Bullitt Soundtrack - Lalo Schifrin - "Shifting Gears" HD
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Lalo Schifrin's classic score which is prelude to a classic chase scene from Bullitt.
Shortly after recording the film soundtrack, Schifrin led a separate recording for an album. While some score passages and cues are virtually identical to the film score, many of the film soundtrack’s softer, moodier cues were not chosen for the LP or had certain passages rewritten.
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Lalo Schifrin created the perfect score for this sequence and the entire movie.
Lalo Schifrin is a genius. Bulllitt and Dirty Harry have incredible music.
McQueen, the Mustang, the killers. But above all this scene is about the great Lalo Schifrin. Unmistakably his music, and takes it to another level
If you say so 😅😅😅😅😅😅
@@dannywest7587 I do
EXELENTE musica del compositor Argentino. .
Especially love the bass trombone backbeats. Used to play the bone.
The movies wouldn't have been the same without the music.
I sat my sons down, put the surround sound on and we watched this scene and they were amazed how great this scene was. A great father son moment.
My kids could not believe they were looking at the holy grail of car chase , it was a great moment for us too .
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@@jaimemorelos448 Most definitely!
I did this with my sons as well. Brought a huge smile to all of us. A timeless 3:14 it was.
Did you buy your kids an American muscle 🚗 car LOL
Bullitt was a great movie and Schifrin's music just made it complete. Great stuff.
This whole scene, from the direction to the soundtrack, is a master class in its execution. Brilliant.
Bill Hickman one of the most underappreciated stuntman in a business did this and The Seven-Ups too of the best car chases ever . rip bill your work is truly appreciated by some
I didn't know who he was ...I love how cool he is ...composed sinister like a robot but better
dont forget french connection!
And French connection too ❤️
Seven Ups was a massively underappreciated movie.
Bud Ekins who was on Any Sunday movie with Steve bud did the bike rider going down and driving the car FACT not BS. Bud also road the bike in the great escape with Steve Mcqueen.
When men were true men, cars true cars, movies true movies and soundtracks true soundtracks. 👌
Oh Boy YEAH!!!
A-H-H-H-H-H THE GOOD OL' DAYS...
WHEN THE CARS HAD STYLE, AND...
THE GIRLS WERE
👉S T R A I G H T👈
Totally agreeeeeeeeee
And when SF was a beautiful city, not an overly expensive dump.
Intraspective and they all look alike and are boring
The actor, the music, the scene, everything is legendary, even in 2023 !
The way the music is on beat not just for editing cuts but also gear changes, cars passing through the shot, taillights blinking etc. is brilliant.
Steve macqeen was the greatest star in that era
The Great Escape is probably my all time movie.
loved by women and admired by men… and reverse that too
Indeed! The world was his oyster. Died so young.
We saw this blockbuster at a huge drive-in theatre in Texas and the place held spaces for 500 cars and each car was packed with people----and most of the cars were huge. Ten minutes before the movie started, the box office was closed----the place was full. Unless you were there in 1968, you don't really know just how exciting this Saturday night out at the movies could be. The average drive-in screen was already much larger than even the largest screens in the downtown movie palaces, but the larger drive-ins, like this one, had THE largest screen in the entire state; in fact, it was one of just twenty screens out of 5,000 in the U.S. that was this large. This great drive-in had a playground, a miniature golf course, three snack bars, an arcade, and a miniature boat lake for the kids with state-of-the-art rechargeable boats! The 1960's was a decade that had its problems, but middle class families had it pretty good, and a night out at a drive-in like this one beats just about anything that is out there today.
The slow burn before the actual chase give the chase itself an outstanding quality.
Yes the stalking before the chase!
Hickman’s double-take in the rearview is phenomenal.
The thing that I love about Lalo Schrifin, is that his music never sounds dated to me. It sounds just as good in 2021 as his music did from the 60's into now! It's funky, catchy and memorable.
Farty brass, strings in slid octave progressions, and just the right dollop of percussion. The man cooked up a recipe that became timeless; often imitated but never bettered.
Tension builds up .... brilliant!
Lalo Schrifin was just really good, witness the Mission Impossible theme
All you guys are right!
One of the best films ever made.
Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset and San Francisco. It does not get any better!
Yes, but you forgot the cars.
I ve been to Frisco in ‚91 flew from europe
Well said !
