In Cold Blood is a 1967 film score for the film In Cold Blood, composed, arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones. The soundtrack album was released on the Colgems label in 1967.Soundtrack Collector: album entry accessed January 17, 2018Edwards, D & Callahan, M. Colgems Album Discography , accessed January 17, 2018
Truman Capote lobbied unsuccessfully to have Jones removed from the film. According to Jones, Capote called director Richard Brooks and said "Richard, I don't understand why you've got a Negro doing the music for a film with no people of color in it.' And Richard Brooks said, 'Fuck you, he's doing the music". Capote later apologized to Jones.
The Vinyl Factory said "The opening title track, with its galloping drums and corrosive strings, lets you know you are entering a bleak musical terrain. "Perry's Theme", which begins with a beatific Spanish guitar, mutates into something terrifying, as strings rise and fall ominously. With its harrowing organ blasts, "Murder Scene" is a haunting aural crime photo. At the time, this menacing soundtrack was considered a convention breaker not only for Jones, but also for black composers in Hollywood".10 definitive Quincy Jones soundtracks from the '60s and '70s, The Vinyl Factory, accessed January 17, 2018
Personnel Orchestra arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones Gil Bernal − vocals (track 10) Buddy Childers − trumpet Frank Rosolino − trombone Dave Grusin − clavinet Gene Cipriano, Bud Shank, William Green − woodwinds Howard Roberts − guitar Ray Brown, Andy Simpkins − bass Carol Kaye − electric bass Shelly Manne, Earl Palmer − drums Don Elliott, Emil Richards − percussion
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