CHIP TAYLOR - Theme From An American Hero

[photoeng1]

I can see Georgie in the background. Damn cancer wars.

[erniemitch]

Yes this was written specifically for The Exterminator and sung over the closing credits, but not this version. During a tour of Ireland in 2000, I was with Chip after one of his shows and told him how I'd always loved this song but had never been able to find a copy. It seemed that he'd almost forgotten it but this reminder prompted him to include this version (with slightly altered lyrics), on his 2001 "Black and Blue America" album. I have the Video & DVD but was an OST album released?

[joolz56]

Finally found this great song  :-)

[sipes13]

Good song! The Exterminator is a great movie.

[nottosixty]

thanks for sharing this!XXX great song!

[diuga1]

Wasn't this song in the OST for 1979-lensed vigilante movie THE EXTERMINATOR ?

[funnynofuneralfun]

Yes! Momentarily you can find THE EXTERMINATOR in 10 parts on the channel of chris27roberts.

[pfalky2k]

good movie. this song at the end is masterful. have loved this song since i first heard it in the early 80s

[Scathach80]

Did they record the song specifically for the film? It did end with him alighting on Bedloe Island at the end of the film, and one of this fellow veterans does end up as a quadrapalegic.

[WatchRyder]

@Scathach80

Yeah i remember this tune so much from the end of that film.

It rings true on many levels.

[neurocosm]

Yes, it sure was.  Great movie. Just watched it and wanted to check out the song here...