Lalo Schifrin Enter the Dragon: Extended Edition CD ALEPH048 NEW

ENTER THE DRAGON was the first martial arts film produced by Americans and would be actor Bruce Lee's final film. Both the film and Schifrin's score have earned cult followings in the 40 years since the initial release. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 2004.\n\nBut to a certain generation, it is Schifrin's score for ENTER THE DRAGON that set the standard. Director Brett Ratner (who would go on to hire Schifrin to score his RUSH HOUR trilogy) said \""ENTER THE DRAGON is one of my favorite movies, but its one of my favorite movies for one main reason: that it's the best score I have ever heard in any movie,\"" (KCRW interview, October 26, 2011).\n\nKung Fu culture has proven to be a major influence on the development of hiphop culture, movies and music - and both the film and Lalo's score are still recognized as major influencers. Even as recently as 2013, the group Blue Scholars released a song called \""Lalo Schifrin\"", boasting the lyric \""I compose fight music like )