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“The Weight” from the movie:
https://youtu.be/hsFOKNQxIhQ
On this day in 1969, the soundtrack to the movie “Easy Rider” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at
#14 (December 20)
“Easy Rider” is an American independent road drama film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda, and directed by Hopper, starring Fonda and Hopper, and co-starring Jack Nicholson and Toni Basil.
The brilliant, iconic counterculture film explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the US during the 1960s, such as the rise of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle.
The movie's soundtrack featured major rock artists including The Band, The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Steppenwolf, and here’s how it happened…
To make watching hours of bike footage more interesting during editing, editor Donn Cambern used various music from his own record collection, including The Band, The Byrds, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Steppenwolf
Interestingly though, the original plan was that Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were actually going to write a totally original soundtrack, but after the temporary songs were put in, they fit so well that the producers decided to go with that, and go get the rights to use those songs!
And CSNY reportedly agreed that they couldn’t have improved on it!
So most of Cambern's music that was originally supposed to be just temporary, was actually used for the soundtrack, with licensing costs of $1 million, triple the film's budget!
The soundtrack also peaked at
#4 in Australia.
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