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Here’s a something for all you H.S. Thompson and "Fear and loathing fans out there!..

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS - The Complete Soundtrack
(nearly called the Criterion Soundtrack)

It’s the full soundtrack to “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” with several new tracks and more than a handfull handpicked dialogue sequences from the movie.

Backstory:
The soundtrack for “Fear and loathing in las vegas” is a almost brilliant musical interpretation of the trip that Gonzo and Duke undertake as they head into the heart of the American dream (or nightmare depending).
For anyone who’ve read the original book it stands out that H.S. Thompson didn’t concern himself with the sounds of the times to tell his story. “Sympathy for the Devil” does appear in the book as a title but otherwise the rest was left to the capable hands of Terry Gilliam and his team of musical advisors.

The original soundtrack from 1998 consisted of the following:

1. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Combination of the Two
2. Brewer & Shipley - One Toke over the Line
3. Tom Jones - She’s A Lady
4. The Yardbirds - For Your Love
5. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
6. A Drug Score (Part 1)
7. The Youngbloods - Get Together
8. Three dog night - Mama told me not to come
9. Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
10. Booker T and the MGs - Time is Tight
11. Perry Como - Magic Moments
12. A Drug Score (Part 2)
13. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
14. A Drug Score (Part 3)
15. Buffalo Springfield - Expecting to Fly
16. The Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas

With a complete running time of almost an hour the original soundtrack CD omits several tracks that could be considered instrumental to the telling of the story. Strangely, and most likely due to copyright issues, is the omission of The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash. But even “Ball and Chain” by Big Brother and the Holding Company is lacking from the finish article. These to name only a few. In fact it can be concluded that once the soundtrack is recomposed it is twice as long in running length and it contains twice as many tracks.

My first version, for personal use, consisted of the reintroduction of “Somebody to Love” by Jefferson Airplane and the before mentioned “Ball and Chain” by Big Brother and the Holding Company and The Rolling Stones’ “Jumping Jack Flash”. Back then I worked them in to the mix individually using soundbites from the DVD release of the movie.

The second, this, version is a almost complete re-edit of the full soundtrack. I used the IMDB notes (which off course is the movie credits) as a guideline and once again I used soundbites from the movie.

The Complete Tracklist is:

CD 1:
1. Lennon Sisters - My Favourite Things#
2. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Combination of the Two*
3. Brewer & Shipley - One Toke over the Line*
4. Elmer Bernstein - Thinking of Baby
5. Combustible Edison - Spy Vs. Spy
6. The Out-Islanders - Moon Mist
7. Beck, Bogart & Appice - Lady
8. Tom Jones - She’s A Lady*
9. Robert Goulet - My Love Forgive Me
10. Richard Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries
11. Tom Jones - It’s not Unusual.
12. Wayne Newton - Strangers in the Night
13. The Hollyridge Strings - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
14. The Yardbirds - For Your Love**
15. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit*
16. Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
17. A Drug Score (Part 1)$
18. The Youngbloods - Get Together*</span>

CD 2:
19. Three dog night - Mama told me not to come*
20. Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again*
21. Booker T and the MGs - Time is Tight*
22. Frank Sinatra - You’re Getting to Be the Habit with Me
23. Perry Como - Magic Moments*
24. Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy
25. A Drug Score (Part 2)*
26. Debbie Reynolds - Tammy*
27. A Drug Score (Part 3)¤
28. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Ball and Chain
29. A Drug Score (Part 4)¤
30. Buffalo Springfield - Expecting to Fly*
31. Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
32. The Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas*
33. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil@

Legend:

Digitally enhanced for consistency

• Track present on original soundtrack CD.
  (Geffen Records - GEFD-25218)

** Track edited for consitency based on original soundtrack CD release. (Geffen Records - GEFD-25218)

¤ "A Drug Score (Part 3) is split into two segments.

@ Not present in movie nor on soundtrack.

$ Track partially edited from movie soundtrack.
There are still omissions from the full movie soundtracks, as well as inclusions of none-listed soundtrack tracks.

Most obvious is the inclusion of “Sympathy for the Devil”. This track is only referenced to in the dialogue and most likely this reference is only inspired by the title of the song. A cover version of the track made an appearance on the 1996 audiobook release. I decided to include it because it gives a twist at the end, besides being a brilliant song.

Also added and not referenced to in the movie is Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries”. Most likely this track should be considered a sound effect guessing from the fact that the track was omitted from the tracklisting at the end of the movie. Still it holds a prominent spot and has a relevance to the story.

The omissions are the Circus music played as background to the Circus Circus scenes. This is mainly because I don’t know titles and performs. Besides the Circus Circus music would weigh down the soundtrack considerably. There are at least three background tracks which would have to be represented and when played in direct running order these could easily stop the album dead. This is why there is no circus music.

Despite being strict when it comes to source-material I’ve also chosen to alter a few tracks on the project.
This mostly apply to the Drug Score tracks. “Drug Score 1 (Acid Spill)” is now partially built from the movie version. The reason for this is purely indulgent. I always loved the “whaaats the trouble?” dialogue for the scene and I really wanted to include this is in my version.
For that reason the track is built up using the soundbite and the intro from the movie then crossfading into the CD version.

The second cut is "Drug Score 3 (Flashbacks) which has been split into two individual tracks. Having seen the movie you also notice that “Ball and Chain” appear in the middle of the flashback scene. For that reason I chose to split the track and add “Ball and Chain” in the middle.

But ok…ehm…that’s what I did and how it was done! Theres probably much more I could say but I think it would take up your time.

What’s the score here? What comes next? Who wants to hear it?

PM me for more instructions. I also need to confess that I never made a lossless version of this. So this would have to count as a temp version.

I also need to confess that I never made a lossless version of this.

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