Thief Film Cue Music by Tangerine Dream

This is a mix of a (nearly) complete Tangerine Dream score for the 1981 Michael Mann film Thief, which was very different from the music released on the official soundtrack album in 1981. That album was missing many music cues heard in the film, and included music not heard in the film. This soundtrack includes nearly every music cue heard in the film, including the film version of the ending music composed by Craig Safan, Confrontation (unknown guitarist).
1. Diamond Diary (film cue mix with rain effects) 00:00
- remix of previously released and unreleased music
2. Gags and Fairy Tales (film cue mix) 11:20
- previously unreleased
3. Life Vision (film cue mix) 12:55
- previously unreleased
4. Habeas Corpus (film cue mix - variant of Scrap Yard) 16:44
- previously unreleased
5. The Fifth Alarm (film cue mix - variant of Diamond Diary) 18:52
- previously unreleased
6. The Break In (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 23:54
7. Beach Scene (extended film cue mix) 32:00
- remix of previously released and unreleased music
8. Dr. Destructo 1 (film cue mix) 39:11
- previously unreleased
9. Car Lot Ambush (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 41:25
- remix of previously released music
10. Back to Work Frank (film cue mix_variation on Kiew Mission intro from Exit) 44:32
- previously unreleased
11. Dr. Destructo 2 (extended remix of soundtrack album and film cue versions) 46:51
- remix of previously released and unreleased music
12. Confrontation (film cue mix - Craig Safan composition/unknown guitarist)† 51:43
- previously unreleased
This music was mixed together from the surround sound stems extracted from the Criterion Blu Ray 5.1 channels, with a few sections of music mixed in from official soundtrack. It also includes the music heard in the film that was remixed from the 1979 Tangerine Dream album Force Majeure. The versions of those tracks here are the film versions, not the 1979 album versions. Some of the film score cues are not exactly as they appear in the film because I had to take some artistic license in mixing them in order to remove sound effects and dialogue, while attempting to keep the musicality intact.
* The original version of this track appears on the 1979 album Force Majeure
† Tangerine Dream does not play on this track, but the sound was influenced by TD and the Pink Floyd song Comfortably Numb.
Edgar Froese - guitar, keyboards, electronic equipment
Christopher Franke - synthesizers, electronic equipment, electronic percussion
Johannes Schmoelling - keyboards, electronic equipment
Klaus Krieger - percussion on "Thru Metamorphic Rocks" (recorded 1978)
Craig Safan - composed "Confrontation". He is not the person playing the guitar. He said that it was performed by session musicians, but I have never found out who the guitarist was.
Mixed in 2015 by KR
Dedicated to the late great James Caan. RIP
Here is what TD member Johannes Schmoeling had to say about why their original ending music was not used for Confrontation. "“As an example for the shootout scene, he brought us a piece from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I think The Wall had just come out. It was this gorgeous, incredible track called ‘Comfortably Numb,’ with an insane guitar solo by David Gilmour. For him that was the music for the ending, the shootout. We knew, of course, that the atmospheric parts wouldn’t be too hard for us, or the emotional sequences either. But for the ending, we knew it would be all but impossible to match the incredible sense of drama Gilmour puts into his solo, and, of course, the composition by Pink Floyd. We certainly could have created music for the ending, and of course we did. But I think Michael Mann wasn’t happy with it and ended up looking elsewhere."

[@kitraefantasyart]

