For some time I have been trying to track down the music from the movie 'Southern Comfort', composed and performed by Ry Cooder. To date I have been unsuccessful and I wondered if any of you had come across it in your musical travels. I've quite a bit off his stuff, including music from the films 'Paris, Texas' and 'The Long Riders', but this one is a bit of a mystery. Amazon do a download of the main theme but obviously this wouldn't include the Cajun stuff but it shows there is somrthing out there, perhaps included on another album. Any ideas? Thanks.
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I also helped to compile a comprehensive four CD box set anthology of his work, solo, cinematic and as a session player, for Warners in 1999, which never came out (Ry eventually vetoed it, saying ''box sets are for dead artists'' !!!)But in putting the doomed retrospective together, I accumulated everything he ever released and I have to tell you that sadly no soundtrack album of Southern Comfort was ever issued.
However, there are three pieces from the film, includuing the main theme to which you refer, included on a two disc compilation of the best of his film music which came out in '95. It's simply called 'Music by Ry Cooder'.
The other Sourthern Comfort pieces on it are titled "Swamp Walk'' and ''Canoes Upstream''.
Will keep looking
And thanks also to you FM, hopefully I'll be able to track down 'Ry Cooder's Music'. Thanks chaps.
The main theme is about 3 mins 45 secs.
Lods of other good stuff on the compilation, though, from Paris Texas, Blue City, Alamo Bay, Johnny Handsome etc.etc.
Great slide player, that I briefly met at the bbc who was on breakfast tv just over a year ago!.
Quite why he was on the programme I was slightly bemused, quite clearly the presenters had little idea who he was or what a wonderful musician he was.
I thought the music from Paris was simply one of the best soundtracks of modern times.
A true blues great, now I am gonna have to spend the evening listening to his stuff, as one song is never enough!
Time will tell , but in tradition of Son House and Robert johnson this man's talent will live on for years.
Good to hear your excellent work incorruptible addick, have to have a drink some time......
I think this man did so much for Blues music, and his slide guitar was simply wonderful like Ry's. Got me into the blues a many other musicians.
The man on the piano Lou Martin went to Bloomfield school in Plumstead, ( year above myself) and I think used to live in Woolwich.
Rory, did not give a stuff about record sales, he just lived for his music, to the exclusion of everything else, including his health and eventual life!.
Best live concerts I ever saw, to this day!