Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver Soundtrack (7822190052) CD

You talkin' to ME?'; undeniably one of the most famous quotes from movie history and from one of its most memorable characters. Travis Bickle, the frustrated Vietnam veteran in Taxi Driver; the lonely nut obsessed with sex and violence who takes a job as a cabbie to battle his insomnia. Robert De Niro's legendary performance ensured that this Scorcese classic ended up on many a 'best movie of all time' lists.

Bernard Hermann's score is comprised primarily of a brass section mixing with a saxophone theme. The music swings back and forth, to amplify Travis' deteriorating mental state. Layered atop the two key components are harps, woodwinds, and even noises of the city, like a nearby drum kit or the music of a theater. It was also Bernard Hermann's last ever soundtrack. He died just a few hours after completing the score. Like no other he composed a dark and threatening atmosphere that drags you into Bickle's twisted mind

1. Main Theme
2. Thank God for the Rain
3. Cleaning the Cab
4. I Still Can't Sleep/ They Cannot Touch Her (Betsy's Theme)
5. Phone Call/I Realize How Much She Is Like the Others/A Strange Customer/Watching Palantine On TV/You're Gonna Die in Hell/Betsy's Theme/Hitting The...
6. The .44 Magnum Is a Monster
7. Getting Into Shape/Listen You Screwheads/Gunplay/Dear Father
8. Sport and Iris
9. The $20 Bill/Target Practice
10. Assassination Attempt/After the Carnage
11. A Reluctant Hero/ Betsy/End Credits
12. Diary of a Taxi Driver
13. God's Lonely Man
14. Theme from Taxi Driver
15. I Work the Whole City
16. Betsy in a White Dress
17. The Days Do Not End
18. Theme from Taxi Driver (Reprise)