Sounds Of Kung Fu: Old School Movie Scores

[Killer Meteor]

Title music from NOT SCARED TO DIE AKA EAGLE SHADOW FIST

https://bmgmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=205426

 

Opening and closing music cues from Jimmy Wang Yu's KNIGHT ERRANT

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05iCXWw2WI0

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E47ipdPkKyU&ab_channel=EnnioMorricone

 

[Killer Meteor]

From BRUCE STRIKES BACK

 

 

[DragonClaws]

 

- Metropolis (by Keith Papworth) - Chinatown Kid (1977)

 

 

 

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- Jam Sandwich (Death Wish 2 soundtrack) by Jimmy Page - Shanghai 13 (1984).

 

 

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From FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH

 

 

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Edited December 18, 2021 by Killer Meteor

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

Don't recognize either of those last two at all, and King Boxer is my favorite SB film with about 50 watches since '93. 

[Killer Meteor]

8 hours ago, TibetanWhiteCrane said:

Don't recognize either of those last two at all, and King Boxer is my favorite SB film with about 50 watches since '93. 

 

The Camille 2000 piece is from one of the romantic interludes. The latter song isn't actually in the movie at all, it was a record Warners had comissioned to promote the film - sorry, forgot to mention that in my post!

 

I do wonder what the title music in King Boxer is. It's also in One Armed Boxer, but I've never seen it identified.

[DragonClaws]

 

Star Trek the motion picture Klingon battle (1979) - Bruce The Super Hero with Bruce Le (During Bolo Yeungs fight with the ox)

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

From CHINATOWN KID

 

 

Edited December 22, 2021 by Killer Meteor

[DragonClaws]

 

No. 3 Chant Plaintif  by (Edward Michael) 1967 - featured in The Sentimental Swordsman(1977).

 

 

[DragonClaws]

 

The Moog and Me by (Dick Hyman) 1969  featured in Lady Iron Monkey a.k.a Ape Girl - 1979.

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

Dick Hyman? That's almost as silly as Dick Bush!

[DragonClaws]

 

A synth version of Flight of The Bumblebee appears in Kung Fu on The Bosporus (1974) - a.k.a Ninja Killer. The score can be heard during a car chase sequence.

 

 

[TibetanWhiteCrane]

On 12/18/2021 at 11:36 AM, Killer Meteor said:

I do wonder what the title music in King Boxer is. It's also in One Armed Boxer, but I've never seen it identified.

Watching the '67 Shaw drama Madam Slender Plum right now and it has the same intro theme (sans the Ironside siren effect of course), so obviously an older piece.

[ShawAngela]

On 12/18/2021 at 3:31 AM, TibetanWhiteCrane said:

Don't recognize either of those last two at all, and King Boxer is my favorite SB film with about 50 watches since '93. 

Same here  !

[ShawAngela]

On 12/22/2021 at 10:50 PM, DragonClaws said:

 

No. 3 Chant Plaintif  by (Edward Michael) 1967 - featured in The Sentimental Swordsman(1977).

 

 

I won't remember this music either...

[Killer Meteor]

Title theme and trailer music for BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE (not to mention the BBC's POINTS OF VIEW!)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbwKOxpZGPw

[starschwar]

Found two from New Fist of Fury (one listed on IMDB, the other through mild research.)

 

Main Theme:

 

Training Theme:

 

 

[Killer Meteor]

8 hours ago, starschwar said:

Found two from New Fist of Fury (one listed on IMDB, the other through mild research.)

 

Main Theme:

 

Training Theme:

 

 

And here is the title theme from the Cantonese reissue!

 

 

[RebelIntruder]

A timely bump.  I'm a music collector and thought of starting my own thread on this topic but it seems like it already exists.  I've been keeping a text doc of music as I come across it.  I'll just do a text dump here as Youtube links can disappear.  I haven't documented any of the library music Shaw used for their movies since it seems this is well known by now.