It’s a very good film all around. Good on procedure. Good actors throughout.
And cool outfits too.
Lalo Schifrin’s masterful use of horns in this arrangement is nothing short of genius. As it progresses and builds up dynamically it is perfectly synchronized with the intensity of the car chase. And you can’t lose with a 1-4-5 progression to swing baby swing. A tremendous soundtrack for sure. 👍😎
Lalo Schifrin absolutely nailed this soundtrack 100 percent The whole thing is amazing ❤️
Pure 1960’s genius from Scifhrin
Love the way the song builds the suspense.
U571 remember this when at school..got into to see it f#@! $#@# wow. .and to this day watch once a month...
The vw was a pace car...the rest is history ....Steve and other driver were proper..except for crash...still stands upto date....next Gene Hackman in ?
Real soundtracks back then....music written for the movie, not the fucking rap bullshit they put in movies today for soundtracks. Rap sucks....it sucks even worse when used for a movie soundtrack
Too bad he didn't win for best soundtrack at the Academy Awards. He was rip off (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!
Films aren't made like this anymore. Fantastic soundtrack. 😊
Another Masterful soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin.
Check out the final scene in Sudden Impact. Lalo's music was perfect when Clint was waxing the bad guys.
Lalo nailed it here. This wouldn't be the same without that iconic soundtrack. I remember seeing Enter the Dragon in 73 and he got me with that soundtrack as well. I actually went out and bought the soundtrack on LP. A true master of his art.
@@boneseyyl1060 And nearly ubiquitous. And yet, every work a masterpiece.
Lalo Schifren and David Shire are my 2 fav. Conductors.
I watch this movie every 7 months or so,,, never gets old,,,,,,
Anytime,,,,,
La je vous comprends...
Grand respect de France 🇫🇷
Idem!
3:10. In that era this scene made it cool to buckle-up. I took/passed my driver's test four years after Bullitt debuted and since then every time I fasten my seatbelt I think of this moment in the movie.
Bill Hickman's acting was PERFECT as the poker-faced getaway driver.
He was also James Dean's mechanic and was following him when he wrecked.
He's great in The French Connection & The Seven Ups too..
@@jonathanwilkinson1461 Patton (1970). He drives a jeep and gets to handle a Thompson.
He wasn't just playing the part of the getaway driver he was the Charger stunt driver for the entire chase sequence. He wrote a great account of it out there on the www with a lot of info about the cars.
Love the driving gloves!
1968 Charger R/T 440 Super Commando engine. Black on Black. The "Bullitt Charger". Was there ever a more beautiful car? Simply stunning. I always get sad when it first hits that wall on Lombard Ave. Yep, I got one of those Bullitt Chargers and it was wonderful.
How many mustangs did you walk that thought they had something with that bullitt package?
@@koldhearted1 Hah! Good question. I only street raced one Mustang. Kicked his ass, 30 punch. Curiously, my fiance got challenged by a chick in a 68 Mustang. Same result. She was/is a keeper.
2:01 is the the most amazing marriage of music to cinema like ever. Rearview mirror shot and the music goes for the jugular.
Best thing about this movie is its sure direction. The best directors are considerate of their film score composers.
Lalo's score for Dirty Harry is one of the most amazing things ever.
i'm 24 and i love these 60s/70s movies and tv shows epecially sampling the themes and scores
Don’t go beyond the 80s and you’ll be alright
Honestly that Dodge Charger was really badass! What a monster! What a beauty!
@Timothy Mckee you've got my vote!
Vieux Bal Is a mustang, is not a Charger
@@elsaalcala5486 I was talking about the hitmen's car, the black one.
My dad had that charger except it was green
Oh ? What did the Charger bring at auction......?
totally magical and hypnotising watching the scenes with that amazing music. I think I'm going to watch this movie later as i saw it as a toddler so need to see it as a bigger toddler hehe
There has never been a better accompaniment to a film scene, EVER! Sneaky, sexy, mysterious, apprehensive sound that makes you just KNOW something exciting is about to happen.
Everything about that scene was perfect, this masterpiece by Lalo Schifrin, the beautiful location, Steve mcQueen behind the wheel of a v8 Mustang, and Bill hickman hammering a ferocious charger around the streets of San Francisco.
Finally, cool ‘68 music to go with all those cool ‘68 cars, found by a cool ‘68 dude.
