1. Diamond Diary (film cue mix with rain effects) 00:00 2. Gags and Fairy Tales (film cue mix) 11:20 3. Life Vision (film cue mix) 12:55 4. Habeas Corpus (film cue mix - variant of Scrap Yard) 16:44 5. The Fifth Alarm (film cue mix - variant of Diamond Diary) 18:52 6. The Break In (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 23:54 7. Beach Scene (extended film cue mix) 32:00 8. Dr. Destructo 1 (film cue mix) 39:11 9. Car Lot Ambush (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 41:25 10. Back to Work Frank (film cue mix_variation on Kiew Mission intro from Exit) 44:32 11. Dr. Destructo 2 (extended remix of soundtrack album and film cue versions) 46:51 12. Confrontation (film cue mix - Craig Safan composition. Guitarist unknown)† 51:43 Here is what TD member Johannes Schmoeling had to say about why their original ending music was not used for Confrontation. "“As an example for the shootout scene, he (Mann) brought us a piece from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I think The Wall had just come out. It was this gorgeous, incredible track called ‘Comfortably Numb,’ with an insane guitar solo by David Gilmour. For him that was the music for the ending, the shootout. We knew, of course, that the atmospheric parts wouldn’t be too hard for us, or the emotional sequences either. But for the ending, we knew it would be all but impossible to match the incredible sense of drama Gilmour puts into his solo, and, of course, the composition by Pink Floyd. We certainly could have created music for the ending, and of course we did. But I think Michael Mann wasn’t happy with it and ended up looking elsewhere."
@@RobertSoer Craig is a soundtrack composer, not the guitarist. He hired sessions musicians to play on the track, but I have never been able to find out who actually played the guitar
Beach scene sounds pretty much like the official movie score. What I never managed to find out is what kind of synth they used for the main lead (which could have been a singer's vocal part). It starts out as a pure synth sounding sound, with bending of the pitch wheel, but later in it start sound more and more like an electric guitar. Did they use both and mixed them together? Anyone knows? Would been great to know what synth they used for that sound.
It is the best. Inspired by Friedkins Sorcerer 1977. Sorcerer was Tangerine Dream as well. Friedkin was Michael Manns main inspiration. These 2 films were what propelled me into the film industry at 18. GOAT
My Dad took me and my brothers to see this on a cold, rainy Sunday night on opening weekend. As soon as the UA sign turned on screen and the rain sounds/music started, we were all hooked. Probably, other than "Jaws", was one of the most profound films as a child that we walked out of completely blown away...one of my top 10 films ever.
He had made a TV movie previously to to this which is a bit awkward in the way that debuts usually are, but even then most directors don't make movies this good even on a second or even third try.
@@AaronAnayaIe. the 1979 'The Jericho Mile' with Peter Strauss as a a track and field runner in prison with Brian Dennehy, Roger E. Mosely, Billy Green Bush, Ed Lauter, Geoffrey Lewis (Juliette's dad), Richard Moll and William Prince, as well as a guy called Jimmy Coppola (❗) as "Action Jackson" (‼) who was an inmate who was stabbed to death aged 47, 5 years later (40 years ago March 19, 2024...); ua-cam.com/video/a7NOQFWpwIo/v-deo.html
@@theblitter I like Tangerine Dream and I enjoy a lot this soundtrack (not so much the record, which is dull and has a bad selection of tracks), but in 1981 there were many great and better soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire of course. In any case, Vangelis started using synthesizers in 1974... how can this be "revolutionary"?!! He was "the master" using synths in his works, but never an electronic music pioneer as Walter Carlos, Gershon Kingsley or even Tangerine Dream.
@@discosprog369 Aphrodite's Child's 666, started recording in 1970, featured a few electronic keyboards actually, as well as some advanced electronic distortions for the non-electronic instruments and voices. As an example, there was no bagpipes used, it was all studio distorted organ sounds. While they probably didn't use moog and other big expensive synthesizer keyboards from the era, their audio engineering was a step ahead of the electronic bands from the same period I would say. Their uniquely orchestral musique concrète technique (the mixing of natural, synthesized, and synthesized natural sounds) went on to become one of the most influential in the electronic music genre.
@@theblitter yes, the "other-wordly" sounds heard on "666" were just an old Hammond organ -cleverly processed- and an even older Selmer Clavioline (no ARPs, EMS VCS3s or Modular Moogs... and Minimoogs didn't even exist yet). He used very advanced production techniques, for sure, but this can't be called electronic music, just avant-garde pop music. Many other people were doing similar things all over the world at the end of the 60s, including Jean Michel Jarre, White Noise, Pierre Henry...
When l was 10 years old l I snuck into the theater to see the movie sorcerer love the Movie but that's where I found out about Tangerine dream's music and Became a Big fun of there music l remember buying the Sorcerer sound track at my local Kmart Store and they only had on 8 track l was only 10 and it was with in walking distance from that point l would ask for music and not toys for Christmas and birthdays and would ask for Rock Music and Disco yes Disco Music but from Europe and Tangerine Dream l love There Music one Day l was at the Movie theater and they show the preview of the Movie Thife and at the of it said Music by Tangerine Dream and l was there on the opeing day Loved the Movie most of all the thief soundtrack I was 15 years old then I'm now 56 years old and still own still own the original soundtrack or Record and Cd my favorite Soundtrack still soceror but for me this is Thief still their best work . Great movie By Michael Mann and awesome Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.!!!! It's good to be old !!!
