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Nov 19, 2012 · In 1972, Motown legend Marvin Gaye composed the soundtrack for the film, Trouble Man. Many critics say it was one of his finest musical achievements. To mark the film's 40th anniversary,...
Mar 10, 2006 · Marvin Gaye's title song almost invariably appears on "greatest hits" or anthology CDs by the artist, but that's scarcely the tip of this musical iceberg: "'T' Plays it Cool" is a breezy, ambient...
Trouble Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Marvin Gaye released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllM...
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Dec 14, 2012 · As revered as Marvin Gaye's soundtrack for Trouble Man may be, it doesn't work hard or well in the movie; it functions best by itself, as dinner-party music or a prelude to an evening's...
Trouble Man is a 1972 American blaxploitation crime thriller film directed by Ivan Dixon and produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The film stars Robert Hooks as "Mr. T.", a hard-edged private detective who tends to take justice into his own hands. It is still of note today for its soundtrack, written, produced and performed by Marvin Gaye.
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- John D. F. Black, Joel Freeman
The movie, however, is not remembered for the streetwise detective played by Robert Hooks but for the stellar soundtrack composed and produced by Marvin Gaye. The bluesy title track peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1973 and later inspired the biography title Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye by Steve Turner.
