The Falcon and the Snowman (album)

The Falcon and the Snowman
Soundtrack album by Pat Metheny Group
Released	1985
Recorded	Summer, 1984
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	38:23
Label	EMI America
Producer	Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays
Pat Metheny Group chronology
First Circle (1984) The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) Still Life (Talking) (1987)

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The Falcon and the Snowman is an album of original music for the soundtrack of the Orion Pictures film of the same title, composed and co-produced by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays.

The music is performed by the Pat Metheny Group with occasional orchestrations for strings. The exceptions are a male chorus featuring a young alto which bookends the album and "This Is Not America", a collaboration with David Bowie, credited as producer and co-composer, who performs lyrics for an arrangement of the theme heard in the track "Chris".

Track listing

All songs written by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays except "This Is Not America", lyrics by David Bowie.

1. "Psalm 121/Flight of the Falcon" – 4:09
2. "Daulton Lee" – 5:59
3. "Chris" – 3:21
4. "The Falcon" – 5:02 (Note: The title of this track is enclosed in quotation marks as it appears in the recording's track listing. Presumably this is not a typographical oversight.)
5. "This Is Not America" – 3:55
6. "Extent of the Lie" – 4:18
7. "The Level of Deception" – 5:49
8. "Capture" - 4:03
9. "Epilogue (Psalm 121)" - 2:16

Personnel

Pat Metheny Group:

• Pat Metheny - guitar synthesizer, acoustic & electric guitars
• Lyle Mays - synthesizers, piano
• Steve Rodby - acoustic bass & electric basses
• Paul Wertico - drums, percussion
• Pedro Aznar - voice on "Daulton Lee" and "The Falcon"
• National Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Steve Rodby) on "Flight of the Falcon", "Extent of the Lie", "The Level of Deception" and "Capture"
• Ambrosian Choir (conducted by John McCarthy) on "Psalm 121" and "Epilogue (Psalm 121)"
• David Bowie - vocals and lyricist on "This Is Not America"

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