... A perfect combination of Brass and light, but heavily noticeable percussion from the master that is Lalo Schrifin...
It's 2020; this is 52 years old yet feels completely fresh.
But vice versa isn't always true: San Francisco doesn't look as fresh as then or during "The streets of San Francisco". And of course, we only get to see the postcard views of "Frisco"
I’ve seen this movie God knows how many times, and in November 1968 I got tickets to see the restored version on the 50th anniversary of the movie. Nothing like watching it on the big screen especially with the car chase. That viewing put a movie on a whole new light to me
Not the city.
@@richspinaci8293 Interesting but don't you mean 2018; which would have been its 50th anniversary?
Best wishes
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@@richspinaci8293eu um BB/
No CV BB na BB
When the movies tough guys, really looked like real gangsters
McQueen was a real badass gangster in his teens and one hell of a tough hombre in real life, with a Purple Heart, from the Navy to show for, much respects for this gentleman.
Paul Genge , the grey haired hit man was a staff sergeant in the Army. He looked tough because he was. I suspect6 he could walk the walk
The guy in glasses is Bill Hickman who also did all the actual stunt-driving in _The French Connection;_ and was first on the scene when his friend James Dean was killed, who died in his arms.
Thank you all for this precious information
@@AlcibiadesMD Not so.... he was a marine, but no purple heart
People underestimate how a good soundtrack can add so much value to a movie, maybe it's my age however i don't find many movies in recent times that i can be engrossed with, i don't know if it's the script or the actors or maybe a combination of both but they don't seem to make the same type of films very often, I'm pleasantly surprised whenever i like a movie these days.
Still sounds right up to date. Lalo was amazing.
Greatest car chase OF ALL TIME! That said this is a fantastic soundtrack
The man was a genius in composing soundtrack..The mission impossible was probably his greatest masterpiece.
the undisputed king of cool,he was excitement,and his on screen persona will never be equaled ,never,the damn cars were stars too
The scene when the Mustang comes over the borough of the hill with this sound track priceless
My late dear friend Robert Relyea was Steve McQueen's friend and business partner/executive producer of BULLITT... they originally chose Quincy Jones to score the film but he got sick, and instead recommended Lalo to replace him.
Mr. Schifrin only had 2 weeks to score the film, and look how great it turned out!
Mr. Relyea was assistant director/unit manager on JAILHOUSE ROCK, THE ALAMO, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, WEST SIDE STORY, KINGS OF THE SUN, THE GREAT ESCAPE, so many iconic movies and his friendship and working relationship ended with McQueen's meltdown on LE MANS...
So damn stylish....I have seen "Bullitt" at least fifty times and I still get goosebumps watching this scene and listening to the music! A movie should be make about the Mustang and its journey to its new owner!
Had the pleasure of meeting Lalo Schifrin at an event in 2008. It was so cool being in the presence of such soundtrack greatness. Very cool guy, too.
Please tell me you asked which was his favourite of his work?
@@mikeonfreeserve2926 I think I may have, but it has been 13-years and I can't remember. Probably like asking someone which of their kids is their favorite.
And he's still alive at 91 in 2023.
I lived on Potrtro Hill, SF, for a very long time, and I can tell you ALL the movie's street scenes were carefully choreographed, filmed many times over, and the SFPD were on site to manage traffic and spectators. A special ramp was built on West bound 20th Street @ Rhode Island Street so the Dodge Charger and the Ford Mustang would jump-up into the air and land on the Rhode Island Street intersection. There were two sets of the Charger and the Mustang cars, in addition to many-many back ground cars (i.e. Green Volkswagen Beatle, White Pontiac Firebird, Yellow Taxie) brought in on trailers. Residents were required to remove their parked cars on many of the streets.The Dodge was damaged when it accidentally side-swiped a motion picture camera set up on Lombard Street. McQueen autographed many photo sheets for the spectators and neighbors. See the movie on a movie theater screen to experience the feel of the up-down roller coaster sensation of the auto chase montage. It's what made the movie very popular with audiences.
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Mike Brady, 3 Dodge Chargers. Only one was a 440 SRT, though. Two 390 GT '68 Mustangs. Both had modified to 400+ HP 390 engines. Dodge 440 SRT Charger was bone stock and repainted to black for the movie. Originally, it was desert gold color.
