent, and much, much better quality than I uploaded a few years ago. To forestall certain comments - thinking Brian was great doesn't mean thinking Jagger-Richard(s) were rubbish and/or bastards. He was the first Stone and they're the greatest group. He'd have loved that.

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

Brian was great when it came to playing instruments, but Mick and Keith pulled it together with songwriting. They were all talented as their own individuals. Charlie is a great drummer and Bill is great at bass.

[@amusicnerd1771]

@@lilmissrockchick4962 I always Here Mick and Keith getting slagged off about Brian jones, But Mick and Keith did their bit correct?

[@agrippinatheyounger1762]

It would be fantastic if the entire "Mord und Totschlag" soundtrack could be relocated and restored - it would silence Brian's critics for good. If I had a dollar for every time I had heard "Oh, but Brian Jones didn't/couldn't write anything, Mick and Keith were the musical brains," I'd be as rich as Donald Trump (or even Mick Jagger). A big shout-out to you Rollover1970 for uploading this. Thank you KZbin.

[@Rollover1970]

Thank you very much for the kind words! Maybe I'll post something else from this soundtrack. But not fast - for this I need time, desire and mood)))

[@arricammarques1955]

Your spot on, Brian was shafted by the gutter press, & the stones.

[@arricammarques1955]

Brian was probably self medicating., suffering from nervous exhaustion. Without proper support from friends, isolated he was his own worst enemy. Dreadful shame!

[@Viajealduende]

Are you joking "Silence the critics for good"? It opens the flood gates. If the Stones music were all like this, I'd never be a Rolling Stones fan. The Who would've been my favourite group! Pete could compose music and Pete could blow the doors off with his guitar. But thanks to Mick Jagger's swagger and Keith's cool plus their coolest songs ever written with or without Brian Jones, The Stones will always be number one for me as they are for Pete quoting PeteTownshend.

[@Viajealduende]

In fact just to be fair, I gave it another listen and wish that I hadn't. It does have his nice ornamentaion but infantile as a composition. Radical but senseless changes that are overly repetetive with a flat melody line and his harp playing almost goes somehwere but then never goes anywhere. I agree with Ian Stewart in the "Stu Speaks" interview wheh he said "Brian couldn't write." No Jagger, no Richards, no Satisfaction and no Stones songs. if you don't like what Jagger and Richards did then quite simply you're not a Rolling Stones fan period.

[@carlwheezer4832]

love how it just casually name drops jimmy page at the end

[@tomwheeler6760]

JP wasn't a thing at the time, other than a respected session player.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

Brian Jones was the best looking Rolling Stone , best dressed , most gifted , and the one with the highest IQ !!!!!!! Mick and Keith were jealous of the original leader !

[@Rollover1970]

Yes, that's it.

[@agrippinatheyounger1762]

He also had a kind and considerate side because he always responded to fan mail. In fact, there are more letters from him to fans than from any other band member.

[@Cissy2cute]

You are right-Jagger and Richards weren't all that "fan oriented". That is why the authorities really went after Brian. He was the weakest psychologically and they attacked him with the view to causing him to totally break down. They very nearly succeeded.

[@davidrogers2085]

I've been a Brian Jones fan ever since the first time I laid eyes on him. This title track from this movie proves he was "2000 Light Years" ahead of ANYTHING Jagger n Richards ever committed to tape.

[@agrippinatheyounger1762]

@ David Rogers - Absolutely. It takes far greater skill to compose a film score than write a four minute song. The composer has to formulate the musical output around the dramatic plot and take into account the emotional complexities of the characters. Apparently a film company has the rights to the soundtrack and Volker Schlöndorff has made several petitions to get the music released. With the 50th anniversary of Brian's death in 2019 approaching, we can only hope and pray that his fans get to hear the work in its entirety.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Apart from the curiosity of seeing Pallenberg , if this little movie had had another main character actress, this would've been long forgotten or even never released. Jones made a nice enough little tune here.

[@rinaldolira1905]

great Brian

[@stephenhuitson8948]

Listening to, Beggars banquet and then, Sticky fingers you take out those moments of magic from all the Early Brian era albums. Even when he was totally blaked he could produce great feeling through his instrumentation and musicality. Real haunting moments such as, Ruby tuesday and Jigsaw puzzle. But for me if you listen to Under my thumb's Marimba and then the post, Brian versions you here the souless guitar hacking of the song and riff by Richard and co, you realise what Brian was and inadvertantly or reluctantly became, a musical genius! They didn't need another guitarist, they needed another, Brian.