1. Diamond Diary (film cue mix with rain effects) 00:00 2. Gags and Fairy Tales (film cue mix) 11:20 3. Life Vision (film cue mix) 12:55 4. Habeas Corpus (film cue mix - variant of Scrap Yard) 16:44 5. The Fifth Alarm (film cue mix - variant of Diamond Diary) 18:52 6. The Break In (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 23:54 7. Beach Scene (extended film cue mix) 32:00 8. Dr. Destructo 1 (film cue mix) 39:11 9. Car Lot Ambush (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 41:25 10. Back to Work Frank (film cue mix_variation on Kiew Mission intro from Exit) 44:32 11. Dr. Destructo 2 (extended remix of soundtrack album and film cue versions) 46:51 12. Confrontation (film cue mix - Craig Safan composition. Guitarist unknown)† 51:43 Here is what TD member Johannes Schmoeling had to say about why their original ending music was not used for Confrontation. "“As an example for the shootout scene, he (Mann) brought us a piece from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I think The Wall had just come out. It was this gorgeous, incredible track called ‘Comfortably Numb,’ with an insane guitar solo by David Gilmour. For him that was the music for the ending, the shootout. We knew, of course, that the atmospheric parts wouldn’t be too hard for us, or the emotional sequences either. But for the ending, we knew it would be all but impossible to match the incredible sense of drama Gilmour puts into his solo, and, of course, the composition by Pink Floyd. We certainly could have created music for the ending, and of course we did. But I think Michael Mann wasn’t happy with it and ended up looking elsewhere."

[@stormi744]

Where did you find this? Thanks for the upload

[@robplafcan2794]

Masters

[@RobertSoer]

Fabulous, with Craig Safan's master guitarplay @ Confrontation..

[@kitraefantasyart]

@@RobertSoer Craig is a soundtrack composer, not the guitarist. He hired sessions musicians to play on the track, but I have never been able to find out who actually played the guitar

[@nakumastone715]

Can you believe this is Michael Mann's first full length film and he nailed it?!?!

[@davidbutler8096]

Later...he had 2 tries at "Heat".

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

Didn’t occur to me it was a Mann film it has that heat like flavor to it

[@AaronAnaya]

He had made a TV movie previously to to this which is a bit awkward in the way that debuts usually are, but even then most directors don't make movies this good even on a second or even third try.

[@Ramblin-Man]

@@AaronAnayaIe. the 1979 'The Jericho Mile' with Peter Strauss as a a track and field runner in prison with Brian Dennehy, Roger E. Mosely, Billy Green Bush, Ed Lauter, Geoffrey Lewis (Juliette's dad), Richard Moll and William Prince, as well as a guy called Jimmy Coppola (❗) as "Action Jackson" (‼) who was an inmate who was stabbed to death aged 47, 5 years later (40 years ago March 19, 2024...); kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2ixgIR8jNWqf9E

[@Warp75]

I rewatched The Keep last night. I’d love to see the 3 & a half hour Michael Mann cut

[@davehoward2791]

One of my favorite movies of all time, with incredible music and IMO the best director on the planet, Michael Mann. Simply awesome.

[@benlotus2703]

I agree 100%

[@crankfotton]

I really could not get into Last of the Mohicans

[@markbeames7852]

why not@@crankfotton ? Did you read the novel by chance? I'm interested in aspects of the film you found problematic or disinteresting.

[@deforealpole9835]

40 years last 2021. Movie and Music are still classic.

[@Warp75]

One of the best pairings of film & sound known to man.

[@deniro800]

Couldnt have put it better myself.Actually i could and i did,many many years ago.

[@jamesallen6220]

James Caan oozed charisma and was the perfect actor for this film.

[@MaidenUtah1]

Have you listened to him (w/Michael Mann) on the DVD commentary? Pretty good listen. “I mean, you can’t grow up on a farm and play this guy”.

[@buffydee4500]

i could

[@kpeguyebbers850]

@@buffydee4500 nah bro, He's literally me.

[@sukottoshinobe7360]

His best role. Novices only know him as Sonny but the reals know him as Frank.

[@vapour_focus]

@@sukottoshinobe7360 So many classic scenes, where he tells Jessie about his years inside the joint, when they try adopt a baby...

[@strawdawgs78]

The perfect soundtrack to listen to as you plan your next heist.

[@deanmcintosh693]

💯 % dude gets u pumped to pull a job not that I ever have 😉

[@nadoanacleto]

James Caan...the best role. Best Actor!! Tangerine Dream...best music forever in all movies

[@joecole1551]

When l was 10 years old l I snuck into the theater to see the movie sorcerer love the Movie but that's where I found out about Tangerine dream's music and Became a Big fun of there music l remember buying the Sorcerer sound track at my local Kmart Store and they only had on 8 track l was only 10 and it was with in walking distance from that point l would ask for music and not toys for Christmas and birthdays and would ask for Rock Music and Disco yes Disco Music but from Europe and Tangerine Dream l love There Music one Day l was at the Movie theater and they show the preview of the Movie Thife and at the of it said Music by Tangerine Dream and l was there on the opeing day Loved the Movie most of all the thief soundtrack I was 15 years old then I'm now 56 years old and still own still own the original soundtrack or Record and Cd my favorite Soundtrack still soceror but for me this is Thief still their best work . Great movie By Michael Mann and awesome Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.!!!! It's good to be old !!!

