Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate

Iconic soundtrack to Mike Nichols' 1967 film!

The soundtrack to Mike Nichols' 1967 masterpiece, "The Graduate," produced some of the most memorable music including "Mrs. Robinson," and "The Sound of Silence." The album of music alternates between Paul Simon's songs and pieces of Dave Grusin's deliberately naff Swingin' Sixties score, which includes "The Singleman Party Foxtrot," "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha," "On the Strip," and "The Folks."

Similar to Nelson Riddle's self-parodic work on Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita," Grusin's instrumentals have a satiric edge that comments on the film's action.

Side 1

The Sound of Silence

The Singleman Part Foxtrot

Mrs. Robinson

Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha

Scarborough Fair/Canticle (interlude)

On the Strip

April Come She Will

The Folks

Side 2

Scarborough Fair/Canticle

A Great Effect

The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine

Whew

Mrs. Robinson (Reprise)

The Sound of Silence (Reprise)

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