@@sergeantmasson3669 wow, cool info 👍
Subscribed. Anyone know the best DVDCD versions of this to buy? Thanks.
one of my all time favorite soundtracks. the whole film has great music scapes. Dirty Harry is also incredible. Lalo.
100 % goosebumps when i hear the soundtrack ,,,lalo schifrins music was really so very cool i recall when i saw it on release i came into the cinema late but was struck how good the music was & then later car chase scenes wow ,had to see it again what an enduring movie it turned out to be all these years later, never will be surpaassed ,good acting action but above all that mesmerizing music by lalo schifrin ,dont think it woyuld be such a hit without the music soundtrack
Awesome iconic film from 1969 Bulllitt starring the cool Steve McQueen in his famous car this was ground breaking when made in San Francisco the sequence was filed with a camera on the car from inside !!! The music is banging !!!
Director Yates was so nervous about McQueen doing his own driving for some of the shots during the chase that he put them dead last on the shooting schedule to make sure all of McQueen's other scenes were already in the can - just in case.
1968 👍
Une des scènes les plus mythiques...🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 magnifique film, acteur , musique...
HIS MUSIC WAS ALIVE! IT WAS A CHARACTER IN THE PLAY, IT WAS THE AUDIENCE, AND IT WAS THE DIRECTOR ALL AT THE SAME TIME!
Perfect soundtrack for this great movie best car chase ever .
The build up to it Perfect.
R.I.P Steve King of Cool
I feel like a kid again...
Anyone who likes “Get-away” music or classic lava lamp, velvet Elvis poster, shag carpet, Dodge Van on Cragars with bubble windows and wooden drink holder console while listening to an 8-track Pioneer through Jensen 6x9’s will appreciate Stephano Torossi’s music.
Time to fire up the dvd of the original Gone In 60 Seconds and also Le Mans.
I can watch this movie forever!!
Steve...the music...SF back in the day!
Lalo Schifrin at his best. Funny how many of my favorite movies are scored by him. This was also Steve McQueen at his very best. This movie is a landmark in cinema.
Fantastically well made, a masterclass in movie direction.
Steve McQueen was a man's man.
He barely needed to act.
Not funny at all. A great soundtrack can save a so-so movie. Not that this masterpiece was so-so! Great detective story, the best car chase ever, great acting by some of the best in the business.
"..Steve McQueen at his very best "
Yep.
Even fresher in 2023, Steve McQueen in thar turtleneck does it for me. One of the best car chases to grace the silver screen. COOL 😎 BABY!!!
Bullitt is a 1968 American drama-thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel, Mute Witness, by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike. Lalo Schifrin wrote the original jazz-inspired score, arranged for brass and percussion. Robert Duvall has a small part as a cab driver who provides information to McQueen.
The film was made by McQueen's Solar Productions company, with his then-partner Robert E. Relyea as executive producer. Released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on October 17, 1968, the film was a critical and box office smash, later winning the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller) and receiving a nomination for Best Sound. Writers Trustman and Kleiner won a 1969 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Bullitt is also notable for its car chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, regarded as one of the most influential in movie history.
In 2007, Bullitt was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Plot
Ambitious politician Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn) is about to present a surprise star witness in a Senate subcommittee hearing on organized crime. The witness, Johnny Ross, a defector from the Organization in Chicago, is put under San Francisco Police Department protective custody for the weekend, 40 hours until his Monday morning appearance.
To improve his own image, Chalmers requests SFPD Lieutenant Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen), who is well-liked by the local media. Bullitt and his team, Sergeant Delgetti (Don Gordon) and Inspector Carl Stanton (Carl Reindel), put Ross (Felice Orlandi) under around-the-clock protection in a cheap hotel selected by Chalmers. Late Saturday night, while Bullitt is with his girlfriend Cathy (Jacqueline Bisset), a designer, Stanton is on solo duty when the desk clerk unexpectedly calls to announce that Chalmers wants to come up. While Stanton checks by phone with Bullitt, Ross inexplicably (at the time) unchains the hotel room door. A pair of hitmen (Paul Genge and Bill Hickman) burst in and shoot Stanton and Ross, seriously wounding both.
At the hospital, Chalmers holds Bullitt responsible. Later, a second assassination attempt is thwarted by Bullitt, but Ross soon dies of his original injuries. Helped by a sympathetic doctor (Georg Stanford Brown) who had been snubbed by Chalmers, Bullitt delays news of the death by sending the body to the morgue as a John Doe.
