• Once a Thief (1965) Soundtrack OST •

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Millionenraub in San Francisco

Synopsis

Once a Thief

In San Francisco, ex-con Eddie Pedak, who served time for armed robbery in cahoots with a gang led by his brother Walter Pedak, has been out of jail for six years and is still on parole. Since then, he met his current wife Kristine, they had daughter Kathy, and he has tried to live his life on the straight and narrow... or so he says.

San Francisco Police Inspector Mike Vido is certain that Eddie was one of two who recently held up a grocery store and in the process shot and killed its proprietress point blank, and used the moneys from the robbery to place a down payment on a fishing boat. Vido has been tracking Eddie for years--sometimes to the point of harassment--since Vido is also certain that it was Eddie who once shot him in the gut during a robbery, despite Vido having only seen the shooter's eyes.

Vido's current harassment causes problems for Eddie in maintaining a job. Walter and the rest of the gang also reenter Eddie's life--which is against the stipulations of Eddie's parole: Walter wants to enlist Eddie in one last big heist worth $1 million. These events place a strain on Eddie and Kristine's relationship. As Vido provides Eddie with some news about the grocery store hold-up, Eddie and Kristine individually make decisions on how best to move forward in their lives.

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Play	Title	Artist
	Once a Thief
	Prologue/Zululand	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Lion and the Doctor	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Hunter's Way/They'll Be Chewing Up Your Carcass/The Attack	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Village Street	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Baboon's Blues/Baboon's Encore	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Safari	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Shooting at the Target/Sebra Demise/My Diagnosis	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Poacher's Paradise	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Julo Julie Chant/Julo Julie Chant Encore/Dance Part 1 &2	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Drunken Entrance & Exit/Now Listen, Doc/Not Ready/River Bank/Chase	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The River/Heavy Traffic	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Python/It's Clear Dear/Cruel Pool	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Smart Aleck Alec/Counterattack	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Juppo/Food for Thought/Fantastic Fight	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cobra Strikes Again	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Recovery/Rhino/Dance of the Rhinos/Rhino's Distrust/Got a Cow	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Transporting Rhino	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Disc Time:	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Blues A-Go-Go	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Once A Thief	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Insinuations	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	TheRight To Love (Reflections)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cat	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Man From Thrush	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Roulette Rhumba	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Return To Trieste	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Joint	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Once A Thief (Instrumental)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Bang Blues	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Square Head	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Sargatanas	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Answer Is No/This Time It's Different	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Another World	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Before I Met You/Kris	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	I Am Not Your Mommy	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Dark Bedroom/Unemployment	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Juice Blues/Basta	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Ling Funeral Service	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Stolen Vehicle/Back To Trieste/Suppose We Don't Come	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Drive/Lighted Tunnel	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Boat	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Pinned Note/Early Morning Alley	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Bad News/Once A Thief	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cincinnati Kid (Vocal by Ray Charles)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	So Meny Times	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	New Orleans Procession	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Shooter	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Man	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cock fight	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cincinnati Kid (Instrumental Version)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Melba	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Dialogue in the Rain	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Chase	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	All Packed	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Game	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	At The Farm	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Loser/Gambling Man	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Lancey's Arrive/Christian/Deal'Em Up	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Rest of Your Life/Double or Nothing/When You Are Back	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	I'm All Packed/The Man's Cane	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Cockfight	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Mr.Slade	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Walking Away Blies/Dialogue With the Rain	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Walking Down/At the Farm	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Most Important Thing/Melba/All Packed	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	New Deck, Please/A Deuce to the Man	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Shooter/No Sale	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	My Bet/Five Thousand/Jack of Diamonds	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Walking Down/You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Theme from The Cincinnati Kid	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	In Memoriam/Oh Didn't the Ramble (Bob Cole & J.R. Johnson)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (Tom Delaney & Pearl Delaney, Sung by Emma Barrett)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	When the Saints Go Marching In (traditional, adapted by Leo Shuken & Jack Hayes)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	I'm All Packed(alternate)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Cookfight(alternate)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #1)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #2)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #3)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #4)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #5)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #6)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #7)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #8)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Venice After Dark	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	N.Y. At Dusk/The One To Spare	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Venetian Dialogue/The Credentials	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Next Of Kin/The Back Door	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Claire's Blues (Short Version)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Open Gate/The Unsolved Affair	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Unconcerned/The Other Venice/Venetian Affair	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Around The Corner	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	At The Convent/Sandra	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	His Name Is Goldsmith	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	No Fright/A New Beginning	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Fenner/Wahl/Ballard	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	As Long As We Are Together	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	I Didn't Lie To You/Hypodermic Persuasion	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Subliminal Horror/Narco/Venetian Chase	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	A Lonely Silhouette/Our Venetian Affair	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Claire's Blues (Long Version)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Lonely Silhouette (retake)/The Affair Is Over	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Our Venetian Affair (Long Version)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Main Titles (Piassa San Marco) (Cimbalon)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Sol Madrid (Main Theme)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Fiesta	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Stacey's Bolero	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Burning Candle	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Adagietto	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Golden Trip	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Charanga	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	El Patio	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Villanova's Wife	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Bolero #2	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Villanova's Chase	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Main Title / The Burning Candle	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Frightened Stacey / Mexican Waters	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Adagietto For Guitar And Orchestra	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Dietrich	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Cantina Rock	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Villanova's Cocktail Music	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Sol Madrid's Theme	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Mariachi Street Music #1	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Mariachi Street Music #2	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Worried Stacey / Scarpi / Heroin Bag / The Pump	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Headlights / Pressure / More Pressure / Ingenious	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Mexican Dance Music	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	A Demanding Lover	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Turn On, Search Out	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Mexican Street Music	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Charanga #1	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Dangling Bloody Hand / To Get Some Air	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Charanga #2	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Guajiro From The Distance (Short Version)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Villanova's Villa / Villanova's Chase / Villanova's Fight	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	What Really Counts	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	El Patio (Guitar)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Guajiro From The Distance (Long Version)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Theme From "Medical Center"	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Haunting (Inspired By The MGM Motion Picture "The Haunting")	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Venice After Dark ("The Venetian Affair" Single Recording)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Our Venetian Affair ("The Venetian Affair" Single Recording)	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Main Title From "The Mask Of Sheba"	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	A New Hope / Earth II Theme	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Down Here On The Ground - Cool Hand Luke	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cat - Joy House	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Face Of Love - The Osterman Weekend	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Cincinnati Kid	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Street Lights - Challenger's Gold	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	That Night - The Fox	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Mission: Impossible	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	People Alone - The Competition	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Share The Dream - Manhattan Merengue	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Bullitt	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Blues For Basie - Roller Coaster	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	Insinuations - Once A Thief	Lalo Schifrin: Performer
	The Race Is On - Golden Needles	Lalo Schifrin: Performer

