Editing Silent Running (section)

===Soundtrack===
The soundtrack was written by [[Peter Schickele]], a [[bassoon]]ist who also composed comedy music under the name [[P. D. Q. Bach]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Tammy |last=Ravas |date=2004 |title=Peter Schickele: a bio-bibliography |page=7 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=0-313-32070-5}}</ref> It contains two songs written by Schickele and Diane Lampert, which were performed by vocalist [[Joan Baez]]: "Silent Running" and "Rejoice in the Sun".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nash |first1=Jay Robert |last2=Ross |first2=Stanley Ralph |last3=Connelly |first3=Robert |title=The motion picture guide |date=1987 |volume=7 |page=2920 |editor=Nash, Jay Robert |editor2=Ross, Stanley Ralph |publisher=[[Cinebook]] |isbn=0-933997-00-0}}</ref> The two songs were issued as a single by Decca (32890). An LP was released by Decca in 1972 (DL 7-9188) and later reissued by Varese Sarabande on black (STV-81072) and green (VC-81072) vinyl. In 1998, a limited-release CD by the Valley Forge Record Groupe included an additional track with the spoken introduction "God Bless These Gardens." A CD with audio restoration was released in 2016 by Intrada, Special Collection Volume 369.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Original-Soundtrack-Schickele/dp/B01N6AGRLS Silent Running (Original Soundtrack)] Retrieved December 26, 2019 Amazon.com</ref>

The title song was later covered by [[David Matthews (keyboardist)|David Matthews]] on his 1977 album ''Dune''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/248445-David-Matthews-Dune| title=David Matthews "Dune" at discogs.com| website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>

The band [[65daysofstatic]] recorded an [[Silent Running (album)|alternative soundtrack]] to the film, released in 2011 and commissioned by the Glasgow Film Festival.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}