Bullitt and Delgetti investigate. The cab driver (Robert Duvall) who drove Ross to the hotel remembers stopping to let Ross make a long distance call from a pay phone. A confidential informant reveals that Ross was caught stealing $2 million from the Chicago Mob and fled to San Francisco after escaping an attempted hit in Chicago. Meanwhile, Chalmers serves Bullitt's captain (Simon Oakland) with a writ of habeas corpus to force him to make Bullitt give up Ross, but the lieutenant does not cooperate.
While driving his 1968 Ford Mustang GT, Bullitt spots the Ross hitmen tailing him in a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. He maneuvers to get behind them, they attempt to flee, and a high-speed muscle car chase ensues, through the hilly streets of San Francisco's Russian Hill and out onto the highway, ending when the Mustang forces the Charger off the road and into a gas station, causing a fiery explosion that incinerates the hitmen.
Bullitt and Delgetti face their superiors. They reveal that Ross is dead and that their only lead is phone records showing that Ross's call was to a Dorothy Simmons in a hotel in nearby San Mateo. It is Sunday; the detectives are given until Monday to follow up the lead. With his car out of commission, Bullitt gets a ride from Cathy. The detectives find Dorothy Simmons strangled to death. Cathy sees police rushing in and follows, fearing for Bullitt. Afterwards, horrified by the crime scene, she confronts him about his violent world, wondering whether she even really knows him.
Back in San Francisco, Bullitt and Delgetti search Simmons's luggage, discovering men's and women's clothing, empty ticket and passport folders, a travel brochure for Rome, and thousands of dollars in travelers' checks made out to Albert Renick and Dorothy Renick. Bullitt requests passport information for the Renicks and a fingerprint check for the dead Ross.
Chalmers again confronts Bullitt, demanding a signed admission that Ross died while in his custody. Bullitt refuses. A facsimile of Albert Renick's passport application arrives, showing the man they thought was Ross was actually Renick, a used car salesman from Chicago with no criminal record. Bullitt realizes that Simmons was Mrs. Renick; the real Ross had used Chalmers to fake his own death by setting up Renick to die, then murdered her to complete the cover-up.
Delgetti discovers reservations for the Renicks on an evening flight to Rome. He and Bullitt head to the airport to look for the real Ross (Pat Renella), who must be traveling as Renick. They stake out the Rome flight gate, only to find that Ross has switched to an earlier flight to London that is already taxiing toward takeoff. Chalmers shows up to lay claim to the real Ross even though he is now wanted for murder, and is again rebuffed by Bullitt.
Bullitt has the plane stopped, but Ross escapes. A foot chase across the busy runways ends in a tense pursuit inside the crowded passenger terminal. When Ross bolts and shoots a security guard, Bullitt shoots and kills Ross. Left behind, empty-handed, is Chalmers, who is driven off in a car with a "Support Your Local Police" bumper sticker.
Early the next morning, Bullitt drives home. As he walks up to his apartment, he spots Cathy's car. He looks in and sees her sleeping in his bedroom but he does not wake her. He takes off his gun and balances it on a banister. As he begins to wash up at the bathroom sink, he looks up into his own reflection and contemplates himself for a long moment.
Great Film. Those who are young, and/or never seen it, this film is a one to watch.
This is my fave tune from the soundtrack. It has funky groove and spooky vibe
One of the best car chase scenes ever filmed!
It was so long time ago when watched Bullitt, remember only that Steve McQueen was starring... But Lalo Schifrin is a big name in cinema art indeed, good idea to pay tribute to his music!
Thanks Wolverine. His style was perfect for these gritty 70's crime films and tv series.
Mr. Schifrin also did the first season theme music for "Starsky and Hutch." The best of all other themes used for the opening credits
And for TV don't forget; The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, Mannix plus a dozen or so others but those three, and Starsky & Hutch of course, are among my favourites :)
He was the best
@@StuntingSteamMcQueen Sorry to correct you but Jerry Goldsmith another music legend composed the Man From Uncle theme.
Proper cars and none of this hybrid crap
Thank you
No prius or electric car bs here, just good ole American muscle cars in the best car chase scene ever!
Killing butterflies with leaded gasoline.. Doesn't get better!