[@worawatli8952]

I came here after listening to GTA V soundtracks, and for a few minutes, I forgot that it's from 1981 film, not GTA. They were so ahead of time, their music really is timeless.

[@JimmyMossYourDaddy]

They really should put some of these tunes on their radio stations. PERFECT music to lose the cops to, am I right or am I right?

[@octoberTFB]

The movie melted my brain with its phenomenal nature. This soundtrack was a big reason why.

[@davidbutler8096]

Some of James Caan's best work. Leo's (Robert Prosky) first film. Carl's (Dennis Farina) first film, as well. The guy who played the "greasy cop" was a real jewel thief.

[@jazykjedovaty5984]

This soundtrack, along with Sorcerer are my favorite soundtracks. These interpretations of Edgar Froese are incredible. You can close your eyes, and still watch the movies!

[@pgo301]

Great, I have the original album release of this I bought in 82. This one has some extra cuts (Thumbs Up). TD was and still is all top shelf professionalism.

[@MariaOrtiz-bo7xo]

My favorite version from the original soundtrack - places one in the mist of "Thief" ...

[@heimlichvonbladderburst8348]

So many great moments in this soundtrack. Examples - the hanging solo entrance in Scrap Yard, the brilliant ratcheting bass sequence used throughout, the big mood changing filter sweeps, the perfection of the layering in Diamond Diary, etc etc. A very very under-rated album.

[@Lat41]

The music in thief is brilliant. Made me a fan of Tang Dream

[@joeturner6192]

I cannot thank you enough for posting this. It is my favorite soundtrack of all time, and it’s one of my favorite albums of all time, and it’s the album that turned me onto tangerine dream. Thank you so much. I owe you one.

[@EthanFilms]

i've been playing this album on repeat for weeks on end. There's nothing like it. I live for that stuttered arpeggio synth sound in Diamond Diary. And how cool is "The Break In"? Man.

[@kayleecoakley3155]

I feel the same....film was my first Dvd...LOVE the soundtrack

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Tangerine Dream's music for "Thief" really gave the movie some amazing atmospheric embellishments.

[@user-ui9oo9ee1v]

До чего же !!классная импровизация музыки!!!

[@madlove1581]

I have no idea how you got your hands on this sly full film score composition, if you had to extract it. but, whoever did this work ............... I am eternally grateful. Thank you so very, very much, indeed. Cheers!

[@perrygingher111]

This is such a great soundtrack....

[@JaquesCouteau]

Rest In Peace James Caan. He was masculinity incarnation in this masterpiece. Every man needs to watch this film at least once in their lifetime to understand what it is to be a real man.

[@ILikethePartWhen]

Very curious to hear what you got out of the film that taught you about manliness, genuinely curious.

[@JaquesCouteau]

@@ILikethePartWhen the film itself is about masculinity. How he got rob out of it when put in jail (it is implied that he was raped in jail) and how he tried to regain it by founding a family with Jessie. And also in how he got himself in a situation and deals with it like a man by basically going to war instead of running away like a coward. Michael Mann talked about this in many interviews and Q&A. Everything in the film from the cold and glacial cinematography and blue tint of the film to the poignant and iconic performance by Caan was meant to symbolize and in certain cases, teach masculinity.

[@MA-wq2ih]

@@JaquesCouteau My impression was that he had decided he would rather die than be raped by that guard, and when the guard came around Frank beat the guard within an inch of his life (which ultimately killed him), and that was what turned Frank's eighteen month sentence into eleven years.

[@vincentbotha2723]

Hes not the incarnation of masculinity but the the incarnation of weak jew

[@evanagovino5358]

Yes, abandoning your wife and child in a deranged pursuit of revenge is definitely what it is to be a real man.

