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Features Disc of the day
Roy Budd
Buddism
(Cinephile, 2000)
Nineteen-track career overview remastered by Budd authority Paul Fishman.
Roy Budd died on August 7, 1993, too soon, at 46, to fully appreciate his rediscovery as an icon of '90s British cool. A self-taught prodigy, born in Croydon in 1947, Budd mastered the Wurlitzer organ at eight and, formed The Roy Budd Jazz Trio whilst still at school. Influenced by Oscar Peterson, learning from The Henry Mancini Book Of Sounds And Scores, he soon moved into soundtracks. Recorded for just £450, his minimalist harpsichord-and-tablas score to 1971 Brit gangster classic Get Carter suited the film's mood of soulless cool and effortlessly established the Budd style - practical idealism with pop grooves and a boxy finish, effortlessly mirroring the austere slum-modernism landscape of the era. Whether it's the melancholy drift of The Marseilles Contract or the cliff-edge suspense of Fear Is The Key, Budd's sound was always more evocative of the English Riviera than the real thing. A criticism? Not one bit. If you're planning to take the TR6 down to Torquay this summer, shades on and the top down, there is no better soundtrack.
Andrew Male
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:02 AM GMT 01/06/2009
Further Listening
Roy Budd – Get Carter (Cinephile 2008)
Quincy Jones – The Italian Job (Universal/Island, 2000)
Lalo Schifrin – Bullitt (Warner, 1997)
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Roy and I were class mates and best friends at Portland School, Sandown Road, South Norwood, SE25, later named South Norwood High School. He lived in Holmesdale Road, South Norwood, just 100 yards from Selhurst Park, the home of Crystal Palace Football Club and the team he and I supported.
In those days he had tight curly hair and freckles. He had a passion for playing football, although to be fair he didn't make it into the school team.
Another of his passions was Katerina Valente, who's centerfold was firmly stapled to the underside of his desk. Roy always said he would marry her if he could and some years later he did!
Roy's piano playing was something special and he really could play anything. His Brother was a guitarist and had a group which toured Germany, while both his parents were accomplished musicians too.
After leaving school, Roy went on to greater things, including playing at Ronnie Scott's club in London and writing scores for several films. His death came far to early, but he has certainly left us all with some stunning music and something to remember him by.
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Thanks for the memories, Ray.
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