Main Theme

"Main Theme"
Single by Pink Floyd
A-side	The Nile Song (Japan) [1]
Released	July 27, 1969
Format	7"
Recorded	March 1969
Genre	Psychedelic rock, Space rock, instrumental rock
Length	5:20
Label	Columbia Records
Writer(s)	Roger Waters Rick Wright David Gilmour Nick Mason
Producer	Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Point Me at the Sky" (1968) "Main Theme" (1969) "One of These Days" (1971) Soundtrack from the Film More track listing "Party Sequence" (7) "Main Theme" (8) "Ibiza Bar" (9)

"Main Theme" is an instrumental track by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd on their third album, Soundtrack from the Film More.^[2][3]

Overview

The piece was performed live only a few times during the 1970 Pink Floyd tour; some notable differences from the studio version include being longer in length, some small screams from Roger Waters, a notable key change, and a David Gilmour solo played with a slide, before returning to its original key and theme at its ending.

The track is played at the beginning of the film, when Stefan is waiting for someone to pick him up along a road to Paris.

Structure

The track begins with a panning gong that lasts as a drone sound for the whole piece; at 0:30 the Farfisa organ starts a progression of modal chords, that fades at 1:12 into a drum-bass iterative sequence, similar to, but slower than, the one featured at the opening of "Let There Be More Light". The Farfisa organ played through a wah-wah pedal (1:20) plays a progression of background notes over the drum-bass line, while the untreated organ plays the main melodic notes (2:10). The slide-guitar plays from the middle of the piece onward.

Cover

The song has been covered in 1977 by the French group Rosebud with an electro-funky style. It is available on their Discoballs album among other Pink Floyd covers.^[4]

Personnel

• Roger Waters — bass and gong
• Richard Wright — Farfisa organ
• David Gilmour — slide guitar
• Nick Mason — drums and percussion

References

1. ^ http://www.pinkfloyd.com/music/singles.php
2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5. 
3. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X. 
4. ^ Rosebud — Discoballs, Discogs.