In 1987, I used to use Diamond Dairy as a timer from my work to my friends house where we would chill out and smoke weed together. I got it down to where I showed up at his door and the music stopped. True 1980's story:)
I came here after listening to GTA V soundtracks, and for a few minutes, I forgot that it's from 1981 film, not GTA. They were so ahead of time, their music really is timeless.
@@theblitter TD did 35 hours on GTAV - 50% wasn't composed just by him and either was composed in collaboration with Thorsten Quaeschning or was done solo by Thorsten. 10 hours each + 15 hours together
This is pure gold. Thank you! I remember watching this movie, entranced by the action accompanied by this intense music. At the end of the movie everyone was getting up to leave the theater and I said "Dad, wait! I've got to know who did the soundtrac!" Next day went straightway to the Tape Ape to find Tangerine Dream and got my first... Force Majeure.
My dad introduced me to this group when I was 7 I thought wow I'm 47 now, and Dad is long gone, but I continue listening! Thanks, Edgard and all tangerine dreamer, for all these incredible melodies
Some of James Caan's best work. Leo's (Robert Prosky) first film. Carl's (Dennis Farina) first film, as well. The guy who played the "greasy cop" was a real jewel thief.
This soundtrack, along with Sorcerer are my favorite soundtracks. These interpretations of Edgar Froese are incredible. You can close your eyes, and still watch the movies!
**God’s work “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -John 14:6 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” -John 3:16 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” -John 15:5 Jesus loves you. Make it an amazing day
I have no idea how you got your hands on this sly full film score composition, if you had to extract it. but, whoever did this work ............... I am eternally grateful. Thank you so very, very much, indeed. Cheers!
I cannot thank you enough for posting this. It is my favorite soundtrack of all time, and it’s one of my favorite albums of all time, and it’s the album that turned me onto tangerine dream. Thank you so much. I owe you one.
i've been playing this album on repeat for weeks on end. There's nothing like it. I live for that stuttered arpeggio synth sound in Diamond Diary. And how cool is "The Break In"? Man.
Great, I have the original album release of this I bought in 82. This one has some extra cuts (Thumbs Up). TD was and still is all top shelf professionalism.
So many great moments in this soundtrack. Examples - the hanging solo entrance in Scrap Yard, the brilliant ratcheting bass sequence used throughout, the big mood changing filter sweeps, the perfection of the layering in Diamond Diary, etc etc. A very very under-rated album.
I was 16 when I saw this movie in ‘81. My dad and I loved it and didn’t take long for me to accumulate just about every cassette TD produced. My dad thought that was pretty cool and enjoyed the music as well. James Caan is an epic icon to me. Rogers Park is where they blew up that house behind the high school and that’s where my girlfriend is from. Found out after James passed that we had the same b-day of March 26th. The end
Rest In Peace James Caan. He was masculinity incarnation in this masterpiece. Every man needs to watch this film at least once in their lifetime to understand what it is to be a real man.
@@ILikethePartWhen the film itself is about masculinity. How he got rob out of it when put in jail (it is implied that he was raped in jail) and how he tried to regain it by founding a family with Jessie. And also in how he got himself in a situation and deals with it like a man by basically going to war instead of running away like a coward. Michael Mann talked about this in many interviews and Q&A. Everything in the film from the cold and glacial cinematography and blue tint of the film to the poignant and iconic performance by Caan was meant to symbolize and in certain cases, teach masculinity.
@@JaquesCouteau My impression was that he had decided he would rather die than be raped by that guard, and when the guard came around Frank beat the guard within an inch of his life (which ultimately killed him), and that was what turned Frank's eighteen month sentence into eleven years.
Awesome! In my opinion, Thief is one of T.Dream’s coolest soundtracks! It is upbeat and suspenseful, and is still distinctively analog in its many sonic textures. It has melody, progression and dynamics that build into soaring musical climaxes. I am glad someone was able to pull out the many pieces that were missing from the original soundtrack! I wrote to one of the DVD companies and told them they should issue Thief on DVD with an isolated score like The Bounty, which now has Vangelis unreleased, isolated score. Thanks for doing this! I am surprised they never released a Special Edition CD version with all of this material! I will bet that Edgar Froese would have done so if he knew it could have been recovered. I read an interview with him lamenting that many filmmakers never returned his master tapes and that some of his music scores have been lost forever. Some of these mixes sound better than those on the official soundtrack.
@@pressureworksI wouldn't be surprised if he had copies and they just got lost in the busyness of life or he just never expected that there would never be an interest for everything T. Dream ever recorded.
Thanks so much for this! Whenever anyone mentions how great "Drive" was, I point them to this film and 9 times out 10 they've never heard of it. "Drive" the poor-man's "Thief." "Drive" stole practically everything from "Thief."
Stole is such an ugly word. I would say there was some inspiration there. Nicholas' film is a very good film all by itself. Thief more than likely was an influence, which is rare in modern films today.
I forgot how good and important to the movie this stuff is. I'm old as dirt. This is one of the best movies of it's genre, eva. Kudos to all involved. Top 'o the Mountain.
I saw this aboard ship in the Navy in 81 , we liked this tangerine dream music, was just sitting here thinking about it wouldn't you know UA-cam has it, thanks
Beach Scene has a top notch guitar solo that rivals Comfortably Numb but hardly anyone in the guitar world knows about it which I find so funny and sad.
If you haven't heard it look for "Quichotte Part 2" from the album "Pergamon." Edgar unleashes an incredible brain-melting guitar solo that starts at about the 07:46 mark (but do listen from the start!) and continues, weaving in amongst the synths and sequencers, until the synths take over fully again at about the 16:00 mark; the transition from guitar to synth is a thing of wonder!
