JOHN BARRY – THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM Soundtrack LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1966 MONO

John Barry – The Quiller Memorandum
(CBS Records  1966  BPG62869  Mono)
Matrix No’s: vA1/B1 – UK Pressing

EJ Day Flipback Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear on the back
Original CBS Inner has splits

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

John Barry Prendergast, OBE (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film music. He was best known for composing the soundtracks to many of the James Bond films.

The Quiller Memorandum is a 1966 British neo noir eurospy film filmed in Deluxe Color and Panavision, adapted from the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Elleston Trevor under the name “Adam Hall”, screenplay by Harold Pinter, directed by Michael Anderson, featuring George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow and Senta Berger. The film was shot on location in West Berlin and in Pinewood Studios, England. It was nominated for three BAFTA Awards, while Pinter was nominated for an Edgar Award for the script.

The mainly orchestral atmospheric soundtrack composed by John Barry was released by Columbia in 1966. Performed by Matt Monro, “Wednesday’s Child” was also released as a single.

1. “Wednesday’s Child” – main theme (instrumental)
2. “Quiller Caught” – The Fight
3. “The Barrel Organ”
4. “Oktober” – Walk from the River
5. “Downtown” (composed by Tony Hatch)
6. “Main Title Theme”
7. “Wednesday’s Child” – vocal version (lyrics: Mack David / vocals: Matt Monro)
8. “The Love Scene” – The Old House
9. “Autobahn March”
10. “He Knows The Way Out”
11. “Night Walk in Berlin”
12. “Quiller and the Bomb”
13. “Have You Heard of a Man Called Jones?” – closing theme