 Finally, with the Declaration of Independence ready to be signed, Hancock places his signature first, whereupon the others (including New York) affix theirs to the Declaration, establishing the United States on July 4, 1776.An original motion picture soundtrack album was released in 1972 by Columbia Records on the vinyl LP format.It contains all the musical numbers, with the exception of "Cool, Cool Considerate Men" and "Compliments".