Edit 10/16/2022

Edit 1/22/23

Edit 2/7/23 

Edit 3/16/2023 - latest in bold

Alliance of Hung Sect

• Goblin – L’alba Dei Morti Viventi (Dawn of the Dead OST)

Along Comes a Tiger

• Ennio Morricone - Silhouette of Doom (Navajo Joe)
• Klaus Schulze – Ways of Changes

Amsterdam Connection

• Isaac Hayes – Joy

Angel Terminators 2

• Bob Foster - Star Winners (KPM 1386)

13 Styles Strike

• Bob James - Golden Apple

99 Cycling Swords

• Henry Mancini - African Symphony 

Bandits, Prostitutes and Silver

• Ennio Morricone - La Resa Dei Conti (Titoli - Ripresa) (Big Gundown OST)
• Marvin Hamlisch - The Pyramids (Spy Who Loved Me OST)

The Big Deal

• No Retreat, No Surrender OST (unknown track name)

Black Alice

• Herbie Hancock - Suite Revenge (Death Wish OST)

Black Dragon

• Perry Botkin, Jr – Theme From Young and the Restless

Black Dragon's Revenge

• Ennio Morricone - Queimada Seconda (Queimada OST)
• Herbie Hancock - Suite Revenge (Death Wish OST)

Black Panther

• Donny Hathaway – Vegetable Wagon (Come Back, Charleston Blue  OST)
• Quincy Jones – Call Me Mr Tibbs (Main Title) (They Call Me Mr Tibbs! OST)

 
Book of Heroes

• Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – A Time For Us (Romeo and Juliet OST)

Born Invincible

• Peter Reno – Submarines
• Peter Reno – Headquarters
• Peter Reno – Missiles

Bruce and the Iron Finger

• Pino Donaggio - Bucket of Blood (Carrie OST)

Bruce Lee the Invincible

• Jerry Goldsmith - Flameout (Logan's Run OST)

 
Bruce's Fingers

• Love Unlimited Orchestra - Find the Man Bros (Together Brothers OST)

Carry On Wise Guy

• Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven

Chinatown Capers

• Al Kooper – Walter G’s Boogaloo (verify) (Landlord OST)
• Berto Pisano – Kill Them All (Kill OST)
• Incredible Bongo Band – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
• Isaac Hayes – Joy
• Mandrill – Mandrill
• A Cover of ‘The Meters – Cissy Strut’ but no idea who the band is

Death Duel of Kung Fu

• Dominic Frontiere – Hang ‘Em High (Hang ‘Em High OST)
• Dominic Frontiere – Tumbleweed Wagon (Hang ‘Em High OST)
• Dominic Frontiere – I’ll Get ‘Em Myself (Hang ‘Em High OST)
• Dominic Frontiere – Rachel (Love Theme) (Hang ‘Em High OST)
• Dominic Frontiere – Hang ‘Em High (Reprise) (Hang ‘Em High OST)
• Dominic Frontiere – It’s No Deal (Hang ‘Em High OST)

Descendant of Wing Chun

• Henry Mancini - African Symphony
• Riz Ortolani - Day of Anger (Day of Anger OST)

Devil Hunters

• Frank Harris - Training Sequence (No Retreat, No Surrender OST) 

Dragon Bruce Lee II 

• Mikis Theodorakis - La Course De Manuel (Chase) (Z OST)
• Roy Budd - TNC M27 (Tomorrow Never Comes OST)

Dragon on Fire 

• Giorgio Moroder - The Chase (Midnight Express OST)

Dragon the Hero

• Ennio Morricone - La Resa Dei Conti (Titoli - Ripresa) (Big Gundown OST)
• Ennio Morricone - La Resa Dei Conti (Secoonda Caccia) (Big Gundown OST)

Dragon's Claws 

• Rush - Overture/Temples of Syrinx 

Dream Sword

• Pino Donaggio - Bucket of Blood (Carrie OST)

Duel With the Devil

• Claude Bolling - Escalade (Borsalino OST)

Eagle's Claw

• Jerry Goldsmith - Flameout (Logan's Run OST)