Fantastic work, sir. I saw this film in its original release in the theater in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1981. I bought the original record as soon as it was available and the CD as soon as it was released. I have chased various versions on UA-cam, trying to find an 'authentic' version of 'Confrontation.' What you have done here is just masterful and gives us what we all should have gotten over 40 years ago. I'm glad I waited.
Defiantly worth it I always go to the end of the film to listen to that particular section of the end because confrontation doesn't sound the same on the track when you have the soundtrack but this is perfect much appreciated
Both versions are actually mixed from the same recording session, they are just chopped up and rearranged/mixed differently. Some sections are identical in both versions, but the film version has some part that were edited out of the album version, and vise versa. There are also some parts of the backing track in the film version that were repeated to make it longer, probably to fill the running time of the credits. There is actually a bad splice where one of those tape edits was done, which I fixed. I attempted to make a long mix that incorporated all the parts from each version, but the film version has a slap back echo that was added to it. The album version does not, and the difference was too jarring to make it work.
Thank you very much for the great work in putting together this soundtrack, it must have been a long and complicated process. Thanks to you we can have these tracks that were never released before. Thief is one of my favorite Tangerine Dream soundtracks. I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I was only able to see the film in the middle of this year, since I don't think it was shown in theaters here at the time. Greetings from Chile.
James said as much as he was proud of the Godfather, Thief was his best moment in film, he had the most favorable time filming Thief and it really was the work he was most proud of.
I have this album and gave it to a polish guy at work to listen to and he couldn't believe the guitar music on this album he said it's unbelievable and an excellent piece of music.😊
Mann wanted to use Pink Floyd's 'Comfortably Numb', but couldn't get the rights - so instead he asked TD do their own version, but they said no. Instead he asked Craig Safan to come up with something similar. It was recorded by Craig (on keyboards) and session players
Kit has done gods work. Actually recreates the true soundtrack with cues from isolated tracks of the film and cues from the soundtrack that is normally released. Kudos to you!
Note the oppositional use of music in Mann's Thief and Heat; the end scene in the former is unscored until the first shot, after which 'Confrontation' plays to and through the end credits, whereas the robbery scene in the latter is introduced by a repetitive, clock-like cue until the first shot, after which the firefight itself is unscored.
I don’t get lost in the depths of the countless films showcasing the almighty and mythical masculine badass protagonist ever, really. But Caan’s portrayal of Frank checks all of those boxes for me in Thief; albeit doing so from new heights of visual storytelling entirely. I really can’t think more highly of Mann, Caan, Thief or the character of Frank when it’s all said and done and Leo receives exactly what he didn’t know he was asking for. To my great appreciation (and to my real life disdain), Thief also glistens with more than a few pro-social change themes. With Frank’s recanting of his nightmarish incarceration abuse, his being judged for his past during his successful future despite the small-time and nonviolent reasons for his imprisonment, as well as how even when death’s own grip has itself wrapped around a prisoner, (David/Okla: Willie Nelson’s character) who was also incarcerated for theft and not a nonviolent means, Frank still has to further play the system just to make sure his friend and father figure doesn’t meet a slow and cold fate behind bars surrounded by people he doesn’t love or understand. There’s rarely any hope for the countless people living similar lives behind bars every single day, let alone for those who are “lucky” enough to see themselves out. Yet when Frank gets out “the right way” after doing his time, his only means of coming out ahead of a low wage or petty theft base of employment is exactly what the opening sequence shows him doing, as well as his multiple business fronts for the sake of blending in amongst his earnings. It’s sad, depressing and unfair but remains remarkably real to this very day. Oh, and abolish the for-profit prison system in favor of social systems based in the means of recovery. And let’s do the same with the current state of law enforcement too while we’re at it.
Wow, a highly insightful and articulate comment. I bought the score because I was in a buy-all-TD albums mood; especially loved Diamond Diary/Burning Bar/Igneous, and watched the film because of it...but didn't like it when I rented it (almost 40 years ago.) As I read your comment, though, you reminded me of *why* I didn't like it. At the time, I was wholly ignorant of the prison-for-profit system, and *willfully* ignorant of the imprisonment of non-violent offenders (and what a tragedy/injustice THAT is.) Still, it seemed like Frank got emotional and angry when he should have kept negotiating. But you're right, he did the right thing, even when it cost him, and he made sure his choice didn't affect Jessie, leaving her with the baby and $410K. It was all such a tragedy in the end...which is probably why I didn't like it. But after reading your comment, I've realised I don't have to like it to find it valuable. Learn from what Frank did in spite of the betrayal. Don't hurt - or let BE hurt - the people you love, even if it costs. Take care of your parents and mentors (David/Okla.) Thanks for the wake-up call.
I don't how or where you got this but I have been looking for this for years, hell, decades! Especially the movie version of Confrontation by Craig Safan. Thank you so much for this! 👍👍
A longslide target .45 customized by Hoag. Caan said in an interview that he would have kept that pistol if he could...it just all-around felt "right".
Thank you so much for putting this together! One of my all time favorite albums of any genre and it’s wondrous to have it complete. Finally. I always had a feeing the last track was based on Floyd!
Hey, I bought my Sorcerer LP at K-Mart also. A few years later I visited a real record store to find the THIEF soundtrack. Also had them order cassettes of both soundtracks, so I could enjoy TD out on the road.
