Copkiller

Quartet Records presents the premiere complete vinyl edition of cult soundtrack by Ennio Morricone for the 1983 police thriller COPKILLER (aka ORDER OF DEATH). 

Coproduced between Italy, France and the U.S., and directed by longtime Morricone collaborator Roberto Faenza, the film stars Johnny Rotten (famous punk-star from the group Sex Pistols), Harvey Keitel and Nicole Garcia. The plot is about a pair of corrupt cops spending their illegal cash on an uptown New York City apartment. 

Morricone’s score comes from the composer’s fertile period of poliziotteschi thrillers and his collaborations with Henri Verneuil in Belmondo’s French polars in the early 1980s. The music features the psychedelic, percussion-heavy and often ostinato-based cues that Morricone typically reserved for the steamy chaos of his crime-film scores. 

General Music released the score on LP in France and Germany in 1983 with 10 tracks. This new Quartet Records edition contains the complete scorw with 16 tracks. 

This limited LP edition, pressed on audiophile 140 GM yellow vinyl, has been specially restored and mastered by Chris Malone from the first-generation stereo master tapes. The luxurious artwork features the artistry of Mac. 

Tracklist

SIDE A

1. Sinfonia d’una Città I 4:29
2. Sinfonia d’una Città II 4:53
3. Sinfonia d’una Città III 2:44
4. Sinfonia d’una Città IV 2:51
5. Tchaikovsky’s destruction 3:38
6. Copkiller 2:58
7. Nelle strade del centro  3:04
8. Periferia 1:49

SIDE B

1. Momento totale 2:43
2. Copkiller (#2) 2:58
3. Sinfonia d’una Città I (alternate version) 1:43
4. Sinfonia d’una Città II (alternate version) 3:04
5. Sinfonia d’una Città II (alternate #2) 3:03
6. Momento totale (alternate version) 2:44
7. Copkiller (#3) 0:47
8. Copkiller (Rock music) 1:20