The Graduate is an album of songs from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols is a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian. He began his career in the 1950s as one half of the comedy duo Nichols and May, along with Elaine May. In 1968 he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Graduate...

' movie The Graduate

The Graduate

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama motion picture directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay was by Buck Henry, who makes a cameo appearance as a hotel clerk, and Calder...

, featuring many songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Released on January 21, 1968, the album was produced by Teo Macero

Teo Macero

Teo Macero , born Attilio Joseph Macero, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer...

.

Although the album features two versions of the acclaimed "Mrs. Robinson

Mrs. Robinson

"Mrs. Robinson" is a song written by Paul Simon and first performed by Simon & Garfunkel. When released as a single in 1968, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, for their second chart-topping hit after "The Sound of Silence"...

", neither is the full version as featured on Bookends

Bookends

-Charts:-Personnel:*Paul Simon - Vocals, Guitar, Producer*Art Garfunkel - Vocals, Producer*Hal Blaine - Drums, Percussion*Joe Osborn - Bass*Larry Knechtel - Piano, Keyboards*John Simon - Production Assistant...

. The first is an instrumental, while the second is abbreviated, tapering off as it does in the film. However, the other major song of the album, "The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Silence

"The Sound of Silence" is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in February 1964 by Paul Simon in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. An initial version preferred by the band was remixed and sweetened, and has become...

" is used three times in the film.

Side one

1. "The Sounds of Silence" – 3:06
2. "The Singleman Party Foxtrot" (Dave Grusin
   Dave Grusin
   David Grusin is an American composer, arranger and pianist. Grusin has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy award and 12 Grammys...
   
   ) – 2:52
3. "Mrs. Robinson
   Mrs. Robinson
   "Mrs. Robinson" is a song written by Paul Simon and first performed by Simon & Garfunkel. When released as a single in 1968, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US, for their second chart-topping hit after "The Sound of Silence"...
   
   " – 1:12
4. "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha" (Grusin) – 2:53
5. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle
   Scarborough Fair
   "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...
   
    (Interlude)" – 1:41
6. "On the Strip" (Grusin) – 2:00
7. "April Come She Will" – 1:50
8. "The Folks" (Grusin) – 2:27

Side two

1. "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" – 6:22
2. "A Great Effect" (Grusin) – 4:06
3. "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" – 1:46
4. "Whew" (Grusin) – 2:10
5. "Mrs. Robinson" – 1:12
6. "The Sound of Silence" – 3:08

Charts

Chart (1968)	Peak position
Australian Album Charts	1
French Album Charts	3
Norwegian Album Charts	2
UK Album Charts	3
US Album Charts Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	1

See also

For tracks 1, 7 and 14: Sounds of Silence

Sounds of Silence (album)

Sounds of Silence is the second album by Simon and Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The album's title is a slight modification of the title of the duo's first major hit, "The Sound of Silence", which originally was released as "The Sounds of Silence"...

For tracks 5, 9 and 11: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme is the third album by Simon & Garfunkel, released in the United States on October 10, 1966. Its name comes from the second line of the album's first track, "Scarborough Fair/Canticle", an English folk song from the 16th century, paired with a counter-melody and...

For tracks 3 and 13: Bookends

Bookends

-Charts:-Personnel:*Paul Simon - Vocals, Guitar, Producer*Art Garfunkel - Vocals, Producer*Hal Blaine - Drums, Percussion*Joe Osborn - Bass*Larry Knechtel - Piano, Keyboards*John Simon - Production Assistant...