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| The Italian Job | ||||
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 27:32 | |||
| Label | Paramount PS 5007[1] | |||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
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| Singles from The Italian Job | ||||
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The Italian Job is the soundtrack tothe 1969 film which was composed and arranged byQuincy Jones and released on theParamount label.[2][3]
The lyrics to "On Days Like These" and "Getta Bloomin' Move On! (The Self Preservation Society)" were written byDon Black. "Getta Bloomin' Move On! (The Self Preservation Society)" was the closing theme of the film and was performed by members of the cast; the lyrics featureCockney rhyming slang.[4] Many incidental themes are based on English patriotic songs, such as "Rule, Britannia!", "The British Grenadiers" and "God Save the Queen".
The Vinyl Factory opined, "It may seem like a hodgepodge of quirky film cues, baroque harpsichord bits and lounge (Matt Monro's silky turn on 'On Days Like These'), but this album is really a brilliant mash-up of styles ... There is samba, there is country, there is harpsichord, there are a bunch of blokes shouting in cockney; it's the sounds of the Swinging '60s in a 29-minute nutshell".[5]
All music composed byQuincy Jones except otherwise indicated