This album Thief is about the only one off TD film scores that has the most best guitar music of all time and the synth stuff going for a film.RIP Edgar froese.😊
Watched this one again and had two thoughts: (1) I know it would've been impossible with his last name, but Jim Belushi would've done well to stick with serious/dramatic roles and (2) the reveal of Leo's viciousness is so good. His laugh in the bar scene with Frank takes on a completely different tone when you realize what a dark person he is.
I saw that too, but I take anything anyone says in youtube comments with a grain of salt. A few years ago I emailed Craig and asked if he remembered who the guitarist was, but he never replied.
Bravo! Years ago I literally had to copy segments of the film to tape cassette dialogue and all to hear the true soundtrack which the LP and later CD only included part of. This is much better. Thank you! The funny rumor I heard about Craig Safan is he supposedly played the guitar solo on "Confrontation"! And in the same rumor it was that he didn't know how to play guitar but used his knowledge of music to just "figure it out" - I still think he used session players as well. Maybe someday we'll know who.
@@dinotrincas9620 Craig said he only played keyboards on it but had forgotten who played lead guitar, however, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter (fromDoobie Brothers & Steely Dan) played rhythm guitar.
Tangerine Dream deu um charme e um elemento a mais nesse Filme maravilhoso. A trilha sonora espetacular,foi um personagem vivo no Filme. Excelente!! TD forever
1. Diamond Diary (film cue mix with rain effects) 00:00
2. Gags and Fairy Tales (film cue mix) 11:20
3. Life Vision (film cue mix) 12:55
4. Habeas Corpus (film cue mix - variant of Scrap Yard) 16:44
5. The Fifth Alarm (film cue mix - variant of Diamond Diary) 18:52
6. The Break In (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 23:54
7. Beach Scene (extended film cue mix) 32:00
8. Dr. Destructo 1 (film cue mix) 39:11
9. Car Lot Ambush (film cue_remix of Thru Metamorphic Rocks)* 41:25
10. Back to Work Frank (film cue mix_variation on Kiew Mission intro from Exit) 44:32
11. Dr. Destructo 2 (extended remix of soundtrack album and film cue versions) 46:51
12. Confrontation (film cue mix - Craig Safan composition. Guitarist unknown)† 51:43
Here is what TD member Johannes Schmoeling had to say about why their original ending music was not used for Confrontation. "“As an example for the shootout scene, he (Mann) brought us a piece from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I think The Wall had just come out. It was this gorgeous, incredible track called ‘Comfortably Numb,’ with an insane guitar solo by David Gilmour. For him that was the music for the ending, the shootout. We knew, of course, that the atmospheric parts wouldn’t be too hard for us, or the emotional sequences either. But for the ending, we knew it would be all but impossible to match the incredible sense of drama Gilmour puts into his solo, and, of course, the composition by Pink Floyd. We certainly could have created music for the ending, and of course we did. But I think Michael Mann wasn’t happy with it and ended up looking elsewhere."
Where did you find this?
Thanks for the upload
Masters
Fabulous, with Craig Safan's master guitarplay @ Confrontation..
@@RobertSoer Craig is a soundtrack composer, not the guitarist. He hired sessions musicians to play on the track, but I have never been able to find out who actually played the guitar
Beach scene sounds pretty much like the official movie score. What I never managed to find out is what kind of synth they used for the main lead (which could have been a singer's vocal part). It starts out as a pure synth sounding sound, with bending of the pitch wheel, but later in it start sound more and more like an electric guitar. Did they use both and mixed them together? Anyone knows? Would been great to know what synth they used for that sound.
One of the best pairings of film & sound known to man.
Couldnt have put it better myself.Actually i could and i did,many many years ago.
known to Mann*
It is the best. Inspired by Friedkins Sorcerer 1977. Sorcerer was Tangerine Dream as well. Friedkin was Michael Manns main inspiration. These 2 films were what propelled me into the film industry at 18. GOAT
My Dad took me and my brothers to see this on a cold, rainy Sunday night on opening weekend. As soon as the UA sign turned on screen and the rain sounds/music started, we were all hooked. Probably, other than "Jaws", was one of the most profound films as a child that we walked out of completely blown away...one of my top 10 films ever.
Still gives me goosebumps....
James Cann was made for this movie...
Can you believe this is Michael Mann's first full length film and he nailed it?!?!
Later...he had 2 tries at "Heat".
Didn’t occur to me it was a Mann film it has that heat like flavor to it
He had made a TV movie previously to to this which is a bit awkward in the way that debuts usually are, but even then most directors don't make movies this good even on a second or even third try.
@@AaronAnayaIe. the 1979 'The Jericho Mile' with Peter Strauss as a a track and field runner in prison with Brian Dennehy, Roger E. Mosely, Billy Green Bush, Ed Lauter, Geoffrey Lewis (Juliette's dad), Richard Moll and William Prince, as well as a guy called Jimmy Coppola (❗) as "Action Jackson" (‼) who was an inmate who was stabbed to death aged 47, 5 years later (40 years ago March 19, 2024...);
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I rewatched The Keep last night. I’d love to see the 3 & a half hour Michael Mann cut
James Caan oozed charisma and was the perfect actor for this film.
Have you listened to him (w/Michael Mann) on the DVD commentary? Pretty good listen. “I mean, you can’t grow up on a farm and play this guy”.
i could
@@buffydee4500 nah bro, He's literally me.
His best role. Novices only know him as Sonny but the reals know him as Frank.
@@sukottoshinobe7360 So many classic scenes, where he tells Jessie about his years inside the joint, when they try adopt a baby...
