Bandolero was a 1968 western which starred Stewart, Raquel Welch, Dean Martin and George Kennedy. A soundtrack album, featuring the Jerry Goldsmith songs conducted by Lionel Newman, was issued at the time and has been re-issued many times since. Here are the U.S. releases of the album in order of their appearance.
Project 3 Records 5026 (mono)/5026-SD (stereo)
The album was issued in a gatefold jacket with several photos from the film inside, including this one of Stewart:
The tracks included on this original album were:
Main Title
The Trap
El Jefe
The Bait
Ambushed
Sabinas
Dee’s Proposal
Across The River
A Bad Day for Hanging
A Better Way
From the album, here is A Better Way:
In 1989, the album was released on CD for the first time:
Project 3 Records PRD 5026
The tracks were exactly the same as those on the original album.
In 1993, it was issued again on CD, this time on a different label. Again, the tracks remained the same.
Intrada VJF5003D
In 2004,Intrada re-issued the CD, this time with bonus tracks.
Intrada Special Collection Vol. 16
This is an expanded edition of the soundtrack and was limited to 1,500 copies. It had a re-mixed version of the soundtrack, the original 1968 version of the soundtrack and two bonus tracks. The bonus tracks, both demos, were:
Maria’s Theme
Bandolero! Theme
In 2013, another CD re-issue was released, this one slightly different than the one above.
La-La Land Records LLLCD 1256
This one had the remixed soundtrack, the original 1968 soundtrack, the two bonus tracks, plus one additional bonus track:
Main Title (without whistle)
Besides the soundtrack album, at least two different single versions of A Better Way, re-titled There’s Got to Be a Better Way (lyrics by Sammy Cahn), were issued in 1968. The first was by Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus (RCA 47-9638):
The second was by Bud Shank:
Neither single charted.
Sheet music was also issued:
