Degree of Murder (German: Mord und Totschlag, French: Vivre à tout prix) is a 1967 West German film, starring Anita Pallenberg and directed by Volker Schlöndorff.

The film is mainly known because of the soundtrack composed by Brian Jones (founder and multi-instrumentalist of the Rolling Stones), Pallenberg's boyfriend at the time.

Marie (Anita Pallenberg) shoots her ex-boyfriend with his own gun, after he attempts to force himself on her.

Instead of reporting this to the police, she hires two men to help her dump the body in a construction site near an autobahn.

Jones played on the soundtrack, while Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page, session pianist Nicky Hopkins, musician Peter Gosling, and Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones also contributed their respective instruments to the recording sessions, which took place between late 1966 and early 1967 at IBC Studios in London.

I ran the gamut of line-ups – from the conventional brass combination to a country-band with Jew's harp, violin and banjo.

However, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has said that neither he nor drummer Charlie Watts participated, and Jones never specified exactly which members played on the soundtrack.

The rock 'n' roll bit which was written to fit the early murder scene was really good.