3/2024 and it is still going strong the car sold for an unheard amount of money he is a legend the music score is forever any questions?
I always loved this part more than the high speed chase.
One.of the most reviting clips of cinematic genius.. and a great soundtrack to match too.
Top notch movie and a soundtrack that reached easily the same quality level ! Schifren's best, I think, at least from those I know.
The tune shift when mustang appears in the mirror is so hair raising
Oldest brother died unexpectedly 2 months ago, he was the oldest of 4 sibs~seven years older than me (I’m the baby) & my protector growing up. First sib to die 😿. Looked just like Steve McQueen & drove a light bronze fastback Stang in HS, my epitome of cool R.I.P. Robert James💔
This has to be the BEST car chase ever in a movie!!!
To live and die in LA, has a crazier car chase.
One bad ass movie! They can't even come close today with the great movies we had years ago!!!!!!
The under tones of the exhaust rumble is missing here. That was the icing.
Yeah, the Mustangs glasspacks really accentuate the scene.
Varoom .will that help anyone.
All the car engine sounds were dubbed in. The “Mustang” sound was actually a Ford GT.
John Richards. 289: or 427 ci
Headers or extractors .Twin muffler or singles. 4 barrel or 2 barrel carbiration
Hi rise manifold, cam grind or standard
Air filter or ram tubes ....
@@johntechwriter True! It breaks my and many other hearts, but that is a little known fact.
They showed the filming of this on the news, I grew up across the bay. Every car on the road with them was a professional stunt driver, everything choreographed down to the last move. They did get the bill for a bunch of San Fransico parking meters that got accidently wiped out. Still cool to watch.
Greatest chase scene of all time!! I’ve driven those streets, their no joke!
Tune gets your anxiety going. NEVER will we see movies such as this anymore. And scores? Nope. Gone. This was made with REAL instruments. Imagine that?
R.I.P Steve McQueen and other actors/actresses who passed.
It was a great time to be in San Fran, especially compared to today.
502 people would choose to drive AMC Gremlins for this chase.
My teacher miss Silvia in a pacer load of children😂
Saw this in a cinema 2nd row from screen, when this part started put the hairs on the back of neck up , boy you felt like you were in the car , brilliant car scene ever .
He absolutely did he nailed it 1000%... loved this soundtrack!! I was 11 when I saw this for first time! I was begging my dad for a 68 Charger.. drove.him nuts!!!
Absolute art.
Never really thought about the music even though I've watched this scene a least a hundred times. It's actually very cool and clearly thought-out.
"The hunters just became the hunted"
@Peter Franks, Touche'. (smile)
@@maureencora1 why, thank you sir
Love the soundtrack, listening to it frequently
No one mentions Peter Yates, one of Englands best Directors, his work directing this was magnificent.
Such a Tease! Take me right to the moment then! Nothing.
Schifrin is the dean of movie (and sometimes TV) soundtrack music. Loved growing up watching this stuff.
They had to slow down the charger so the mustang could keep up. Even with all the the modifications in it (engine,suspension), mustang had problems chasing charger. According to the production crew.
Source please. I'm interested to know how the heck you can make a bigger and heavier car handle better than the lighter one. You see Mustangs were successfully raced in the U.S. Road Racing series as well as Trans Am. In fact they won the 1970 Trans Am series outright with the AMC Javelin being the closest competitor. The closest Dodge was the Challenger - i.e. a lighter car more suited for track racing. And I mean as in proper racing tracks not frickin' ovals. Behemoths like the Charger would only ever be good on dragstrips (or banked ovals). City streets? Not so much.
Anybody will tell you that the Chargers weren't even handling very well by the standards of the late 60's and were akin to boats in the curves. Fact is that this is also *perfectly obvious* in this scene. Looks like it's really struggling in the curves. The Mustang not nearly as much.
However since the Charger was more robust (probably explains part of its significantly higher weight) it could take more abuse and was reportedly more reliable.
Believe what you will but in circuit racing *weight is a huge liability* .
The 1968 Mustang was just 3018 lbs lb heavy.
The 1968 Charger R/T 440 was 3849 lbs heavy.
3849-3018 = 831 Ib's heavier (!!). No wonder it was never raced in road racing (proper tracks not ovals)
You see in racing 80 Ibs is a serious disadvantage never mind over 800 Ibs!
