Editing Deliverance (section)

==Soundtrack and copyright dispute==
The [[Dueling Banjos (album)|film's soundtrack]] brought new attention to the musical work "[[Dueling Banjos]]", which had been recorded numerous times since 1955. Only [[Eric Weissberg]] and Steve Mandel were originally credited for the piece. The onscreen credits state that the song is an arrangement of the song "Feudin' Banjos", showing Combine Music Corp as the copyright owner. Songwriter and producer [[Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith]], who had written "Feudin' Banjos" in 1955, and recorded it with five-string banjo player [[Don Reno]], filed a lawsuit for songwriting credit and a percentage of royalties. He was awarded both in a landmark copyright infringement case.<ref>{{cite news |title=Country guitarist Arthur Smith dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26885910 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> Smith asked Warner Bros. to include his name on the official soundtrack listing, but reportedly asked to be omitted from the film credits because he found the film offensive.<ref>{{cite news |first=Terence |last=McArdle |title=Arthur Smith, guitarist who wrote 'Guitar Boogie' and 'Duelin' Banjos,' dies at 93 |url=http://wapo.st/1ihceud |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=15 April 2015 |date=6 April 2014 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

[[Joe Boyd]], who was producing the music for the movie ''Deliverance'', offered "Duelling Banjos" to [[Bill Keith (musician)|Bill Keith]], but as Bill was travelling in Europe and wanted to visit a girl in Ireland, he turned it down suggesting Eric Weissberg instead.<ref name=Boyd>Boyd, Joe, White Bicycles – Making Music in the 1960s, Serpent's Tail, 2006. Page 238. ISBN 1-85242-910-0</ref>

No credit was given for the film score. The film has a number of sparse, brooding passages of music scattered throughout, including several played on a synthesizer. Some prints of the movie omit much of this extra music.

Boorman was given a gold record for the "Dueling Banjos" hit single; this was later stolen from his house by the Dublin gangster [[Martin Cahill]]. Boorman recreated this scene in ''[[The General (1998 film)|The General]]'' (1998), his biographical film about Cahill.<ref>{{cite news|title=Artistic reunion brings Martin Cahill to life|url=http://irishecho.com/2011/02/artistic-reunion-bringsmartin-cahill-to-life-4/|access-date=2 April 2017|work=[[The Irish Echo]]|date=May 27 – June 2, 1998}}</ref>

===Charts===
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|+Chart performance for ''Deliverance'' soundtrack
!Chart (1973)
!Position
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!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=281}}</ref>
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