[@LauranceFisher-wy1tb]

One of my all time favorites🏝️😎

[@KenMac-ui2vb]

I forgot how good and important to the movie this stuff is. I'm old as dirt. This is one of the best movies of it's genre, eva. Kudos to all involved. Top 'o the Mountain.

[@dchardin1]

This sounds so amazing.

[@muhlissenel]

It's great to see that people still care about thief. You're doing the god's work my brother.

[@gabrielconville4123]

**God’s work “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -John 14:6 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” -John 3:16 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” -John 15:5 Jesus loves you. Make it an amazing day

[@gabrielconville4123]

All the best to you man

[@robertgreen2622]

Just ordered this soundtrack from Amazon excellent.

[@madlove1581]

SO AWESOME to finally hear The Break In the way it was done in the film. What a killer piece of music ~

[@MK_337]

Under appreciated masterpiece film and score.

[@josephwright5921]

Awesome! In my opinion, Thief is one of T.Dream’s coolest soundtracks! It is upbeat and suspenseful, and is still distinctively analog in its many sonic textures. It has melody, progression and dynamics that build into soaring musical climaxes. I am glad someone was able to pull out the many pieces that were missing from the original soundtrack! I wrote to one of the DVD companies and told them they should issue Thief on DVD with an isolated score like The Bounty, which now has Vangelis unreleased, isolated score. Thanks for doing this! I am surprised they never released a Special Edition CD version with all of this material! I will bet that Edgar Froese would have done so if he knew it could have been recovered. I read an interview with him lamenting that many filmmakers never returned his master tapes and that some of his music scores have been lost forever. Some of these mixes sound better than those on the official soundtrack.

[@AndyKing1963]

there's a fair bit of digital kit on it, including the Crumar GDS, especially on Trap Feeling

[@pressureworks]

Surprised he didn't make copies for himself!

[@josephwright5921]

​@@pressureworksI wouldn't be surprised if he had copies and they just got lost in the busyness of life or he just never expected that there would never be an interest for everything T. Dream ever recorded.

[@josephwright5921]

​@AndyKing1963 I am a little bit of a synth junkie, but admit I never heard of that particular Crumar gear

[@redmed10]

Beach Scene has a top notch guitar solo that rivals Comfortably Numb but hardly anyone in the guitar world knows about it which I find so funny and sad.

[@f22photos]

If you haven't heard it look for "Quichotte Part 2" from the album "Pergamon." Edgar unleashes an incredible brain-melting guitar solo that starts at about the 07:46 mark (but do listen from the start!) and continues, weaving in amongst the synths and sequencers, until the synths take over fully again at about the 16:00 mark; the transition from guitar to synth is a thing of wonder!

[@susosuso123]

Es un guiño claro a Comfortably Numb.

[@safedrivingisforlosers]

Synth heaven.

[@andresMartinez-iz8vq]

This soundtrack is fantastic

[@user-cw9dj7ls8q]

i have two favorite films this one and vanishing point true classics that i think will always have a following

[@FranciscojavierGonzalezm-sq3dn]

❤HELLO FRIENDS...YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND "HEAT"...WITHOUT SEEING THIS MAGNIFICENT WORK IN EVERY SENSE...GREETINGS FROM THE SOUTH OF SPAIN 💖 😉

[@theattitude]

True-they're both connected

[@johnrigoni3152]

Defiantly worth it I always go to the end of the film to listen to that particular section of the end because confrontation doesn't sound the same on the track when you have the soundtrack but this is perfect much appreciated

[@kitraefantasyart]

Both versions are actually mixed from the same recording session, they are just chopped up and rearranged/mixed differently. Some sections are identical in both versions, but the film version has some part that were edited out of the album version, and vise versa. There are also some parts of the backing track in the film version that were repeated to make it longer, probably to fill the running time of the credits. There is actually a bad splice where one of those tape edits was done, which I fixed. I attempted to make a long mix that incorporated all the parts from each version, but the film version has a slap back echo that was added to it. The album version does not, and the difference was too jarring to make it work.

[@wildcat189]

I've been listening to this album for 30 years - great to hear all these extra parts. Amazing!