[@judyhendrickson4023]

Loved the hats he wore!!!

[@raulmacias1311]

Man! Anita Pallenberg was so gorgeous and so very cool!

[@elenikorkodelaki2695]

She destroyed Brian..A Poison woman..

[@benoitdenise9821]

Brian Jones beau gosse, classe ce Multi-instrumentiste et fondateur des Rolling stones ✨🌃

[@calvinguile1315]

If he would have been encouraged more to write, he would have gotten better with time..he obviously had great ideas

[@danabrahams7892]

the closing half of this is INCREDIBLE

[@marcmcfarland5113]

Wow! Found hidden waaaaaay deep in the vault. behind the holy grail.

[@bichointoxicado]

Que capo que crack brian 🙌

[@TheSpeedking79]

Every real Brian Jones fan knows how much influence he had. Richards wouldnt even know his guitar tuning without him. Its a shame that Jagger and Richards did everything do delete him from history. I personally dont like the albums after he left the band if i am honest.

[@rebeccahernandez3460]

Me either. After Brian left and then passed away, there music had no imagination to it, and sound like every other rock song out there. At least to me. I always thought the Brian Jones year where the very best.

[@musicgirlbb7300]

❤️

[@imasumac1859]

QUISIERA ENCONTRAR ESTE LP DE ESTA PELICULA .

[@bookmakers]

Imac Sumac, Escuchè que se puede encontrar la pelìcula en Amazon en dvd y blue ray.

[@anorakthing8968]

Pretty unremarkable stuff but still good for one listen! Thanks for uploading it!

[@ianharwell7500]

1. Mick & Keith knocked Brian's confidence to write and present to the band. Plus they were doing pretty well, obviously. 2. Brian indulged too much and did not turn up for work. He lacked discipline & application. 3. His mental & physical health presented a barrier. 4. He surrounding himself with the wrong people. 5. Being unpleasant to others (said Charlie) YET - a real shame, as this proves he had it in him if only he'd got his health & mind together and focused.... and forged a solo career with the right supporting musicians around him. Here's a point to ponder: NO ROLLING STONES - without Brian's initiative to form the band with Ian in 1962. Then M&K, then Bill, then Charlie. NO BEATLES - if Lennon (1940) & McCartney (1942) had been born a year or so earlier and had been forced to do British "National Service"

[@maurice8607]

Great stuff. Thanks.

[@markboyd9275]

Was a soundtrack Released? Would be great on a mixtape w GHs’ Wonderwall

[@Rollover1970]

Unfortunately no.

[@BigSky1]

The original tapes are missing.

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool

[@randybackgammon890]

So Brian couldn't right huh?...Wasn't allowed to more like.Got Brians' touch all over it. Pity he didn't get out earlier.Imagine if he'd gotten free circa '66,what he might have come up with.M&K sucked and spewed him,like they do with everyone

[@dougtull4594]

I believe Jimmy Page is playing guitar.

[@calvinguile1315]

It's a score to a movie!..not a proper album release!..it's supposed to be quirky!!!

[@waltermonici5913]

Avevo sentito i rolling nel 67 al palalido di milano con Brian Jones che aveva suonato di tutto. vibrafono chitarre, organo, armonica e se ben ricordo forse un piccolo clavicembalo in Lady Jane. Ma è passato tanto tempo. I rolling con Brian erano una band diversa: multiforme, aperta alla musica etnica, elettronica, veramente innovativa. Dopo brian sono rimasti la più grande rock band del mondo ma hanno perso quello spirito di innovazione e ricerca che avevano con Brian. Non so se Brian non fosse in grado di comporre musica. Probabilmente avrebbe avuto bisogno di una spalla in grado di rendere coerenti le sue idee e portarle alla fine. non la ha mai trovata e forse è morto per questo. Però è innegabile che Satisfaction è la brutta copia di the last time e il riff di Keith è primitivo a confronto del riff di Brian in the last time che se provate a suonarlo è incredibile per la sua complessa semplicità. Tutte le canzoni del periodo d'oro degli stones devono moltissimo alla coloritura degli interventi di Brian. pensate a ruby tuesday, under my thumb, nineteenth..., jumping jack, lady jane, 2000 lith years.. e tante altre perderebbero il 50% della loro emotività senza le partiture di Brian. é veramente un delitto che non gli abbiano riconosciuta questa capacità con una firma come coautore assieme ai due.

