Just a Gigolo: The Original Soundtrack
David Bowie followed up his otherworldly performance in 1976’s The Man Who Fell to Earth with a decidedly more grounded role, that of Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski, a Prussian officer-turned-gigolo, in the 1978 film Just a Gigolo. Its soundtrack supervised by Jack Fishman featured period-style vocal and instrumental tracks including hard-to-find tracks by The Manhattan Transfer, Marlene Dietrich, and The Village People. Bowie also contributed pieces for the film, including “Revolutionary Song,” which is heard four times throughout the film. Cherry Red’s expanded reissue of the soundtrack brings all the tracks to CD for the first time ever, and includes a 24-page booklet with an introduction by Paul Fishman (who also remastered the music), original LP liner notes, and an essay by Charlie Bridgen.
