Smokey and the Bandit: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (MCA Records MCA-2099, 1977) presents the music from Hal Needham's massively successful comedy-action film, with Jerry Reed supplying the vocal tracks and Bill Justis composing and arranging the instrumental score. Reed plays guitar and sings throughout, including "East Bound and Down" — written by Reed and Dick Feller and the film's signature theme — as well as "The Legend," "The Bandit," and "West Bound and Down." Justis, the Sun Records alumnus who wrote "Raunchy" in 1957, contributed a brassy uptempo score alongside the vocal tracks, with Bobby Thompson's five-string banjo featured prominently on "East Bound and Down." The soundtrack's commercial success — "East Bound and Down" reached number two on the Billboard country chart — cemented Reed's reputation as both a film actor and a recording artist at the peak of his popularity.
Tracklist
- 1 East Bound and Down alt version 2:50
- 2 Lightning Rod 2:48
- 3 The Bandit 2:20
- 4 Bake 2:40
- 5 The Legend 2:19
- 6 Framed 2:33
- 7 You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me 2:17
- 8 Rainbow Ride 2:35
- 9 Just to Satisfy You 2:46
- 10 Don't Think Twice It's All Right 2:41