As far as I'm concerned, Tangerine Dream should've won the Oscar for this MASTERPIECE!!!
The Oscar in 1982 (for best movie soundtrack of 1981) went to VANGELIS... I think you should think a bit before writing this nonsense.
@@discosprog369 both were great in their own regards, Vangelis revolutionized electronic music and so did Tangerine Dream. Both deserved that oscar.
@@theblitter I like Tangerine Dream and I enjoy a lot this soundtrack (not so much the record, which is dull and has a bad selection of tracks), but in 1981 there were many great and better soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire of course. In any case, Vangelis started using synthesizers in 1974... how can this be "revolutionary"?!! He was "the master" using synths in his works, but never an electronic music pioneer as Walter Carlos, Gershon Kingsley or even Tangerine Dream.
@@discosprog369 Aphrodite's Child's 666, started recording in 1970, featured a few electronic keyboards actually, as well as some advanced electronic distortions for the non-electronic instruments and voices. As an example, there was no bagpipes used, it was all studio distorted organ sounds. While they probably didn't use moog and other big expensive synthesizer keyboards from the era, their audio engineering was a step ahead of the electronic bands from the same period I would say. Their uniquely orchestral musique concrète technique (the mixing of natural, synthesized, and synthesized natural sounds) went on to become one of the most influential in the electronic music genre.
@@theblitter yes, the "other-wordly" sounds heard on "666" were just an old Hammond organ -cleverly processed- and an even older Selmer Clavioline (no ARPs, EMS VCS3s or Modular Moogs... and Minimoogs didn't even exist yet). He used very advanced production techniques, for sure, but this can't be called electronic music, just avant-garde pop music. Many other people were doing similar things all over the world at the end of the 60s, including Jean Michel Jarre, White Noise, Pierre Henry...
One of my favorite movies of all time, with incredible music and IMO the best director on the planet, Michael Mann. Simply awesome.
I agree 100%
I really could not get into Last of the Mohicans
why not@@crankfotton ? Did you read the novel by chance? I'm interested in aspects of the film you found problematic or disinteresting.
When l was 10 years old l I snuck into the theater to see the movie sorcerer love the Movie but that's where I found out about Tangerine dream's music and Became a Big fun of there music l remember buying the Sorcerer sound track at my local Kmart Store and they only had on 8 track l was only 10 and it was with in walking distance from that point l would ask for music and not toys for Christmas and birthdays and would ask for Rock Music and Disco yes Disco Music but from Europe and Tangerine Dream l love There Music one Day l was at the Movie theater and they show the preview of the Movie Thife and at the of it said Music by Tangerine Dream and l was there on the opeing day Loved the Movie most of all the thief soundtrack I was 15 years old then I'm now 56 years old and still own still own the original soundtrack or Record and Cd my favorite Soundtrack still soceror but for me this is Thief still their best work . Great movie By Michael Mann and awesome Soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.!!!! It's good to be old !!!
The perfect soundtrack to listen to as you plan your next heist.
💯 % dude gets u pumped to pull a job not that I ever have 😉
Is Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson's unofficial sequel?
and I did
The movie melted my brain with its phenomenal nature. This soundtrack was a big reason why.
In 1987, I used to use Diamond Dairy as a timer from my work to my friends house where we would chill out and smoke weed together. I got it down to where I showed up at his door and the music stopped. True 1980's story:)
James Caan...the best role.
Best Actor!!
Tangerine Dream...best music forever in all movies
I came here after listening to GTA V soundtracks, and for a few minutes, I forgot that it's from 1981 film, not GTA. They were so ahead of time, their music really is timeless.
They really should put some of these tunes on their radio stations.
PERFECT music to lose the cops to, am I right or am I right?
could they be back for GTAVI?
@@AndyKing1963 unlikely, with Edgar Froese, the heart and soul of the original Tangerine Dream, having passed away.
@@theblitter TD did 35 hours on GTAV - 50% wasn't composed just by him and either was composed in collaboration with Thorsten Quaeschning or was done solo by Thorsten. 10 hours each + 15 hours together
The Diamond Diary sequence is the exact vision of the 80s that things like Vapourwave and Synthwave are nostalgic for.
This is pure gold. Thank you!
I remember watching this movie, entranced by the action accompanied by this intense music. At the end of the movie everyone was getting up to leave the theater and I said "Dad, wait! I've got to know who did the soundtrac!" Next day went straightway to the Tape Ape to find Tangerine Dream and got my first... Force Majeure.
My dad introduced me to this group when I was 7
I thought wow
I'm 47 now, and Dad is long gone, but I continue listening!
Thanks, Edgard and all tangerine dreamer, for all these incredible melodies
Tangerine Dream's music for "Thief" really gave the movie some amazing atmospheric embellishments.
До чего же !!классная импровизация музыки!!!
Sad this movie never plays on TV.
whoever played the guitar on that final track really nailed the David Gilmour sound
Some of James Caan's best work.
Leo's (Robert Prosky) first film.
Carl's (Dennis Farina) first film, as well.
The guy who played the "greasy cop" was a real jewel thief.
Dennis farina another brilliant actor
This soundtrack, along with Sorcerer are my favorite soundtracks. These interpretations of Edgar Froese are incredible. You can close your eyes, and still watch the movies!
Huge fan of both soundtracks too. Love them. In fact, Sorcerer is my favorite Tangerine Dream album.
It's great to see that people still care about thief. You're doing the god's work my brother.
