Once a Thief and Other Themes | ||||
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Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | May 21 & 23, 1965 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 29:46 | |||
Label | Verve V-8624 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Once a Thief and Other Themes is an album of film and television themes by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label. [1] The album features rerecorded versions of Schifrin's themes from the motion pictures Once a Thief and Joy House and a theme inspired by the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. .
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All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as noted
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