I think the extra weight is obvious in the shots the Charger "corners". I'm amazed this fact just flies completely over your heads. Try running a half full shopping cart around the aisles of a store and then load it full and see if you can run through a course nearly as fast.
So I'm really curious how the "production crew" of this mere film managed to make an 800 pounds heavier car be able to outrun a nimbler car on these city streets? You know, the world's top racing teams would walk through b*tt naked through ten miles of snow to learn how they managed to neutralize the laws of *inertia* - something which has been well-known to designers of racing cars since the 1920's.
You know some Mustangs were even entered into rallies - although they were themselves much too heavy to compete on even terms with the successful rally cars of the time (ultra-nimble).
This story of yours is awfully hard to believe because the laws of nature, the racing success of the Mustang in road racing and the very obvious visual evidence in this very clips just renders that story your have ridiculous.
And don't come here and compare straight line acceleration. That sells cars to ignoramuses who don't know any better. Sort of selling Hi-Fi equipment by its watts or watches by the amount of gaudy jewelry they have.
@@paulallen8109 muscle car review magazine had an Bullet article,and the guy that set up the 2 cars and the 2 stunt drivers said had a problem. I respect what pony cars do and did no doubt, but maybe the hills and street conditions gave a problem? I have a few doubts myself, but that's what they wrote. Go figure.
@@paulallen8109 Also you don't need to insult and call people names. Hollywood BS makes everybody upset. Maybe made to start controversy, and it works.
@@paulallen8109 Just goes to show that you don't know as much as you think you do. Bill Hickman wrote an excellent account of the car prep and filming. They put the smaller wheels and tires with full disk hubcaps from the base model Charger on the R/T because they thought the bad guys shouldn't appear to be too showy and the Charger still ran away.
THE CLASSIC MOVIE 🎥 AND SOUNDTRACK 🎥 ARE BAD ASS AND TIMELESS. IT'S LIKE GOING ON A TIME CAPSULE MACHINE BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 1968. THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE THIS ANYMORE
AND a REAL orchestra!
Steve woulda never guessed. Big screen 1968 Android 2019. 50 was wayyyyyyyy too young. RIP STEVE!
What a shock that was in 1980. Next year it'll 40 years since Steve McQueen passed away and for this oldster it's somewhat mind-bending.
The Best of car racing movies global Thank you.
wow. that 56 chevy is still parked by the fire hydrant. and still no tickets after all these years.
Schifrin...the master of time signatures that were not multiples of two...
The Late Stunt Car Driver... Bill Hickman, Pictured as the Villain that Drove that 68 Charger, in Bullitt (1968), the 71 Pontiac Le Mans in the French Connection (1971), that Gene Hackman was Suppose to be Driving, & the 73 Pontiac Grand Ville in the 7-Ups, he was Pictured Driving in, Along with the Late Actor Richard Lynch who had the Sawed Off Shotgun. (1973).
Without a doubt one of the best soundtracks of all time i🎉🎉🎉🎉 in the movie industry
Just iconic 👌 the sound of those engines ❤️😎
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Beautiful cars every where I looked
Plonker you left out the best bit of music - some 39 years ago when I was about 20 years old I had a 1972 black A series 1.9 opal Manta and I recorded the chase sequence of Bullet on 8mm cassette and would drive along (very fast ) playing it very loud . People thought I was mad until they borrowed the tape , that tape cassette became very popular among my freinds . Try playing it for yourselves up really loud in the car, headphones , stereo in the home you won't be disappointed.
Only in SF this kind of chase is spectacular. And with Schiffrin music it gives chills !
The driver was an actual Hollywood stunt man if I'm not mistaken.
Also drove in the chase scene in "The Seven Ups", in NYC. Same director for the chase scene too, if I'm remembering correctly.
owen sweetland, stunt man Bud Ekins drove the Mustang for many of the chase scenes and slid the BSA motorcycle when it was laid down in the highway traffic. Bill Hickman drove the Dodge SRT Charger. BTW, black color was not available for a '68 Dodge Charger. It was repainted for the movie. One of three cars.
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@@joenorris8220 👍🏻. Ever see the TV movie from the 70s titled "The Seven Ups"? Car chase in NYC. At one point it sounds EXACTLY like the Bullitt chase. Check it out.
Ford V-8… THAT is the real music!
Coolest soundtrack to the coolest movie, starring the coolest human being ever.