Taxi Driver (O.S.T., Music On Vinyl)

Taxi Driver – vinyl Soundtrack. The music by Bernard Herrmann was his final score before his death on December 24 1975 and the film is dedicated to his memory. Robert Barnett of MusicWeb International has said that it contrasts deep sleazy noises representing the quot;scumquot; that Travis sees all over the city with the saxophone a musical counterpart to Travis creating a mellifluously disenchanted troubadour. Barnett also observes that the opposing noises in the soundtrack-gritty little harp figures hard as shards of steel as well as a jazz drum kit placing the drama in the city-are indicative of loneliness in the midst of mobs of people. Deep brass and woodwinds are also evident. Barnett heard in the drumbeat a wild-eyed martial air charting the pressure on Bickle who is increasingly oppressed by the corruption around him and that the harp drum and saxophone play significant roles in the music.