[@strabilio]

Ben detto!

[@jamesrowden303]

Jesus, what was this recorded using, a Brian Jonestown Massacre potato? Surely there is a LP or CD that isn't so distressed with wow, flutter and distortion.

[@MSYNGWIE12]

I saw this film, dubbed and aside from Anita's stunning looks, THE ONLY GOOD ASPECT WAS BRIAN'S SCORE. It wasn't worthy of the hype- I only went as A Stones Devotee.

[@hondahaney6404]

In the end, Brian was a drugged out wasted liability to the Stones

[@gailobrien9380]

This right here!

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

I have mixed feelings about this. I thinks it's good and I'm not denying that Brian wasn't talented, but I just feel it's a bit upbeat and country for something like a 'Degree of Murder'. I feel Brian could've maybe written a song if he had the chance, but writing songs is sometimes harder than it seems.

[@jaredcraver3898]

So u dont think Brian was talented

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

@@jaredcraver3898 No, I don't think that at all, just because if something isn't my cup of tea, I'm not denying his talent. I think Brian was very talented and a great musician.

[@Viajealduende]

And at the risk of many attacks from the usual suspects, this music by Brian Jones demonstrates exactly why he was good at ornamentaion but not a song writer. It sounds like exactly what it is, a litte better than a cheesy soundtrack from a 1960's B movie. Break out the go go dancers and Austin Powers! Thank God for Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for doing the songwriting for the Rolling Stones. I rest my case.

[@dougsmith6648]

Thats your opinion and remember everyone has one !

[@MrThedonhead]

Anyone could do this

[@palacerevolution2000]

Love Brian's contribution to the Stones; invaluable of course. But not every great musician is a composer. This recording IMO shows how Brian couldn't write.

[@agrippinatheyounger1762]

Is Ruby Tuesday an example of his inability to write?

[@palacerevolution2000]

You have Brian J. writing Ruby Tuesday?

[@agrippinatheyounger1762]

Marianne Faithfull has stated this fact on a number of different occasions. Mick Jagger says that he made no contribution to the song (despite it being credited as a Jagger/Richards song). Also note the comments of Stan Blackbourne, who was The Stones' accountant in the mid-sixties: “I used to say to Brain, ‘What on earth are you doing?‘ "You write some of these songs, and you give the name over as if Mick Jagger has done it. Do you understand, you’re giving ‘em thousands of pounds!’ All the time I used to tell him, ‘You’re writing a blank check.’” The question is how many other songs did he contribute to? The sound of the RS is certainly very different after his time with the band.

[@agrippinatheyounger1762]

I have no axe to grind. My mother preferred the RS to The Beatles ("No one comes close to Paul, John, George and Ringo, darling mama" was my incredulous response). But I explored the RS catalogue and it was when I did this that I found something seemed to be amiss. Just who was that cool guy with the glossy, blonde hair banging out the melodies on those weird and wonderful instruments? I knew that Brian Jones had drowned, but he seemed marginal to the history of The Stones. I delved further and made my own investigations. I discovered a whole different story to the one that has been told, and both Mick and Keef have been damning of him and his memory. Indeed, Keef described him "a rotting appendage." It is tragic Brian never received proper recognition, either when he was alive or in the period since his death.

[@palacerevolution2000]

Marianne said something different. She said "Ruby Tuesday is Keith's". Simple as that. Yes, Brian's recorder dominates the song, leads the song, probably inspired the song. But this is the huge difference between songwriters and non-writers. It takes a writer to recognize a phrase, pick it out, and assign it. Or use it. This is in no way a sleight to countless superb musicians, who contribute, and often make or break a song. Jeff Beck, IMO one of the greatest guitarist around can't write a song. This whole type of issue has caused many heated arguments. Bill Wyman claiming he came up with the riff for JJF. He probably did. But much like Brian doodling on the recorder with that lovely phrase, or Bill banging on the piano - had Keith not walked by at that minute, and said "Hold it, what's that?" and went on the bang around on it, the phrase would have floated away forgotten. I think every member of the Stones has been invaluable and brought so much to the history: Jagger, Keith, Brian, Bill Charlie, Taylor and Ron. The Stones would not be where they are now, without Brian; simple as that.

[@123666yeah]

sounds horrible

[@dikless222]

Hahahahaha! You read my mind!!

[@williardbillmore5713]

Pretty bad.