John Williams – The Missouri Breaks (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack) (VG+/VG+)

The Missouri Breaks (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack) is an LP by John Williams from 1976 released on the United Artists Records label.

About this album

John Williams’ The Missouri Breaks is a sharply atmospheric western score that shows his gift for character-driven film music beyond blockbuster fanfares. Written for the 1976 film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson, the soundtrack combines folk-inflected colour with taut orchestral writing to mirror the film’s uneasy mix of humour, violence and frontier tension. Themes such as the main title and love motif give the score a memorable emotional centre, while the cue-to-cue construction adds momentum and unease. It remains a notable example of Williams’ 1970s screen work, balancing melody, texture and dramatic restraint.

Genre: Soundtracks