Hilda fish wrote above:

"I've never yet met anyone who really liked the soundtrack of Bob Dylan's 'Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid' but that pile of songs are special..."

Now you have, albeit on an Internet forum.

I finally found the CD, which took me awhile. I also liked the movie and will buy it if it ever comes out on DVD, for the soundtrack alone. The VHS tape is out-of-print. This is a case, and there are many, where the soundtrack carried the movie.

How critical good soundtracks are. I am a Max Steiner kind of guy (but of course without his enormous musical talents as a composer). I like any movie he composed for.

Hearing "Knocking On Heavens Door" playing softly in the background when old Slim Pickens is dying is very poignant.

Cruiser