Game of Death

 (4 customer reviews)

After years of obscurity, the complete soundtrack to "Game of Death" (1978) is finally available. Composer extraordinaire John Barry contributes an occasionally thrilling score for a mostly fraudulent Bruce Lee film. When the real Bruce shows up during the final 20 minutes, the orchestral accompaniment packs a tremendous punch. Though a bit repetitive, Barry delivers hard-hitting action music worthy of his best 007 efforts.

From the ringing Golden Harvest logo music to the closing reprise of Colleen Camp's "Will This Be The Song I'll Be Singing Tomorrow?" this is a fantastic CD. It contains every notable piece of music from the film, including the amazing casino title sequence and the Hong Kong docks motorcycle chase. Not to mention the sounds of perhaps the finest martial arts fight ever put on film: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

While this 1991 CD is sadly out-of-print, replaced by the incomplete 2003 or 2004 French releases (both paired with the score from Night Games), it is a gem worth purusing. The only problem is the disc must be handled quite carefully, since it comes in a miniature LP sleeve.

Chinese music lovers should note that the CD also contains two rare songs by Roman Tam.

Hopefully, this will be re-released soon.

One of the best Bofs that I bought, and I got lots of them!Much much better than the movie where some scenes were not even with Bruce for the good reason that he was dead!
Includes several minutes of "fighting".The other movie bof "Night games" on the CD can be easylly forgotten...