Original Soundtrack – Taxi Driver (Music CD)

Original Soundtrack – Taxi Driver (Music CD)
The original 1976 record and initial CD versions contain half a magnificent film score, half jazz-lite cover versions of the same music. Bernard Herrmann’s soundtrack, full of dark, brooding brass, menacing percussion and a bittersweet dash of jazz saxophone, greatly enhance this big city tale of obsession, paranoia and violence. Robert DeNiro’s chilling narration of “Diary of a Taxi Driver” — including the famous “You talking to me?” monologue — served as one of the models for the anger and isolation inherent in much of punk music