Caldera Records proudly presents Roy Budd’s score for the 1978 film “Tomorrow Never Comes”.

A woman is being held hostage in a bungalow at a hotel resort. She is Janie (played by Susan George), a young blonde who had been in a relationship for years with Frank (Stephen MacHattie), a temporary worker. Now Frank has become her captor. Weeks earlier, he had left home to look for a job that could support them and perhaps their future children. Upon his return, he discovers that Janie has eloped. When he eventually tracks her down to a posh cabana, he becomes convinced that she has become the mistress of a local bigwig. Torn between rage and love, anger and tenderness, Frank holds Janie at gunpoint. As the police (Oliver Reed and Raymond Burr) and media gather at the resort, his mood swings become increasingly unpredictable.

“Tomorrow Never Comes” is a story of loneliness. Frank feels abandoned, as does his counterpart, Detective Jim Wilson, whose mission is to free Janie and apprehend Frank. The main title song is therefore particularly apt. It forms the backbone of the score, first appearing over the opening credits as Frank returns home after several weeks away. Roy Budd’s lyrics and composition capture the isolation of the main character, a nomad with no place to call home.

The score ranks among Budd’s most eclectic and entertaining works. The main title song’s melody serves as a through-line, holding everything together: the funky source cues, the aggressive pieces accompanying the encroaching police, and the romantic passages expressing Frank’s yearning for Janie and Wilson’s longing for his deceased wife. The source cues showcase Budd’s talent as a clever, versatile tunesmith. They brim with joie de vivre, suavity, and mischief. Effortlessly elegant, they have stood the test of time and sound just as groovy today as they did when they were written.

This album offers the first opportunity to appreciate the score as it was intended to be heard. Although it was previously released in 2000, that edition was hardly representative of Budd’s work. The sound was dull and muffled, several cues were mislabeled (M3 was actually M5, M11 was M15, and so on), and others were missing, including Get Out and The Trap Is Set. Worst of all, the album included four pieces that were neither written for nor heard in “Tomorrow Never Comes.” M5, M22, M26, and M27 are from “Paper Tiger,” another of Budd’s scores.

This is the definitive edition, correcting those errors and presenting the score as it was meant to be heard

The 76th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Richard Moore and produced by Stephan Eicke.

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Music Composed and Conducted by Roy Budd
Album Produced by Stephan Eicke
Executive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan Eicke
Album Art Direction and Design by Luis Miguel Rojas

Listen to the sound clips by clicking on the links below

1. Main Title (Alone Am I) (3:27) (sung by Matt Monro)
2. Coming Home* (3:23)
3. Hot Lips* (3:37)
4. Man Hunt (3:04)
5. Nightcrawler (3:44)
6. A Woman to Find (2:21)
7. Get Out* (1:06)
8. Horny Harry* (3:42)
9. Collapse / Alone Are We (2:47)
10. Surrounded (2:01)
11. Theme (0:38)
12. Thinking About You (1:35)
13. Cheers (1:38)
14. The Trap is Set* (1:13)
15. “It’s Okay, Stan”* (0:47)
16. Memories (2:44)
17. Troops Approaching (2:18)
18. Reaching Out (0:55)
19. End of a Long Day (V1) (1:59)
20. Hanky Panky (3:39)
21. Main Title (3:38)
22. End of a Long Day (V2)* (1:59)

Bonus:
23. Main Title* (3:28)
(sung by Roy Budd)

*previously unreleased