**God’s work
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
-John 14:6
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
-John 3:16
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
-John 15:5
Jesus loves you. Make it an amazing day
All the best to you man
I have no idea how you got your hands on this sly full film score composition, if you had to extract it. but, whoever did this work ............... I am eternally grateful. Thank you so very, very much, indeed.
Cheers!
I cannot thank you enough for posting this. It is my favorite soundtrack of all time, and it’s one of my favorite albums of all time, and it’s the album that turned me onto tangerine dream. Thank you so much. I owe you one.
i've been playing this album on repeat for weeks on end. There's nothing like it. I live for that stuttered arpeggio synth sound in Diamond Diary. And how cool is "The Break In"? Man.
I feel the same....film was my first Dvd...LOVE the soundtrack
Under appreciated masterpiece film and score.
Great, I have the original album release of this I bought in 82. This one has some extra cuts (Thumbs Up). TD was and still is all top shelf professionalism.
The music in thief is brilliant. Made me a fan of Tang Dream
Thief, The Keep, and Sorcerer are all amazing film scores by Tangerine Dream.
Great movie. Great soundtrack. Thank you !!
My favorite version from the original soundtrack - places one in the mist of "Thief" ...
40 years last 2021. Movie and Music are still classic.
This soundtrack is fantastic
So many great moments in this soundtrack. Examples - the hanging solo entrance in Scrap Yard, the brilliant ratcheting bass sequence used throughout, the big mood changing filter sweeps, the perfection of the layering in Diamond Diary, etc etc. A very very under-rated album.
Back when Movies were GOOD and had REAL Soundtracks
One of my all time favorites🏝️😎
This sounds so amazing.
I was 16 when I saw this movie in ‘81. My dad and I loved it and didn’t take long for me to accumulate just about every cassette TD produced. My dad thought that was pretty cool and enjoyed the music as well. James Caan is an epic icon to me. Rogers Park is where they blew up that house behind the high school and that’s where my girlfriend is from. Found out after James passed that we had the same b-day of March 26th. The end
I've been listening to this album for 30 years - great to hear all these extra parts. Amazing!
Rest In Peace James Caan. He was masculinity incarnation in this masterpiece. Every man needs to watch this film at least once in their lifetime to understand what it is to be a real man.
Very curious to hear what you got out of the film that taught you about manliness, genuinely curious.
@@ILikethePartWhen the film itself is about masculinity. How he got rob out of it when put in jail (it is implied that he was raped in jail) and how he tried to regain it by founding a family with Jessie. And also in how he got himself in a situation and deals with it like a man by basically going to war instead of running away like a coward. Michael Mann talked about this in many interviews and Q&A. Everything in the film from the cold and glacial cinematography and blue tint of the film to the poignant and iconic performance by Caan was meant to symbolize and in certain cases, teach masculinity.
@@JaquesCouteau My impression was that he had decided he would rather die than be raped by that guard, and when the guard came around Frank beat the guard within an inch of his life (which ultimately killed him), and that was what turned Frank's eighteen month sentence into eleven years.
Hes not the incarnation of masculinity but the the incarnation of weak jew
Yes, abandoning your wife and child in a deranged pursuit of revenge is definitely what it is to be a real man.
This is such a great soundtrack....
Awesome! In my opinion, Thief is one of T.Dream’s coolest soundtracks! It is upbeat and suspenseful, and is still distinctively analog in its many sonic textures. It has melody, progression and dynamics that build into soaring musical climaxes. I am glad someone was able to pull out the many pieces that were missing from the original soundtrack! I wrote to one of the DVD companies and told them they should issue Thief on DVD with an isolated score like The Bounty, which now has Vangelis unreleased, isolated score. Thanks for doing this! I am surprised they never released a Special Edition CD version with all of this material! I will bet that Edgar Froese would have done so if he knew it could have been recovered. I read an interview with him lamenting that many filmmakers never returned his master tapes and that some of his music scores have been lost forever.
Some of these mixes sound better than those on the official soundtrack.
there's a fair bit of digital kit on it, including the Crumar GDS, especially on Trap Feeling
Surprised he didn't make copies for himself!
@@pressureworksI wouldn't be surprised if he had copies and they just got lost in the busyness of life or he just never expected that there would never be an interest for everything T. Dream ever recorded.
@AndyKing1963 I am a little bit of a synth junkie, but admit I never heard of that particular Crumar gear
LOVE the Foreign1-Sheets
Best movie ever from James Cann 👏
It was even better for James Caan.....
SO AWESOME to finally hear The Break In the way it was done in the film. What a killer piece of music ~
Thanks so much for this! Whenever anyone mentions how great "Drive" was, I point them to this film and 9 times out 10 they've never heard of it. "Drive" the poor-man's "Thief."
"Drive" stole practically everything from "Thief."
Drive is better than israel movie
Stole is such an ugly word. I would say there was some inspiration there. Nicholas' film is a very good film all by itself. Thief more than likely was an influence, which is rare in modern films today.
I forgot how good and important to the movie this stuff is. I'm old as dirt. This is one of the best movies of it's genre, eva. Kudos to all involved. Top 'o the Mountain.
I saw this aboard ship in the Navy in 81 , we liked this tangerine dream music, was just sitting here thinking about it wouldn't you know UA-cam has it, thanks
Beach Scene has a top notch guitar solo that rivals Comfortably Numb but hardly anyone in the guitar world knows about it which I find so funny and sad.
