In the world of films, songs are often a little off kilter, histrionic, camp or just plain wrong. Yes, we all know Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away”, “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor and Blondie’s “Call Me” (Top Gun, Rocky III and American Gigolo respectively) but great as they are they differ not one jot from our normal pop chart diet. Dive in as we play you an hour of original movie soundtrack cuts that, if one stops to listen to carefully enough, do not quite fit in to the popular song cannon: they are simply of the films they inhabit.

Jonny White

Cannibal (sung by Don Powell):  Ennio Morricone

Belle: Daniel White

Devil Of Mine: Piero Piccioni

Ringo Nel Nebraska (sung by Vittorio Bezzi):  Nino Olivera

Take You Back (Tough Gym) sung by Frank Stallone:  Bill Conti

The Shooting Gallery (sung by Gene Morford): Michel Legrand

Afyon (sung by Oliver Onions): Guido & Maurizio De Angelis

Mrs. Robinson: Simon & Garfunkel

Silent Running (Song By Joan Baez): Peter Schickele

Theme from “Man And Boy” (sung by Bill Withers): J.J. Johnson

The Last Run (sung by Steve Lawrence): Jerry Goldsmith

Ekkoleg (from the film ‘Viva La Muerte’): artist unknown

From Denver To L.A. (vocal by Elton John):  Francis Lai

L’aventure C’est L’aventure (sung by Johnny Hallyday): Francis Lai

Won’t You Believe Me:  John Dankworth

The Word Is Full Of Lonely Men (sung by Lisa Shane):  John Hawksworth

Black Is Beautiful: Roy Budd

Nina (sung by Gil Bernal): Quincy Jones

Rosamor (sung by Juca Chavez):  Luis Enriquez Bacalov

My Way Of Loving You:   Georges Garvarentz