Caldera Records proudly presents Roy Budd’s score for the action thriller Zeppelin.

Roy Budd provided a rousing and memorable soundtrack that stands as one of his most refined and accomplished works. It is an especially worthy achievement since Budd was still in his early 20s when he wrote it. While he was able to flex his muscles writing dense action music, he also infuses the score with his trademark jazzy style, most notable in the quieter scenes featuring Geoffrey and Erika, as well as in the moments between Geoffrey and Stephanie, the woman with whom he is having an affair, who turns out to be a spy. The love theme that Budd uses for this romantic triangle is one of his most beautiful.

The release of Budd’s Zeppelin score almost didn’t see the light of day. For a long time, the recording tapes were considered lost. Budd’s widow had one stereo tape of selected cues in her personal archive, but for decades the vast majority of the score was nowhere to be found. Then in early 2024, Roy’s cousin presented us with an acetate copy of several cues from the recordings. We have done our best to clean up the transfer.

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