Editing Midnight Cowboy (section)

==Soundtrack==
[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] composed the score, winning a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Theme]], although he did not receive an on-screen credit.<ref name=IMDb.com>{{cite web|title=Midnight Cowboy (1969)|date=25 May 1969|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316113418/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/|archive-date=March 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fred Neil]]'s song, "[[Everybody's Talkin'|Everybody's Talkin{{'-}}]]", won a [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male]] for [[Harry Nilsson]]. Schlesinger chose the song as its theme, and the song underscores the first act. Other songs considered for the theme included Nilsson's own "[[I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City]]" and [[Randy Newman]]'s "Cowboy". [[Bob Dylan]] wrote "[[Lay Lady Lay]]" to serve as the theme song, but did not finish it in time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Heylin |first= Clinton |year=1991 |title=Dylan: Behind The Shades: The Biography |publisher= Viking Books |page=193 |location= New York |isbn= 978-0-6708-36024 }}</ref> The movie's main theme, "Midnight Cowboy", features harmonica by [[Toots Thielemans]], but the album version is played by [[Tommy Reilly (harmonica player)|Tommy Reilly]]. The [[soundtrack album]] was released by [[United Artists Records]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/john-barry-midnight-cowboy.htm |title= Midnight Cowboy — John Barry |publisher= Music Files |access-date= July 18, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160816003116/http://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/john-barry-midnight-cowboy.htm |archive-date= August 16, 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Track listing===
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Arranger / Producer

| title1 = [[Everybody's Talkin'|Everybody's Talkin{{'-}}]]
| note1 = [[Harry Nilsson|Nilsson]]
| writer1 = [[Fred Neil]]
| length1 = 2:30
| extra1 = George Tipton (arranger)

| title2 = Joe Buck Rides Again
| note2 = instrumental
| writer2 = [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| length2 = 3:46

| title3 = A Famous Myth
| note3 = [[The Groop (US band)|The Groop]]
| writer3 = Jeffrey Comanor
| length3 = 3:22

| title4 = Fun City
| note4 = instrumental
| writer4 = John Barry
| length4 = 3:52

| title5 = He Quit Me
| note5 = [[Lesley Miller|Leslie Miller]]
| writer5 = [[Warren Zevon]]
| length5 = 2:46
| extra5 = Garry Sherman (arranger)

| title6 = Jungle Gym at the Zoo
| note6 = [[Elephants Memory]]
| writer6 = R. Sussmann, Rick Frank Jr., Stan Bronstein
| length6 = 2:15
| extra6 = Wes Farrell (producer)
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Arranger / Producer

| title1 = Midnight Cowboy
| note1 = instrumental
| writer1 = John Barry
| length1 = 2:34

| title2 = Old Man Willow
| note2 = Elephants Memory
| writer2 = R. Sussmann, Michal Shapiro, Myron Yules, Stan Bronstein
| length2 = 7:03
| extra2 = Wes Farrell (producer)

| title3 = Florida Fantasy
| note3 = instrumental
| writer3 = John Barry
| length3 = 2:08

| title4 = Tears and Joys
| note4 = The Groop
| writer4 = Jeffrey Comanor
| length4 = 2:29

| title5 = Science Fiction
| note5 = instrumental
| writer5 = John Barry
| length5 = 2:46

| title6 = Everybody's Talkin{{'-}}
| note6 = Nilsson; reprise
| writer6 = Fred Neil
| length6 = 1:54
| extra6 = George Tipton (arranger)
}}

===Theme song===
{{Infobox song
| name       = Midnight Cowboy
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Ferrante & Teicher]]
| album      = Midnight Cowboy
| B-side     = Rock-A-Bye Baby
| released   = June 1969
| recorded   = 1969
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Easy listening]]
| length     = 3:20
| label      = [[United Artists Records]]
| writer     = [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = Andrea
| prev_year  = 1969
| next_title = Lay Lady Lay
| next_year  = 1970
}}

* John Barry's version, used on the soundtrack, charted at No. 116 in 1969. It also charted at No. 47 in the U.K. in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/midnight%20cowboy/|title=midnight cowboy &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
* [[Johnny Mathis]]' rendition, one of only two known recordings containing lyrics (the other being the Ray Conniff Singers), reached No. 20 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart in the fall of 1969.
* [[Ferrante & Teicher]]'s version, the most successful, reached No. 10 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and No. 2 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|easy listening]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=91}}</ref> It went to No. 11 in Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6102.pdf|title=RPM Top 100 Singles - January 17, 1970|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612012102/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6102.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 91 in Australia<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}}</ref>{{rp|110}} in 1970.
* [[Faith No More]] released a version as the final track on their 1992 album ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]''.

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1970)
!Position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus" />{{rp|281}}
|align="center"|22
|}

===Certifications===
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=John Barry|title=Midnight Cowboy|award=Gold|certyear=1970|relyear=1969}}
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