The Italian Job is the soundtrack to the 1969 film which was composed and arranged by Quincy Jones and released on the Paramount label.

(The Self Preservation Society)" was the closing theme of the film and was performed by members of the cast; the lyrics feature Cockney rhyming slang.

[4] Many incidental themes are based on English patriotic songs, such as "Rule, Britannia!

The Vinyl Factory opined, "It may seem like a hodgepodge of quirky film cues, baroque harpsichord bits and lounge (Matt Monro's silky turn on 'On Days Like These'), but this album is really a brilliant mash-up of styles ...

There is samba, there is country, there is harpsichord, there are a bunch of blokes shouting in cockney; it's the sounds of the Swinging '60s in a 29-minute nutshell".