Blow Out Soundtrack CD
Blow Out.
1981, MGM.
Pino Donaggio.
Prometheus, CD, 2002, PCR515.
Rating: 
Brian DePalma’s stylish conspiracy thriller (his homage to Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up) stars John Travolta as a b-movie sound man who accidentally captures an assassination on tape before becoming a target himself. Though relatively unsuccessful at the box office, the film has become a deserved cult hit with DePalma’s legion of fans, high on his heady mix of seedy sex, gruesome violence and glossed-up production values. The score, penned by DePalma favourite Pino Donaggio easily lives up to the demands of the film and much of the time goes that few steps further turning what could have been a straight forward thriller score into a multi-layered character study, primarily thanks to the main theme with its melodic, melancholic piano motif. Add to this Donaggio’s talent for high drama and strings and you have one of his lesser known, finest scores for DePalma. Expanded liner notes and a limited pressing of 2,500 also make this collectable.
Blow Out Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Theme From ‘Blow Out’.
2. Jack Saves Sally.
3. Hospital To Motel.
4. Jack On The Move.
5. Jack Cuts Pictures.
6. Freddie And The Mobster.
7. Jack And Sally In Café #2/Burke Kills Redhead.
8. Jack Discovers Gunshot.
9. Jack Hides The Tape And Film.
10. Burke At Phone Booth/Burke And Manners/Evil Burke #1.
11. Sally Slugs Karp.
12. Evil Burke #2/Jack On Phone To Donahue/Burke Calls Sally.
13. Burke To Phones Booth/Burke Kills Hooker.
14. Sally To Station.
15. Burke Meets Sally/The Station.
16. Car Through Glass Window.
17. Burke Kills Sally.
18. Jack Kills Burke.
19. Good Scream/End Credits.
20. Jack And Sally In Café.
21. Coed Disco Frenzy.
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