If you haven't heard it look for "Quichotte Part 2" from the album "Pergamon." Edgar unleashes an incredible brain-melting guitar solo that starts at about the 07:46 mark (but do listen from the start!) and continues, weaving in amongst the synths and sequencers, until the synths take over fully again at about the 16:00 mark; the transition from guitar to synth is a thing of wonder!
Es un guiño claro a Comfortably Numb.
Perfection 💪❤️🎵🎥😎
❤HELLO FRIENDS...YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND "HEAT"...WITHOUT SEEING THIS MAGNIFICENT WORK IN EVERY SENSE...GREETINGS FROM THE SOUTH OF SPAIN 💖 😉
True-they're both connected
Fantastic work, sir. I saw this film in its original release in the theater in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1981. I bought the original record as soon as it was available and the CD as soon as it was released. I have chased various versions on UA-cam, trying to find an 'authentic' version of 'Confrontation.' What you have done here is just masterful and gives us what we all should have gotten over 40 years ago. I'm glad I waited.
Fantastic! A great debt of gratitude is owed from those of us that love Thief and TD!!!
Defiantly worth it I always go to the end of the film to listen to that particular section of the end because confrontation doesn't sound the same on the track when you have the soundtrack but this is perfect much appreciated
Both versions are actually mixed from the same recording session, they are just chopped up and rearranged/mixed differently. Some sections are identical in both versions, but the film version has some part that were edited out of the album version, and vise versa. There are also some parts of the backing track in the film version that were repeated to make it longer, probably to fill the running time of the credits. There is actually a bad splice where one of those tape edits was done, which I fixed.
I attempted to make a long mix that incorporated all the parts from each version, but the film version has a slap back echo that was added to it. The album version does not, and the difference was too jarring to make it work.
Diamond Diary makes me want to break in a Bank Vault. I love the music of Tangerine Dream 😂😂😂😂.
Thank you very much for the great work in putting together this soundtrack, it must have been a long and complicated process. Thanks to you we can have these tracks that were never released before. Thief is one of my favorite Tangerine Dream soundtracks. I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I was only able to see the film in the middle of this year, since I don't think it was shown in theaters here at the time.
Greetings from Chile.
Thief and Firestarter are my favorite movie soundtrack albums. Well, damn Sorcerer is right there also.
Check out The Keep too!
@@Strideo1 Oh yes. Damn.
Just ordered this soundtrack from Amazon excellent.
You did some great work here, man!
Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart!... )
Thanks from me to bro
Nice upload, have re-appreciated this movie after Caan passed recently. Very nice, the way it should be. Cheers!
James said as much as he was proud of the Godfather, Thief was his best moment in film, he had the most favorable time filming Thief and it really was the work he was most proud of.
I was an old telephone. Install it for the Bell System. Love the scenes of the jumping Alarms.
I have this album and gave it to a polish guy at work to listen to and he couldn't believe the guitar music on this album he said it's unbelievable and an excellent piece of music.😊
The Pink FLoyd Gilmore influence is HEAAVYYYY in here!!!
Mann wanted to use Pink Floyd's 'Comfortably Numb', but couldn't get the rights - so instead he asked TD do their own version, but they said no. Instead he asked Craig Safan to come up with something similar. It was recorded by Craig (on keyboards) and session players
Kit has done gods work. Actually recreates the true soundtrack with cues from isolated tracks of the film and cues from the soundtrack that is normally released. Kudos to you!
Note the oppositional use of music in Mann's Thief and Heat; the end scene in the former is unscored until the first shot, after which 'Confrontation' plays to and through the end credits, whereas the robbery scene in the latter is introduced by a repetitive, clock-like cue until the first shot, after which the firefight itself is unscored.
I don’t get lost in the depths of the countless films showcasing the almighty and mythical masculine badass protagonist ever, really. But Caan’s portrayal of Frank checks all of those boxes for me in Thief; albeit doing so from new heights of visual storytelling entirely. I really can’t think more highly of Mann, Caan, Thief or the character of Frank when it’s all said and done and Leo receives exactly what he didn’t know he was asking for.
To my great appreciation (and to my real life disdain), Thief also glistens with more than a few pro-social change themes. With Frank’s recanting of his nightmarish incarceration abuse, his being judged for his past during his successful future despite the small-time and nonviolent reasons for his imprisonment, as well as how even when death’s own grip has itself wrapped around a prisoner, (David/Okla: Willie Nelson’s character) who was also incarcerated for theft and not a nonviolent means, Frank still has to further play the system just to make sure his friend and father figure doesn’t meet a slow and cold fate behind bars surrounded by people he doesn’t love or understand. There’s rarely any hope for the countless people living similar lives behind bars every single day, let alone for those who are “lucky” enough to see themselves out. Yet when Frank gets out “the right way” after doing his time, his only means of coming out ahead of a low wage or petty theft base of employment is exactly what the opening sequence shows him doing, as well as his multiple business fronts for the sake of blending in amongst his earnings. It’s sad, depressing and unfair but remains remarkably real to this very day.
Oh, and abolish the for-profit prison system in favor of social systems based in the means of recovery. And let’s do the same with the current state of law enforcement too while we’re at it.
Wow, a highly insightful and articulate comment.
I bought the score because I was in a buy-all-TD albums mood; especially loved Diamond Diary/Burning Bar/Igneous, and watched the film because of it...but didn't like it when I rented it (almost 40 years ago.)
As I read your comment, though, you reminded me of *why* I didn't like it. At the time, I was wholly ignorant of the prison-for-profit system, and *willfully* ignorant of the imprisonment of non-violent offenders (and what a tragedy/injustice THAT is.)
