Editing O Lucky Man! (section)

==Soundtrack==
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[[Alan Price]] said [[Lindsay Anderson]] wanted to make a documentary about Price and his band touring England, but the cost of licensing songs they performed was too high. As Sherwin and McDowell developed the script, Anderson decided Price should write the score and sent him the script, indicating where he would like songs to appear. Price wrote nearly all the songs before filming started.<ref>{{cite video |people=Price, Alan (score) |date=2007-10-30  |title=O Lucky Man! |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070464/ |medium=DVD audio commentary track |publisher=Warner Bros. |location=Burbank, CA }}</ref> Anderson conceived of Price's role as a kind of [[Greek Chorus]], both commenting on and finally appearing as part of the action.

The soundtrack was released as a vinyl album, by [[Warner Bros. Records]], in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Alan-Price-O-Lucky-Man-The-Original-Soundtrack/release/2299721|title=Alan Price – O Lucky Man! – The Original Soundtrack |year=1973 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref> In the U.S., it entered the [[Billboard 200|Top LPs & Tape]] chart on 11 August 1973, and spent 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at no. 117.<ref>{{cite book|last= Whitburn|first= Joel|date= 1996|title= Top Pop Albums 1955-1996|publisher= Record Research Inc.|page= [https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/623 623]|isbn= 0-89820-117-9|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/623}}</ref>

The score won the 1974 [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1974/film/anthony-asquith-memorial-award|title = 1974 Film Anthony Asquith Memorial Award &#124; BAFTA Awards}}</ref>

===Track listing===
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# "O Lucky Man!"
# "Poor People"
# "Sell Sell"
# "Pastoral"
# "Arrival"
# "Look Over Your Shoulder"
# "Justice"
# "My Home Town"
# "Changes"
# "O Lucky Man!"
{{div col end}}

The song "O Lucky Man!" has lyrics that mirror the fable from the Pasolini's film Uccellacci e uccellini – The Hawk and the Sparrows. “[https://palamidessi.blog/2009/09/22/pasolinis-own-father-son-myth-on-film-uccellacci-e-uccellini/ Takers and fakers and talkers won’t tell you. Teachers and preachers will just buy and sell you. When no one can tempt you with heaven or hell- You’ll be a lucky man!” says the bird.]

The song "Changes" (based on the tune to "[[What a Friend We Have in Jesus]]") was later a chart hit for Price in April 1988 when it was used in a [[Changes (advertisement)|television advertisement of the same name]] for [[Volkswagen Golf]] cars in 1987, starring model [[Paula Hamilton]]. The song "Sell Sell" was recorded by [[Widespread Panic]] for their twelfth studio album ''[[Street Dogs (Widespread Panic album)|Street Dogs]]'' and has been performed by the band on several occasions beginning on 19 February 2012 in [[Aspen, Colorado]] for the final night of their Wood Tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://everydaycompanion.com/played/SELL.asp|title=Everyday Companion Online – Sell Sell|publisher=everydaycompanion.com|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref>

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable 
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (1973/74)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=238}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 34
|-
|United States ([[Billboard 200]])
| style="text-align:center;"| 117
|}