Once a Thief and Other Themes is an album of film and television themes by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.[1] The album features rerecorded versions of Schifrin's themes from the motion pictures Once a Thief and Joy House and a theme inspired by the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

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Once a Thief and Other Themes
Studio album by Lalo Schifrin
Released	1965
Recorded	May 21 & 23, 1965
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	29:46
Label	Verve V-8624
Producer	Creed Taylor
Lalo Schifrin chronology
The Liquidator (1965) Once a Thief and Other Themes (1965) The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Track listing

All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as noted

1. "Blues a Go Go" - 2:49
2. "Once a Thief" (Dorcas Cochran, Schifrin) - 2:02
3. "Insinuations" - 3:35
4. "The Right to Love" (Gene Lees, Schifrin) - 3:07
5. "The Cat" - 2:35
6. "The Man from T.H.R.U.S.H." - 2:57
7. "Roulette Rhumba" - 2:10
8. "The Joint" - 4:23
9. "Once a Thief (Instrumental)" - 2:02
10. "Return to Trieste" - 4:06

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 21 (tracks 6, 8 & 9) and May 23 (tracks 1-5, 7 & 10), 1965

Personnel

• Lalo Schifrin - piano, arranger, conductor
• Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Clark Terry - trumpet
• Jimmy Cleveland, J. J. Johnson, Tony Studd, Bob Brookmeyer - trombone
• Jim Buffington, Bob Northern, Willie Ruff - French horn
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
• Jerome Richardson, James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute
• Margaret Ross - harp
• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Don Butterfield - tuba
• Bob Cranshaw - bass
• Grady Tate, Dave Bailey - drums
• Unnamed string section

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