Enter The Dragon Soundtrack (CD)

*This is NOT a comic, but you can listen to it while you read them.

By Lalo Schifrin. Published by Warner Records.

CD, 1973.

The “OST Enter the Dragon” by Lalo Schifrin presents the score to the cult film of the same name in a compact CD edition and forms part of the Warner Music Japan reissue series. The program brings together the distinctive motifs and atmospheric interludes that shape the film’s sound and makes the arrangements accessible to listeners looking for the original recordings in a modern edition.

Musically, the recording combines orchestral suspense writing with jazzy and funky elements, complemented by subtle nods to traditional Chinese scales and percussion colors. Schifrin’s instrumentation employs punchy brass figures, lean rhythm sections, and dense string textures, creating a sound that is at once cinematic and characteristically groovy for its era. This blend of jazz, funk, and classic film music has made the work enduringly influential.

Lalo Schifrin, a defining figure in film music as composer, arranger, and conductor, brings his many years of experience at the intersection of orchestral and popular music to bear in this collection. The recording documents his flair for memorable themes and finely wrought rhythmic layering that characterize his style and continue to reverberate in film and pop culture to this day.