to pray. 'For him, Uncle Tom', Tibbs says furiously, 'not for me! Tibbs' counter slap first appears in Silliphant's revised step-outline. Tibbs urging the butler to pray for Endicott was part of Silliphant's adaptation of In the Heat of the Night as a subversive Christian allegory, featuring Tibbs as the messianic outsider who confronts the racist establishment of Sparta. The film is also important for being the first major Hollywood film in color that was lit with proper consideration for a Black person. Haskell Wexler recognized that standard strong lighting used in filming tended to produce too much glare on dark complexions and rendered the features indistinct. Accordingly, Wexler adjusted the lighting to feature Poitier with better photographic results. Music The film score was composed, arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones, and the soundtrack album was released on the United Artists label in 1967. The title song performed by Ray Charles, composed by Quincy Jones, with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman was released as a single by ABC Records and reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #21 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. AllMusic's Steven McDonald said the soundtrack had "a tone of righteous fury woven throughout" and that "the intent behind In the Heat of the Night was to get a Southern, blues-inflected atmosphere to support the angry, anti-racist approach of the picture ... although the cues from In the Heat of the Night show their age". The Vinyl Factory said "this soundtrack to a film about racism in the South has a cool, decidedly Southern-fried sound with funk-bottomed bluesy touches, like on the strutting 'Cotton Curtain', the down 'n' dirty 'Whipping Boy' or the fat 'n' sassy 'Chief's Drive to Mayor'". Track listing All compositions by Quincy Jones "In the Heat of the Night' (Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 2:30 "Peep-Freak Patrol Car" – 1:30 "Cotton Curtain" – 2:33 "Where Whitey Ain't Around" – 1:11 "Whipping Boy" – 1:25 "No You Won't" – 1:34 "Nitty Gritty Time" – 1:50 "It Sure Is Groovy!" – 2:30 (Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman) "Bowlegged Polly" – 2:30 (Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman) "Shag Bag, Hounds & Harvey" – 3:28 "Chief's Drive to Mayor" —1:10 "Give Me Until Morning" – 1:09 "On Your Feet, Boy!" – 1:37 "Blood & Roots" – 1:07 "Mama Caleba's Blues" – 5:00 "Foul Owl [on the Prowl]"