What a score! The movie is beyond bizarre if you haven't seen it, but there are many moments of modernism/avant-garde/electronic(by Ian Underwood and Lee Ritenour)writing.

Some of the electronic cues remind me of the early analog cues for Goldsmith's LOGANS RUN.
What are the chances of a CD for this, since it's another poorly recorded score on the film, and a CD issue would be the best way to hear it.

The score for the "birth" sequences are great, rivalling or comparitive to late Romantic/modernist writing by Barber,Hanson,Carter or David Diamond.

The music for these scenes is so powerful it had me pulling out all my "classical" American music! There seems to have been some controversy that Fielding stole the final chords of Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orch....can anyone elaborate on this?

It's a shame that Fielding didn't work in the concert realm AFAIK, since some of this score would work great in that form.

Fielding also did a witty adaptation of Bizet's "Carmen" as the main theme of THE BAD NEWS BEARS (no album, I believe).

Sean, THE WILD BUNCH is actually one of his most accessible scores, so if you're thinking of starting a Fielding shelf in your collection, this would be a good one to kick off with.

The Argument was just released, albeit via mail order only, and it sounds like it might be a bit of a collectible.
It sound like it features some avant garde early(?) camera work from Vilmos Zsigmond.
This was featured in a recent Video Watchdog(I can't recall which number, Ill post that tomorrow.)Two of the writers for that excellent mag, Rebecca and Sam Umland have actually written a book on Cammell's life, which has sadly yet to be publshed.
IIRC, they hint that the editing of Wild Side may have had something to do with his death.

Stephen,
Since we seem to have similar likes in music I shall take your word for it!
Bay Cities did three limited edition sets in 1992 on Fielding..the first is a 2 disc set which is impossible to get now. The other two are a bit more available.
Sounds like it's time to rent THE MECHANIC!

And it is too funny you mention the ending.
I fell asleep in the middle part the first time I watched this. I woke up during the last five mins. and thought "What the hell is going on here!!".
The scoring for that scene, and the acting lead me to believe that the finale was a triumph of some sort....but I thought this was a film about a woman being violated?

So I went back and reviewed the whole thing, and the ending still is at odds with the film, but it made more sense.
So who is the winner here? Did Proteus succeed in creating something that would better mankind and replace computers, or was it poised to take over the world?

Very interesting thought provoking film.
This is the sort of deeply constructed story you won't find in film anymore. Sad,sad...

Anyway, the Video Watchdog with the Cammell article on The Argument has the Creature from the Black Lagoon on the cover and was from two months ago. Great mag, check it out.