chatter, announcements, etc. The bulk of the editing was finished by mid-1970. On completion of editing of the film, producer Coppola took it to Warner Bros., the financiers. Studio executives there disliked the film, and insisted that Coppola turn over the negative to an in-house Warner editor, who cut about four minutes of the film prior to release. Soundtrack The soundtrack to the THX 1138, conducted by Lalo Schifrin, was released in 1970. Recording took place on October 15 and 16, 1970, at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, U.S. Track listing Logo – 00:08 Main Title / What's Wrong? – 03:14 Room Tone / Primitive Dance – 01:46 Be Happy / LUH / Society Montage – 05:06 Be Happy Again (Jingle of the Future) – 00:56 Source #1 – 05:18 Loneliness Sequence – 01:28 SEN / Monks / LUH Reprise – 02:44 You Have Nowhere to Go – 01:12 Torture Sequence / Prison Talk Sequence – 03:42 Love Dream / The Awakening – 01:47 First Escape – 03:01 Source #3 – 03:34 Second Escape – 01:16 Source #4 / Third Escape / Morgue Sequence / The Temple / Disruption / LUH's Death – 08:31 Source #2 – 03:17 The Hologram – 00:56 First Chase / Foot Chase / St. Matthew's Passion (Bach) (End Credits) – 07:40 Reception THX 1138 was released to theaters on March 11, 1971 and was a commercial flop, earning back $945,000 in rentals for Warner Bros. but still leaving the studio in the red. A contemporary survey found seven favorable, three mixed, and five negative reviews. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four and wrote, "THX 1138 suffers somewhat from its simple storyline, but as a work of visual imagination it's special, and as haunting as parts of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Silent Running and The Andromeda Strain." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune awarded two stars out of four and stated, "The principal problem with this film is that it lacks imagination, the essential component of a science fiction film. Some persons might claim that the world of THX 1138 is here right now. A more reasonable opinion would hold that we are facing the problems of that world right now. Time has passed the film by." Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "It is not, however, as either chase drama, or social drama, that