[@jdeez1401]

Nice upload, have re-appreciated this movie after Caan passed recently. Very nice, the way it should be. Cheers!

[@daveshelton9936]

James said as much as he was proud of the Godfather, Thief was his best moment in film, he had the most favorable time filming Thief and it really was the work he was most proud of.

[@kraggman]

Great movie. Great soundtrack. Thank you !!

[@retroelectrical]

Thanks so much for this! Whenever anyone mentions how great "Drive" was, I point them to this film and 9 times out 10 they've never heard of it. "Drive" the poor-man's "Thief." "Drive" stole practically everything from "Thief."

[@vincentbotha2723]

Drive is better than israel movie

[@InfernoFoundry]

Stole is such an ugly word. I would say there was some inspiration there. Nicholas' film is a very good film all by itself. Thief more than likely was an influence, which is rare in modern films today.

[@moxica93]

Watched this one again and had two thoughts: (1) I know it would've been impossible with his last name, but Jim Belushi would've done well to stick with serious/dramatic roles and (2) the reveal of Leo's viciousness is so good. His laugh in the bar scene with Frank takes on a completely different tone when you realize what a dark person he is.

[@aspjake123]

Thief and Firestarter are my favorite movie soundtrack albums. Well, damn Sorcerer is right there also.

[@ironhorse6688]

The last song confrontation, the best opening and the best version I ever heard

[@TheJKDGuy]

Perfection 💪❤️🎵🎥😎

[@queenwest2018]

Best movie ever from James Cann 👏

[@repealthepatriotact]

It was even better for James Caan.....

[@TIZI8493]

What a masterpiece...

[@Osprey78]

Michael Mann and Tangerine Dream, what a film.

[@eliyastomas4713]

Kit has done gods work. Actually recreates the true soundtrack with cues from isolated tracks of the film and cues from the soundtrack that is normally released. Kudos to you!

[@MrRugbyloosehead]

Thank-you for this! Besides the soundtrack to Sorcerer and Risky Business,this is a favourite of mine!❤️😎👍

[@zenqba]

I agree 100 percent!!!

[@nadoanacleto]

Sorcerer Thief Risky Business Three o' clock high... The best soundtracks ever!!! Tangerine Dream forever in 80's movies!!

[@thomasquigley1596]

I was an old telephone. Install it for the Bell System. Love the scenes of the jumping Alarms.

[@davidrawzen8232]

You did some great work here, man! Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart!... )

[@Howardsternlistener]

Rip Jimmy the man

[@user-il4jc5yd6c]

This album Thief is about the only one off TD film scores that has the most best guitar music of all time and the synth stuff going for a film.RIP Edgar froese.😊

[@user-il4jc5yd6c]

I have this album and gave it to a polish guy at work to listen to and he couldn't believe the guitar music on this album he said it's unbelievable and an excellent piece of music.😊

[@knighstalker]

I don't how or where you got this but I have been looking for this for years, hell, decades! Especially the movie version of Confrontation by Craig Safan. Thank you so much for this! 👍👍

[@patclements7195]

Colt 1911 45, leather jacket, black Cadillac, tangerine dream

[@MA-wq2ih]

A longslide target .45 customized by Hoag. Caan said in an interview that he would have kept that pistol if he could...it just all-around felt "right".

[@nadoanacleto]

Tangerine Dream forever!! All best movie soundtracks

[@nadoanacleto]

The Break in...awesome!! Action point of movie.

[@WhispersOfRuins]

Seeing and hearing this when it was released changed me

[@bodhi_satfa]

Damn bro this is friggin amazing. Many many many thanks!

[@ronaldboyker2123]

Thank you, Kit Rae. Anyone who uploads music from my all time favorite band/musicians is top notch in my book.👍😊🍻⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

[@graham4467]

Sorcerer seemed to open doors for TD, went on to score numerous films in the 80s

[@joecole1551]

I totally I agreed with you that's how discoved Tangerine Dream Music l was 10 years old and snuck in to see the socerer the movie poster looked amazing with that truck going across that broken bridge the Movie was amazing and the soundtrack was Incredible .l never heard anything like it so l head it to my local Kmart to see if they had the soundtrack they did only in 8 track tape l was only 10 and Kmart mart was with in walking distance and my mom let me go . Back in the it was much safer . From that point l stop asking for toys and asked for music and TD was on the top of my list My favorite years are from 1976 to 1982 there best years. Sorcerer still my favorite soundtrack but I know that Thief is there best soundtrack and the Movies was Incredible its good to know that some else recognize that it was the sorcerer soundtrack that started all . I still have my original soundtrack on record.

