This classic and much appricated soundtrack has been reissued once again for 2011 by Dutton Vocalion:

The music for The Hanged Man was originally conceived as library music and issued on two very rare Themes International LPs - 'Drama Suite Part I' and 'Drama Suite-Part II'. The Dutton Vocalion reissue on CD comprises the complete 'Hanged Man' score plus 24 additional cues from the 'Drama Suite' albums, as well as a compilation of some titles in the Themes International catalogue...

REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL STEREO TAPES. THE HANGED MAN Music from the TV Series (1975) (Alan Tew)

1. The Rub [Contract Man]
2. Helicop [G.B.H. ]
3. Money Runner [Road Runner]
4. The Big One [The Heist]
5. Final Statement [Duluth Blues]
6. Surveillance [The Spic]
7. The Detectives (long version) [Hanged Man]
8. The Detectives link 2c
9. White Elephant Walk [Blue Panther]
10. Walking link 11: Master Plan [Killer Hill]
11. Eyes [Smokey Joe the Dreamer]
12. The Detectives (interlude)
13. The Build Up [Gentle in the Night]
14. Night Watch
15. The Fence (version b) [The Peterman]
16. Total Silence [Funky Bear]
17. The Detectives (slow version) [Hanged Man]


DRAMA SUITE PARTS I & II - Additional Cues (Alan Tew)
18. The Detectives link 5b
19. The Detectives link 7b
20. Headlights
21. The Burn
22. The Fence (version a)
23. Scenechange 7
24. Drama Backcloth 2
25. Drama Backcloth 3
26. Big One Prelude
27. Scenechange 9
28. The Detectives link 4c
29. Scenechange 2b
30. Scenechange 2c
31. Scenechange 3b
32. Drama Backcloth 1a
33. The Detectives link 2b
34. Scenechange 1
35. The Prowler
36. Scenechange 5
37. The Detectives link 6b
38. Snout
39. The Detectives (short version)
    
    THEMES INTERNATIONAL COMPILATION (1973-76)
40. Stake Out (Alan Parker)
41. Monza Straight (Alan Parker)
42. Car Patrol - title sequence (James Clarke)
43. The Heister (Alan Parker)
44. Waiting Game (James Clarke)
45. Mystery Movement (James Clarke)
46. Safety Zone (Alan Hawkshaw)

BULLET - The Hanged Man OST CD/LP

Composer: Alan Tew

(DC Recordings) $16.00 CD / $12.00 LP

Track Listing:

Contract Man - G.B.H. - Road Runner - The Heist - Duluth Blues - The Spic - Hanged Man - Blue Panther - Killer Hill - Smokey Joe the Dreamer - Gentle in the Night - The Peterman - Funky Bear - Hanged Man.

Press release from DC Recordings

1975 saw the original release of The Hanged Man soundtrack on Contour records, an album of incidental music that accompanied Yorkshire television's thriller series of the same name (the Hanged Man theme was also used as backing music for the Two Ronnies' The Worm That Turned sketches), now the album sees its full reissue on dc recordings and becomes available on cd for the first time. Since its original release The Hanged Man has become a highly collectable album within the break beat/hip hop field and has recently been sampled by the likes of Jurassic 5, the Street SmartZ and DJ Vadim amongst others. Featuring a superb selection of beautifully orchestrated jazz, funk and rock fusions composed by Alan Tew the album is as compulsive listening today as it was in the 70'S.

[DC15CD / DC15LP]

Plus DC12 Bullet - The Hanged Man Rehung (remixes) (12")

• Riouxs records page for album.
• Review, Album details and cover scan.
• Review.
• Review

A recent visitor to the site bought an LP copy of the soundtrack for $15 which he was told was an original pressing, but further investigation has turned up that it is in fact a bootleg. A collector does them under the company name Scorpio Music, and has a reputation for top quality repressings, although they are not indistinguishable from an original lp. The copy is described as an exact replica of the original pressing down to the printed dates and release #. Things that gave it away were that it is dead mint, clean w/ extra glossy finish on the cardboard (also the inside of the jacket is white where most older lps are greyish/brown.) the contour logo on the actual vinyl also looks like a photo reproduction

Due to the kindness of another fan I've had the chance to listen to this album, and I must say it's a great bit of funky 70's music, well worth tracking down at a fair price.

There were some interesting comments on the soundtrack:

99/02/09 Charles Moseley wrote:

Alan Tew was asked to do The Detectives theme tune for a Two Ronnies (comedy programme) sketch in the 70s. Instead of doing something original, he knocked up the Hanged Man theme into something slightly different. The Detectives is on The Sound Gallery, not the Hanged Man.

 

True, the track on "the Sound Gallery" is "The Detectives", not "Hanged Man"...but the story I heard was, that he wrote "The Detectives" in 1968, and later (1975) reused/reworked it into "Hanged Man", which is - as Charles said - only slightly different from "The Detectives": it's about a minute longer, and there's a different drum pattern and moog sound at the very end.

Johan

One source claimed the track was also used for the Australian TV Movie The Newman Shame, starring George Lazenby.

I was interested to discover that Alan Tew is also the composer of The Big One (theme from The People's Court). It sounds to me like a reworking of the track The Heist from The Hanged Man.

The Heist was also used during a chase scene in the movie Highpoint (1982)

The late 2004 TV ad campaign for the WRC video game (WRC4?) in New Zealand included an ad featuring what sounded to me like the main theme from The Hanged Man.

Covers

A version of the title track was released on the Top TV Themes album by the Malcolm Lockyer Orchesta