Midnight Cowboy-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Midnight Cowboy-Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Cover has normal wear and tear for the age. Cover is graded VG. Record is graded VG. FIRST PRESS!!!

Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with notable smaller roles being filled by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt, and Barnard Hughes. Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two hustlers: naïve sex worker Joe Buck (Voight), and ailing con man Enrico “Ratso” Rizzo (Hoffman).

John Barry composed the score, winning a Grammy for Best Instrumental Theme, though he did not receive an on-screen credit. Fred Neil’s song “Everybody’s Talkin’” won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male for Harry Nilsson. Schlesinger chose the song as its theme, and the song underscores the first act. Other songs considered for the theme included Nilsson’s own “I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City” and Randy Newman’s “Cowboy”. Bob Dylan wrote “Lay Lady Lay” to serve as the theme song, but did not finish it in time. The movie’s main theme, “Midnight Cowboy”, featured harmonica by Toots Thielemans, but on its album version it was played by Tommy Reilly. The soundtrack album was released by United Artists Records in 1969.