[@CurtFaulk]

Fantastic work, sir. I saw this film in its original release in the theater in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1981. I bought the original record as soon as it was available and the CD as soon as it was released. I have chased various versions on KZbin, trying to find an 'authentic' version of 'Confrontation.' What you have done here is just masterful and gives us what we all should have gotten over 40 years ago. I'm glad I waited.

[@AaronAnaya]

The Diamond Diary sequence is the exact vision of the 80s that things like Vapourwave and Synthwave are nostalgic for.

[@carlosyomismo.5860]

Y pensar que lo tuve en casette en 1987 y lo escuchaba después del colegio, lo mejor de Tangerine Dream, un soundtrack Expectacular.

[@GoldenGateNum9]

32:00 - 51:43 ❤ So Beautiful & Sad ..🌹.. Beach Scene makes me think of Giorgio Moroder's Gina & Elvira & Tony's Theme (Scarface)

[@Zbranek001]

Another great job buddy!

[@jaymes1]

omg! thank you for this!

[@nadoanacleto]

Tangerine Dream deu um charme e um elemento a mais nesse Filme maravilhoso. A trilha sonora espetacular,foi um personagem vivo no Filme. Excelente!! TD forever

[@Mister_H.]

This should have been the original soundtrack. This is a masterpiece!

[@pieromanocchio6531]

Very, very good job!

[@stevengalatz4360]

Well done Kit! Well done.

[@Medulopes]

Very fine works on this great soundtrack .. Thanks for sharing!!

[@ricardorodriguez4762]

Wow, this is GREAT!

[@PROPHETVberlinschule]

Brilliant work. Well done, Kit🙂👍

[@Flavusko]

Thank you so much! Great job. The TD score is stunning. Also loved the selection of images. Thief is a masterpiece.

[@John-bf4zt]

Absolutely superb!! Thank you for sharing this!

[@davehorton1486]

Soooooo awesome.

[@joevitaebella]

Excellent!! Absolutely Excellent!! Well Done...Love It!!

[@ScotsmanProductions]

Kit Rae strikes again. Thank you man

[@larryweiskopf987]

Another 😊😁 stellar soundtrack , It's always nice to hear great music 🎵 🎶🎵 from masters of space rock.47 years of hearing this stuff 😲😲 yeeeesaaaaa friends get high and Dream.

[@buddhull]

I don’t get lost in the depths of the countless films showcasing the almighty and mythical masculine badass protagonist ever, really. But Caan’s portrayal of Frank checks all of those boxes for me in Thief; albeit doing so from new heights of visual storytelling entirely. I really can’t think more highly of Mann, Caan, Thief or the character of Frank when it’s all said and done and Leo receives exactly what he didn’t know he was asking for. To my great appreciation (and to my real life disdain), Thief also glistens with more than a few pro-social change themes. With Frank’s recanting of his nightmarish incarceration abuse, his being judged for his past during his successful future despite the small-time and nonviolent reasons for his imprisonment, as well as how even when death’s own grip has itself wrapped around a prisoner, (David/Okla: Willie Nelson’s character) who was also incarcerated for theft and not a nonviolent means, Frank still has to further play the system just to make sure his friend and father figure doesn’t meet a slow and cold fate behind bars surrounded by people he doesn’t love or understand. There’s rarely any hope for the countless people living similar lives behind bars every single day, let alone for those who are “lucky” enough to see themselves out. Yet when Frank gets out “the right way” after doing his time, his only means of coming out ahead of a low wage or petty theft base of employment is exactly what the opening sequence shows him doing, as well as his multiple business fronts for the sake of blending in amongst his earnings. It’s sad, depressing and unfair but remains remarkably real to this very day. Oh, and abolish the for-profit prison system in favor of social systems based in the means of recovery. And let’s do the same with the current state of law enforcement too while we’re at it.

