Released January 21 on Columbia Masterworks, the album was produced by Teo Macero.

In March of the following year, Simon and Grusin won the 1968 Grammy Award for "Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special".

"Mrs Robinson" received the Grammy for "Record of the Year",[1] whilst Simon & Garfunkel collected the "Best Contemporary-pop Performance, Vocal Duo or Group" award.

[4] The first consists of relentless, sharp guitar chords, with the "dee-de-dee-dee" sung motif, while the second includes a chorus, before tapering off as it does in the film.

[4] The other major song of the album, the 1965 hit "The Sound of Silence", is used three times in the film.