Fatal Flying Guillotines

• Jerry Goldsmith – Kaplan’s Death (Cassandra Crossing OST)

Female Chivalry

• Elmer Bernstein – Chen Lee and the General (True Grit OST)

Five Pattern Dragon Claws

• Jack Trombey – Mask of Death (DeWolfe 3300)

Five Shaolin Masters

• Giani Oddi - Omertà (Style LP)

Fortune Hunters

• Rob Waugh – New Design (TIM 1052)

Golden Mask

• Jerry Goldsmith - Flameout (Logan's Run OST)
• 蘇振波箏藝團 - 祭神 (So Chun-Bo and His Cheng Society - Worshiping God

Hitman in the Hand of Buddha

• JJ Johnson – Pull, Jabul, Pull (Man and Boy OST)

Hong Kong Superman

• Barry White/Love Unlimited Orchestra - Somebody's Gonna Off the Man (Together Brothers OST)
• Barry White/Love Unlimited Orchestra (You Gotta Case) (Together Brothers OST)

The Hot, The Cool, and the Vicious

• Berto Pisano – Kill Them All (Kill OST)

Interpol

• Bill Conti – Runaway (For Your Eyes Only OST)

Invincible Armour

• Jerry Goldsmith - Flameout (Logan's Run OST)
• Riz Ortolani - Day of Anger (Day of Anger OST)

Iron Man

• Francis Lai - Rapt (L'Aventure C'est L'Aventure OST)

 
Killer Angels

• Alan Tew – The Fence (a) (TIM 1025)
  • Gordon protects Moon at the club
• Andy Clark – Ambition (KPM 1296)
  • Gordon gets sexually assaulted
• Andy Clark – Love To – No Can (KPM 1379)
  • Moon meets her undercover “date” at the club
• Bob Foster – Star Winners (KPM 1386)
  • Opening credits song
• Dick Walter – Who Dares Wins (a) (KPM 1369)
  • Moon’s date gets into a fight and chase at the club
  • Various tense moments during the movie
• Matthew Cang – Winners Ahead (a) (TIM 1053)
• Rob Waugh – New Design (TIM 1052)
  • Moon’s audition impresses Gordon
• Rod Argent & Robert Howes – Spring (TIM 1049)
  • Moon meets Gordon in the park

Killer Meteors

• 蘇振波箏藝團 - 祭神 (So Chun-Bo and His Cheng Society - Worshiping God)

King of Fists and Dollars

• Peter Reno – Headquarters (DeWolfe 3029)

Knight Errant

• Solomon Burke - Cool Breeze (Cool Breeze OST)

Kung Fu Genius

• Goblin - L'alba Dei Morti Viventi (Dawn of the Dead OST)

 Kung Fu, The Invisible Fist

• Francis Lai – Rapt (L'aventure C'est L'aventure OST)

The Magnificent (1978)

• Peter Reno - Missiles

Midnight Sword & Jade Lion

• Jerry Goldsmith - Flameout (Logan's Run OST)

My Kung Fu 12 Kicks

• Riz Ortolani - Day of Anger (Day of Anger OST)

The Nine Demons

• New American Orchestra - Main Title (Bladerunner OST)

