Harold and Maude - Music

Music

The soundtrack is by Cat Stevens, and includes two songs, “Don’t Be Shy” and “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out,” that he composed specifically for the movie, and which were unavailable on vinyl for over a decade; they were eventually released in 1984 on the compilation Footsteps in the Dark. The first official soundtrack to the film was released in December 2007, by Vinyl Films Records, as a vinyl-only limited edition release of 2500 copies. It contained a 30-page oral history of the making of the film, the most extensive series of interviews yet conducted on "Harold and Maude."

Additional music include Greensleeves, played on the harp during dinner, during the scene where Harold is floating face-down in the swimming pool, the opening bars of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 are heard and a marching band is also heard playing a John Philip Sousa March outside the church following a funeral.

Track listing

This is the track listing for the first official release of the soundtrack to Harold and Maude.

• Side one

1. "Don't Be Shy"
2. "On the Road to Find Out"
3. "I Wish, I Wish"
4. "Miles from Nowhere"
5. "Tea for the Tillerman"
6. "I Think I See the Light"

• Side two

1. "Where Do the Children Play?"
2. "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out"
3. "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out (banjo version)" - previously unreleased
4. "Trouble"
5. "Don't Be Shy (alternate version)" - previously unreleased
6. "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out (instrumental version)" - previously unreleased

• Bonus 7" single

1. "Don't Be Shy (demo version)" - previously unreleased
2. "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out (alternative version)" - previously unreleased