Soundtrack album: Carny

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Working with Hollywood veteran Alex North, who'd scored such classic films as Spartacus, Viva Zapata, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Robbie Robertson put together a soundtrack that veered between old-fashioned, noir-style mood music and funkier pieces recorded with musicians like Mac Rebennack and Randall Bramlett. Alongside instrumental pieces like "Pagan Knight", "Freak's Lament", and "The Garden Of Earthly Delights", Robbie cut a version of Fats Domino's "The Fat Man", only his fourth vocal recording in twenty years.
-- Barney Hoskyns, Across the Great Divide

Robbie plays on three of the tracks on side 1 of the soundtrack LP. Side 2 is all orchestral music There's an entry for the film in the Internet Movie Database. See also Donald Joseph's review of the movie and the album.

Carny was re-released on CD by Real Gone Music in 2015.

Tracks - side 1

1.*	The Garden of Earthly Delights
2.*	Pagan Knight
3.*	The Fat Man (Fats Domino)	(329K)
4.**	Freak's Lament
5.***	Sawdust and G-Strings
6.**	Rained Out

* = Robertson performs on track
** = Robertson wrote track (does not perform)
*** = No Robertson involvement

Sidemen

• Randall Bramlett
• Alex North, composer
• Mac Rebennack
• Robbie Robertson, composer/producer/guitars

Soundtrack album - Carny - 1980 - Warner Bros. HS 3455
Compact Disc: Real Gone Music - 2015