The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Album Summary

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the original soundtrack album to the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, an adaptation of the 1973 musical The Rocky Horror Show. The 1975 soundtrack album was released by Ode Records and produced by Richard Hartley. It should not be confused with The Rocky Horror Show album, a recording of the theatrical music by Tim Curry and the original cast from The Roxy Theatre. The latter album was released in 1974, also by Ode Records. The album peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 in 1978. It reached No. 12 on the Australian albums chart and No. 11 on the New Zealand albums chart. William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the album a retrospective star rating of five stars out of five and described it as the "definitive version of the [Rocky Horror] score". This version of the soundtrack was certified Gold by the RIAA on 23 February 1981.