Still, it seemed like Frank got emotional and angry when he should have kept negotiating. But you're right, he did the right thing, even when it cost him, and he made sure his choice didn't affect Jessie, leaving her with the baby and $410K.
It was all such a tragedy in the end...which is probably why I didn't like it.
But after reading your comment, I've realised I don't have to like it to find it valuable. Learn from what Frank did in spite of the betrayal. Don't hurt - or let BE hurt - the people you love, even if it costs. Take care of your parents and mentors (David/Okla.)
Thanks for the wake-up call.
32:00 - 51:43 ❤ So Beautiful & Sad ..🌹.. Beach Scene makes me think of Giorgio Moroder's Gina & Elvira & Tony's Theme (Scarface)
Damn bro this is friggin amazing. Many many many thanks!
Amazing work, thank you very much. This soundtrack deserved this upload!
One of the best uploads I've ever come across on UA-cam. Well done Kit Rae!
The last song confrontation, the best opening and the best version I ever heard
I don't how or where you got this but I have been looking for this for years, hell, decades! Especially the movie version of Confrontation by Craig Safan. Thank you so much for this! 👍👍
Frank: The deal is over. I want my end and I am out.
Leo: Why don’t you join the labor union?
Frank: 𝙄’𝙢 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩.
Thank you so much! Great job. The TD score is stunning. Also loved the selection of images. Thief is a masterpiece.
Thank-you for this! Besides the soundtrack to Sorcerer and Risky Business,this is a favourite of mine!❤️😎👍
I agree 100 percent!!!
Sorcerer
Thief
Risky Business
Three o' clock high...
The best soundtracks ever!!!
Tangerine Dream forever in 80's movies!!
This is my no:1 all time best movie.Tangerine Dream are my no:1 all time best music.
Colt 1911 45, leather jacket, black Cadillac, tangerine dream
A longslide target .45 customized by Hoag. Caan said in an interview that he would have kept that pistol if he could...it just all-around felt "right".
Tangerine Dream forever!! All best movie soundtracks
The Break in...awesome!! Action point of movie.
Thank you so much for putting this together! One of my all time favorite albums of any genre and it’s wondrous to have it complete. Finally. I always had a feeing the last track was based on Floyd!
Excellent!! Absolutely Excellent!! Well Done...Love It!!
What a masterpiece...
Thank you for uploading this!
Seeing and hearing this when it was released changed me
Absolutely superb!! Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks so much for this -- first time finding a clean copy of the film version of Dr Destructo.
Y pensar que lo tuve en casette en 1987 y lo escuchaba después del colegio, lo mejor de Tangerine Dream, un soundtrack Expectacular.
Amazing job in doing this! I truly appreciate it.
Grandisimo grupo. Y enorme artista James .
this soundtrack is just epic - great movie too
This should have been the original soundtrack. This is a masterpiece!
Thank you, Kit Rae. Anyone who uploads music from my all time favorite band/musicians is top notch in my book.👍😊🍻⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
Hey, I bought my Sorcerer LP at K-Mart also. A few years later I visited a real record store to find the THIEF soundtrack. Also had them order cassettes of both soundtracks, so I could enjoy TD out on the road.
Soooooo awesome.
Thanks for posting. I've had this soundtrack for years. It is great to hear another version!
This album Thief is about the only one off TD film scores that has the most best guitar music of all time and the synth stuff going for a film.RIP Edgar froese.😊
52:57: guitar on "Confrontation" is almost a note-by-note rip-off of Gilmour's 2nd solo on "Comfortably Numb".
Watched this one again and had two thoughts: (1) I know it would've been impossible with his last name, but Jim Belushi would've done well to stick with serious/dramatic roles and (2) the reveal of Leo's viciousness is so good. His laugh in the bar scene with Frank takes on a completely different tone when you realize what a dark person he is.
I recall reading that the unnamed guitarist on "Confrontation" was likely legendary session guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.
I saw that too, but I take anything anyone says in youtube comments with a grain of salt.
A few years ago I emailed Craig and asked if he remembered who the guitarist was, but he never replied.
Whoever it was, they killed it. Masterful. @@kitraestudio
rumoured to have done the rhythm guitar
Thank you so much for putting this together.
Wonderful.
Grate.Got it on compact disk.Second last track -end credits,as i recall,from the movie-is tops.Thanks.
Bravo! Years ago I literally had to copy segments of the film to tape cassette dialogue and all to hear the true soundtrack which the LP and later CD only included part of. This is much better. Thank you! The funny rumor I heard about Craig Safan is he supposedly played the guitar solo on "Confrontation"! And in the same rumor it was that he didn't know how to play guitar but used his knowledge of music to just "figure it out" - I still think he used session players as well. Maybe someday we'll know who.
Craig only played keyboards, his composition after TD said they wouldn't do a version of Comfortably Numb
@@AndyKing1963 One wonders who the guitarist was. I hear no "trademark licks" of nearly any LA based player I can think of.
@@aliensporebomb the only thing that is known is that the rhythm guitar was by Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
You are right,the Guitar solo Is by Craig Safan
@@dinotrincas9620 Craig said he only played keyboards on it but had forgotten who played lead guitar, however, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter (fromDoobie Brothers & Steely Dan) played rhythm guitar.
Genial espectacular
Tangerine Dream deu um charme e um elemento a mais nesse Filme maravilhoso.
A trilha sonora espetacular,foi um personagem vivo no Filme.
Excelente!! TD forever
Wow, this is GREAT!
The most masculine crime film in history.. cinematic testosterone
🎯