“Beat Girl”
Columbia UK soundtrack to the 1960 British film “Beat Girl”
The title character is played by starlet Gillian Hills, who later went on to have numerous small roles in 1960s and 1970s films, such as Blowup and A Clockwork Orange.
The music was done by a seven-player group of John Barry, composer of James Bond fame. The film also features Christopher Lee as a strip-joint operator, and the film debuts of Adam Faith and Peter McEnery.
June 3rd, 2011 at 4:11 pm
The main theme is fantastic, with a spidery guitar line and Barry’s signature punchy horns. It’s on CD on Mondo Hollywood: Ultra Lounge Vol. 16. The movie is quite good, as well.