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More is the first soundtrack album and third studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 13 June 1969 in the United Kingdom by EMI Columbia and on 9 August 1969 in the United States by Tower Records. The soundtrack is for the film of the same title, which was primarily filmed on location on Ibiza and was the directorial debut of Barbet Schroeder. It was the band's first album in which their former frontman and principal songwriter Syd Barrett had no involvement.

The album was a top ten hit in the UK, but received mixed reviews. Several songs were performed in Pink Floyd concerts over the following years.

Pink Floyd recorded several pieces of film music before this album. They were featured on the BBC's Tomorrow's World in December 1967, playing along to a light show, and in the following year they recorded some instrumental music for the film The Committee.

Director Barbet Schroeder was a fan of Pink Floyd, and brought a rough cut of the film to London for them to work with. Instead of typical background music, he wanted the songs to feature in the film, such as a record playing at a party (i.e. diegetic music). The group speculated that they could branch out into a career as film composers if their recording and touring career did not work out. Drummer Nick Mason later said the film was "ideally suited to some of the rumblings, squeaks and sound textures we produced on a regular basis".

The album was recorded at Pye Studios in London in late January and early February 1969, with engineer Brian Humphries. The album was the first to be produced by Pink Floyd without assistance from Norman Smith (who nevertheless retained an executive producer credit) and the group's first full album without Syd Barrett, who had left them in 1968 during the recording of their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets.

Pink Floyd worked out most of the music in two weeks, with material put together quickly and semi-improvised. They did not use a dubbing studio due to budget constraints, and simply timed sequences in the film with a stopwatch so they knew how long the music had to be. Bassist Roger Waters wrote most of the lyrics during breaks between recording backing tracks. Schroeder was impressed by how quickly the group created and recorded the material. Mason and keyboardist Richard Wright co-wrote the instrumental "Up The Khyber", the only time the pair were credited as sole co-composers. Barrett's replacement, David Gilmour, handled all lead vocals on the album.

More features a mixture of styles. Songs such as "Green is the Colour" were acoustic folk ballads, a genre not often explored by the group. Mason's wife Lindy played penny whistle on the track. The album also contains hard rock, such as "The Nile Song" and "Ibiza Bar", as well as several instrumental tracks such as "Quicksilver" and "Main Theme", featuring their experimental and avant-garde approach. "Cymbaline" criticised the music industry, with lines such as "your manager and agent are both busy on the phone". The version on the album is different from that in the film. Gilmour sings lead on both versions, though Waters is sometimes wrongly credited as singing lead for the film version. The album also contains elements of electronic and mood music.

"Green is the Colour" was played live frequently after release, as a medley with "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", as part of a live suite called "The Journey". It was a regular feature in the set for two years afterwards. "Quicksilver" was played under the title "Sleeping" as part of the 1969 live show called "The Man", while "Cymbaline" was entitled "Nightmare". The latter remained part of the group's repertoire until the end of 1971. In live performances, the group left the stage partway through the song while the audience listened to a tape of quadraphonic sound effects, including doors opening and footsteps travelling round the venue. "Main Theme" was briefly played live in 1970.

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