Princess Madam

• Alan Hawkshaw & Alan Parker – Lazy Evening Blues (KPM 1086)
• Andrew McCrorie-Shand – Lifewatch (B) (KPM 1390)
• Andrew McCrorie-Shand – That Summer (A) (KPM 1390)
• Andy Clark – Power Curves (KPM 1248)
• Andy Clark – The Acid Test (KPM 1248)
• Andy Clark – World Beater (KPM 1248)
• Brian Bennett – Flying Squad (KPM 1157)
• Brian Bennett – Speed Trap (KPM 1157)
• Clive Hicks – Approach (Sting) (KPM 1157)
• Clive Hicks – Solid Pursuit (KPM 1157)
• Dave Richmond – Heavy Lead (KPM 1157)
• Graham de Wilde – Atmospheric Journey (A) (KPM 1345)
• Graham de Wilde – Cold War (KPM 1345)
• Graham de Wilde – Dawn on the Serengeti (A) (KPM 1345)
• Graham de Wilde – Icescape (A) (KPM 1345)
• Graham de Wilde – Noon in the Desert (A) (KPM 1345)
• Graham de Wilde – Temple Dogs (A) (KPM 1345)
• Johnny Pearson – Industrial Sabotage (KPM 1136)
• Keith Mansfield – Accelerator (D) (KPM 1240)
• Keith Mansfield – Action Report (C) (KPM 1240)
• Keith Mansfield – Danger Zone (A) (KPM 1240)
• Keith Mansfield – Edge of the World (KPM 1344)
• Keith Mansfield – Flamingo Morning (KPM 1344)
• Keith Mansfield – High Speed Action (KPM 1240)
• Keith Mansfield – Micromotion (KPM 1344)
• Keith Mansfield – Power Source (A) (KPM 1240)
• Keith Mansfield – Spirals (A) (KPM 1344)
• Nick Glennie-Smith – Aztec Gold (A) (KPM 1346)
• Nick Glennie-Smith – Destinations (KPM 1346)
• Nick Glennie-Smith – The Silk Trail (B) (KPM 1346)
• Richard Elen – Qulesence (KPM 1344)
• Steve Gray – Flashing Knives (KPM 1157)
• Steve Gray – The Hunter (Link 1) (KPM 1157)

Rebel of Shaolin

• Barry White - Somebody's Gonna Off the Man (Together Brothers OST)
• Mystic Moods Orchestra - Universal Mind

Return of the Deadly Blade

• John Barry - Bond at the Monsoon Palace (Octopussy OST)

Return of the Tiger

• Charles Bernstein - Laying the Trap (Gator OST)
• Klaus Schulze – Ways of Changes
• Rhythm Heritage – Theme from S.W.A.T.

Secret Rivals

• Ennio Morricone - La Resa Dei Conti (Titoli - Ripresa) (Big Gundown OST)

Seven Steps of Kung Fu

• Pino Donaggio - And God Made Eve (Carrie OST)

Shanghai 13

• Basil Poledouris - Anvil of Crom (Conan the Barbarian OST)
• Jimmy Page - Jam Sandwich/The Chase (Death Wish II OST)
• John Barry - Bond at the Monsoon Palace (Octopussy OST)
• Mort Stevens and His Orchestra - The Chase/Hawaii Five-O

Shaolin Deadly Kicks

• Marvin Hamlisch - The Pyramids (Spy Who Loved Me OST)

Shaolin Kung Fu

• Lalo Schifrin - Into the Night (Enter the Dragon OST)

Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue

• Jerry Goldsmith - Flameout (Logan's Run OST)

Shaolin vs Ninja

• Randy Newman - Denouement (Ragtime OST)

 Sleeping Fist

• Donny Hathaway - Vegetable Wagon (Come Back, Charleston Blue OST)

Soul Brothers of Kung Fu 

• Charles Bernstein - Laying the Trap (Gator OST)

South Shaolin Master

• Johnny Ip - Sui Wo Ying Xiong Yuan

Struggle Through Death

• Bob James - Golden Apple

Ten Brothers of Shaolin

• 蘇振波箏藝團 - 祭神 (So Chun-Bo and His Cheng Society - Worshiping God)

Two on the Road

• Giorgio Moroder - The Chase (Midnight Express OST)

Edited March 16, 2023 by RebelIntruder

[RebelIntruder]

On 10/11/2020 at 1:20 PM, sifu iron perm said:

09:29 mark

 

This is from a blaxploitation soundtrack.  It's right on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember it.  I want to say JJ Johnson.  I will have to dig through some records...

ETA - JJ Johnson - Pull, Jabal, Pull (Man and Boy OST)

Edited May 16, 2022 by RebelIntruder

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[Killer Meteor]

Much to my surprise, BRUCE AND DRAGON FIST has the Christmas song "When a child is born" in it!

And scenes of a woman getting groped by a hunchback to the theme from Jaws.