Lalo Schifrin SkyRiders Soundtrack (2009)

Lalo Schifrin, the Argentine pianist and composer of SkyRiders, may be best known for his TV scores like the theme from Mission: Impossible and Mannix but he also composed many  themes for a number of film works including many of Clint Eastwood's, some of Steve MacQueen's, and even a John Wayne film (Coogan's Bluff  in 1968).

Found a small copy of the SkyRider poster at Ain't It Cool. It is pretty awesome-looking.

SkyRiders was created after he recorded Magnum Force and Enter the Dragon and just before Rollercoaster, Telefon, and Return from Witch Mountain, as well as a few years later, The Amityville Horror. I've heard that Amityville Horror really freaked out many people and I would not be surprised to hear that the Lalo Schifrin soundtrack contributed greatly.

Besides the SkyRiders Soundtrack, Lalo Schifrin also scored The Eagle Has Landed and Voyage of the Damned in 1976. 

Schifrin's score for Coogan's Bluff in 1968 was the beginning of a long association with Clint Eastwood. His strong jazz-blues riffs were evident in Dirty Harry and although similar to Bullitt and Coogan's Bluff, the score for Dirty Harry stood out for the sheer fear it generated when released.(Wikipedia) (Somehow I think Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry played a part in the "sheer fear".)

Lalo Schifrin's talent for this kind of music which to my ears is his very own sub-genre, is unmatched. His gift for elation, as it's been called, is descriptive of the mood evoked by the soundtrack to SkyRider with its muscular, brassy, trademark Schifrin sound. It was 1976 when he made SkyRider, which came on the heels of his making the soundtrack for Enter the Dragon and Magnum Force. He was definitely still at the top of his game.

As the Ain't It Cool Pop Culture-Movie Site refers to it, SkyRiders is the "quintessential hang-gliding action flick of the 70s." The soundtrack for it is a perfect match. I think you'll agree when you give it a listen.

Here is the Amazon USA to buy Link: Sky Riders

Track Listing:

1. Flying Circus 2. Climbers 3. Riders, The 4. Gliding 5. Terrorists 6. Last Kite 7. Copters And Gliders 8. End Credits [Original Version]

"Recorded in February of 1976 Sky Riders would prove to be the last, for a time, in that long, innovative line of jazz/funk-dominated scores with which Schifrin made his reputation. This is the complete score, never before released, that has been remixed from the original multi-track masters."