[@stevejordan7275]

Wow, a highly insightful and articulate comment. I bought the score because I was in a buy-all-TD albums mood; especially loved Diamond Diary/Burning Bar/Igneous, and watched the film because of it...but didn't like it when I rented it (almost 40 years ago.) As I read your comment, though, you reminded me of *why* I didn't like it. At the time, I was wholly ignorant of the prison-for-profit system, and *willfully* ignorant of the imprisonment of non-violent offenders (and what a tragedy/injustice THAT is.) Still, it seemed like Frank got emotional and angry when he should have kept negotiating. But you're right, he did the right thing, even when it cost him, and he made sure his choice didn't affect Jessie, leaving her with the baby and $410K. It was all such a tragedy in the end...which is probably why I didn't like it. But after reading your comment, I've realised I don't have to like it to find it valuable. Learn from what Frank did in spite of the betrayal. Don't hurt - or let BE hurt - the people you love, even if it costs. Take care of your parents and mentors (David/Okla.) Thanks for the wake-up call.

[@12bfost]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@HunterTinsley]

Very well done!

[@jonrev]

Thanks so much for this -- first time finding a clean copy of the film version of Dr Destructo.

[@deniro800]

This is my no:1 all time best movie.Tangerine Dream are my no:1 all time best music.

[@JMoney-ne3to]

This was excellent

[@peterellis5759]

One of the best uploads I've ever come across on KZbin. Well done Kit Rae!

[@Mr47steam]

came for dr.destructo, wasn't disappointed

[@mojo3898]

Thank you so much for putting this together! One of my all time favorite albums of any genre and it’s wondrous to have it complete. Finally. I always had a feeing the last track was based on Floyd!

[@rodrigogonzalez4092]

Genial espectacular

[@user-bt7my8tx4m]

Thank You Kit Rae.

[@williamhannah7768]

Grate.Got it on compact disk.Second last track -end credits,as i recall,from the movie-is tops.Thanks.

[@aliensporebomb]

Bravo! Years ago I literally had to copy segments of the film to tape cassette dialogue and all to hear the true soundtrack which the LP and later CD only included part of. This is much better. Thank you! The funny rumor I heard about Craig Safan is he supposedly played the guitar solo on "Confrontation"! And in the same rumor it was that he didn't know how to play guitar but used his knowledge of music to just "figure it out" - I still think he used session players as well. Maybe someday we'll know who.

[@AndyKing1963]

Craig only played keyboards, his composition after TD said they wouldn't do a version of Comfortably Numb

[@aliensporebomb]

@@AndyKing1963 One wonders who the guitarist was. I hear no "trademark licks" of nearly any LA based player I can think of.

[@AndyKing1963]

@@aliensporebomb the only thing that is known is that the rhythm guitar was by Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter

[@dinotrincas9620]

You are right,the Guitar solo Is by Craig Safan

[@AndyKing1963]

@@dinotrincas9620 Craig said he only played keyboards on it but had forgotten who played lead guitar, however, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter (fromDoobie Brothers & Steely Dan) played rhythm guitar.

[@buddhull]

The best version of Confrontation for my $$$

[@claytonchaney9171]

i love this

[@billyhassett2728]

One of the true classics! Caan at his best

[@dawid5793]

Michael Mann is the greatest director in my all fevers cinematogrhapy

[@markbeames7852]

Okla still lives!

[@RunningOnFull]

Great job! Just FYI, the Arrow UK Blu-ray has a music-and-sound-effects track that you can also rip for the unreleased cues

[@kitraefantasyart]

There is not single clean music cue on it that is usable. The sound FX and foley work ruin it. The music is much more isolated on the individual 5.1 surround channels. That still required a massive amount of work to clean up, but far less than trying to clean up the Arrow track, which was mostly impossible.

[@wtc175]

Superb! Thank you for this.

[@marekwojtek1717]

Zajebista muza i Super film!!!

[@davehorton1486]

Sooooo Cool!!!!!!!