User reviews

Susan Nelson

6/10

The pacing of the music in key scenes enhances the narrative flow and intensifies the impact of pivotal moments, such as the heist sequences.

Daniel Nelson

1/10

The musical score of Once a Thief was inconsistent in setting the tone for different moments throughout the film. There were instances where the music felt out of place, disrupting the flow of the storytelling and creating a disconnect between the audience and the on-screen action.

Anthony Walker

7/10

The use of musical motifs throughout the movie helps to build tension and create a sense of unease, keeping the audience engaged.

Kimberly Davis

7/10

The pacing and timing of the music in Once a Thief are spot-on, complementing the action on screen and adding an extra layer of excitement.

Andrew Carter

8/10

The soundtrack's variety of instrumental compositions adds depth and emotion to key scenes, highlighting the complex relationships between the characters.

Donald Phillips

5/10

The dynamic range of the soundtrack, from suspenseful tracks to more introspective pieces, helps to build tension and create a sense of unease throughout the film.

Margaret Miller

9/10

I was particularly impressed by the emotional depth conveyed through the music in Once a Thief. The haunting melodies and poignant themes resonated with me on a personal level, adding a layer of complexity to the characters' struggles and relationships.

Edward Taylor

6/10

The use of jazz influences in the music adds a layer of sophistication and complexity to the story, reflecting the inner turmoil of the characters.

Dorothy Smith

6/10

The fusion of traditional orchestral elements with modern electronic sounds creates a unique and memorable sound palette that sets the tone for the film.

Laura Robinson

8/10

Overall, the soundtrack of Once a Thief is a standout aspect of the film, showcasing the power of music to elevate the narrative and evoke strong emotional responses from the audience.

David Martinez

2/10

The soundtrack of Once a Thief felt repetitive and generic, lacking in originality and creativity. It failed to enhance the emotional impact of key scenes in the movie, making them feel less engaging.

Mary Jones

10/10

The soundtrack of Once a Thief perfectly captures the tension and drama of the storyline. The use of dramatic orchestral pieces and intense percussion enhances the suspenseful moments in the film, keeping me on the edge of my seat throughout.

Karen Davis

8/10

The seamless integration of music with dialogue and sound effects showcases the skillful craftsmanship of the composers and sound designers involved.

Robert Thompson

10/10

The diversity of musical styles in the soundtrack of Once a Thief is truly commendable. From soulful ballads to energetic jazz numbers, each track complements the different moods and settings of the film, creating a rich and immersive auditory experience.

Donald Scott

7/10

The soundtrack effectively conveys the internal struggles and moral dilemmas faced by the characters, enhancing the storytelling aspect of the film.

Mark Young

8/10

The soundtrack of Once a Thief perfectly captures the intense and suspenseful atmosphere of the film, enhancing the viewing experience.

Donna White

6/10

The soundtrack effectively mirrors the evolution of Eddie's character arc, from redemption to betrayal, through its use of evolving musical motifs and themes.

Mark Turner

5/10

The haunting melodies in certain tracks evoke a sense of melancholy and regret, mirroring the emotional struggles faced by the protagonist, Eddie Pedak.

Joseph Wright

5/10

The soundtrack of Once a Thief effectively captures the tense and gritty atmosphere of the film, enhancing the overall viewing experience.

Dorothy Perez

4/10

The soundtrack of Once a Thief did not effectively capture the essence of the characters and their internal struggles. The music often felt disconnected from the characters' emotions and failed to deepen the audience's understanding of their motivations and conflicts.

Ronald Thomas

8/10

The incorporation of traditional instruments alongside modern sounds gives the music a unique and memorable quality that stands out.

Steven Thompson

6/10

Overall, the soundtrack of Once a Thief is a well-crafted and integral component of the film, elevating its storytelling and emotional depth through its evocative musical score.

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