The Getaway - End credits - Quincy Jones - Toots Thielemans

End scenes and credits of "The Getaway" by Sam Pekinpah with Steve Mcqueen and Ali Mcgraw, driving to the horizon....
Fantastic Music by Quincy Jones and Toots Thielemans.

[bluetoad]

great supporting actors. what made 60’s-70’s films so wonderful

[Casio]

The late 60s and early 70s was the greatest period for movies ever. No question.

[HandbagDiva]

The unmistakable Toots Thielmans, what sounds this master made!

[thethstooge]

...its 1973 and your sitting alone in the balcony of declining single screen theater in Nowheresville USA, The Getaway ends and this music starts. Its a snowy mid week late show and there are maybe five or six other people in the lower auditorium .You peel out of the seat and walk down the very worn red carpeted stair case into an empty lobby . You pause while mining your coat pocket for a Camel and a match . You spot the manager atop a ladder removing the heavy black steel letters for "The Getaway" hanging from the marquee.He drops the letters into a old five gallon paint bucket from about 10 feet above and each one arrives dead center with a loud clank The bottom rung of the ladder has a folded movie poster draped over it and lying in the snow next to that are seven or eight faded lobby cards exploiting Steve and Ali. All while this music follows you into the lobby and out the door..You step out into the cold snowy night, Toots still playing in your head, you light the smoke, it tastes so good after two hours plus without one, you take a long pull on it. The mix of cold air along with the blast of unfilterd nicotine jars you back to reality. You look up say good night to the manager who you know by name, tell him to say thanks to the projectionist, who you also know by name, and he replies "You Bet".without even looking down and you are on your way Toots, Sam, & Steve . It was a great night at the movies .

[docskate]

There were quite a few movies that ended like this back in the day. "Pocket Money" comes to mind. Great song Quincy and Toots.

[Bill_Woo]

Toots and Quincy were two musically legendary giants.
This was also a really outstanding Steve McQueen movie, really one of my favorites of his, which is saying a lot. It really must have taken some kind of brain damage or bad drugs for someone to decide to do a remake of that movie classic :)

[cosmo]

.. I am an Italian, with music in my veins .. and I declare this to be by far .. the best musical ending to a film I've ever heard .. Quincy Jones, you’re Great!!!

[eugeneendres]

I saw this movie as a kid when it came out in 72 I believe. I was about 11 years old. Anyway, I loved this movie with McQueen and McGraw. And I also loved this theme music at the end. Especially the harmonica part of it. I was not familiar with Quincy Jones at the early age of my life. But, It's amazing to me how influential he was in the 60's and early 70's. I mean he has a huge body of work. Very impressive.

[MarcelaR-dhok]

We had movie night at the academy and back in 73 this was the movie. I took a break and went to see it..
A little over two decades later I found myself living south of the border driving an old Toyota 4X4 with a beautiful tica brunette by my side. So you see I did learn something while there.

[emgee]

Love this movie and always loved the end title sound track too, thanks for posting

[RonWatti]

Love this soundtrack ...nice memories ❤️

[pargentinast]

I can’t believe it…! This is my all-time favorite. Thank you for uploading this!               The music in this movie with Toots thielemans playing harmonica is the only reason, I am playing harmonica…!

[rancosteel]

Thanks for the upload. Could not find the song anywhere but here.

[jrcflaus]

Three good things. Slim Pickens, Steve McQueen, and that harmonica song.

[brucewayne]

truly the ultimate "feel good" scene of all time !!!

[taniacolvin]

Yo he visto tantas veces esta película y nunca me cansaré de verlo, es una obra de arte y la banda sonora que me marca la armónica 😃

[chuckfrost]

I AM VERY GLAD STEVE McQUEEN WAS ABLE TO TALK QUINCY INTO WRITING THE MUSIC FOR THIS FILM. QUINCY HAD JUST FINISHED WRITING THE MUSIC FOR HIS GOOD FRIEND SEAN CONNERY, THE MOVIE WAS " THE ANDERSON TAPES." THE GREAT QUINCY JONES.

[fredrich]

Toots was probably the greatest harmonica player ever, and he played the fiddle and whistled too

[RonWatti]

I love this soundtrack the movie Nice!✨💥💫✨

[TonyAlmeida]

its a wonderfull melodie.its good to relax....but at the end of this song you be frightened :)