Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording)
by Bob Dylan

For those that find Dylan a little intense lyrically, vocally or musically, this would be a great way into his oeuvre.

From HoldenM 06/23/2025 15:40 | #309679

Strong score to a great movie. If it's one of Dylan's weaker efforts up to this point, it's only due to the high standard of quality he's set for himself.

From LukasAntoine00s 01/23/2022 21:24 | #279932

79

Pat Garrett y Billy the Kid es una gran película con un soundtrack poco valorado, pero está a la altura, gracias al gran Bob Dylan. Por supuesto que en comparación a sus grandes obras se queda chico, pero eso no quita que cuente con temas folk y country muy disfrutables y sobre todo la legendaria Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

From sszwalbenest 11/16/2021 14:39 | #276352 | TOP COMMENT

While I would not exactly choose to listen to this album on its own, it functions as an amazing soundtrack to the movie. The instrumentals suit it nicely, and the vocal tracks are only placed where they can achieve poignancy. Knockin on Heaven's Door is of course a classic, but the Billy tracks are also pretty great and provide some nice shape to the soundtrack. Also, this movie is a worthy watch!

From Sandrof1969 02/09/2018 22:28 | #207482

Il disco della rinascita di Dylan... ci lavora gente ( Roger McGuinn per dire ) che sa come ottenere molto con poco e questa è un'arte che io non baratterei col solipsismo di tanti virtuosi che si suonano addosso.

Dylan's soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah's, pat Garrett and the Billy the kid, in which Bob also featured in an acting role. The music, half of it is mellow acoustic instrumentals, and the other half, vocal tracks. Of the vocal tracks, the most famous is off course the classic, knockin' on heaven's door,an intimate death anthem, a million miles away from the dreadful bombastic power ballad Guns'n'Roses turned it into in the early nineties. There's other vocal tracks in, Billy 3, which is pleasant enough, Billy 4, and, Billy 5,(Bob obviously thought long and hard about the titles), and some la-la-la vocals appear on, river theme. Of the instrumentals, Turkey Chase, is fun, final theme is excellent, and opener, main title theme is very good. In the right mood, this is a very relaxing and enjoyable album. Not bad at all.

A good soundtrack to a pretty crappy movie. It's nice to hear Mr. Dylan not in competition with himself. He sounds relaxed and loose, like he's actually having a good time.

Knockin' on Heaven's Door and a bunch of boring soundtrack music.

From eclab 02/18/2014 10:13 | #103483

Highlights: Main Title Theme, Turkey Chase, Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

From Mercury 11/26/2013 22:44 | #94755

26 November 2013

It's hard to rank or grade this album in comparison to any other Bob Dylan album. It's a largely instrumental soundtrack album. It's a really good soundtrack in my opinion. The instrumentals are simple and beautiful and fit the Spanish/Western vibes of the film. And the production on here is crisp and clear. It's really quality.

The songs are good where there are lyrics. "Billy 1" is cool. LOVE "Turkey Chase"! Listen to dat banjo! And dat fiddle too! "Main Title Theme" and "Final Theme" are both beautiful and do well in expressing a specific mood.

It doesn't make much sense that "Final Theme" isn't, well, the final theme. The 2 tracks after it are good and all but "Final Theme" is the perfect closing track and is really gorgeous.

The album is very short. It also just doesn't feel really like a Dylan record. So in comparison to other Dylan releases I tend to devaluation this. Still for what it is, I really like it. There are some really great tracks here and there is no bad track at all.

Grade: 81/100