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The Sammy awards
 
 

 

 
   
   

 

 

28th Sammy Film Music Awards

Best Compilation Release

 

 

 

 

Jazz Noir - Various artists

 

 

Not Now Music NOT3CD177

Rating: ****

 

Disc: 1 (Playing time =52:16)

  1. Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra & Chorus
  2. Caper at the Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip') - Warren Barker
  3. The Street (From 'Sweet Smell of Success') - Elmer Bernstein
  4. French Quarter (From 'A Streetcar Named Desire') - Alex North
  5. Night Train - Buddy Morrow
  6. Upper and Outest (From 'Anatomy of a Murder') - Duke Ellington
  7. Générique (From 'Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud') - Miles Davis
  8. Clark Street (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') -
Elmer Bernstein with Shorty Rogers & His Giants
  9. The Boss (From 'Touch of Evil') - Henry Mancini
  10. The Off Beat (From 'Beat Girl') - John Barry
  11. Bewildered (From 'The Wild One') - Leith Stevens' All Stars
  12. Audition (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') -
Elmer Bernstein with Shorty Rogers & His Giants
  13. Overture (From 'All Night Long') - Philip Green Orchestra
  14. Odds Against Tomorrow (Main Theme) - John Lewis
  15. Hammer Blow (From 'Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer') -
Skip Martin & His Orchestra
  16. À Bout de Souffle (From 'À Bout de Souffle') - Martial Solal
  17. Cubano Be - Lalo Schifrin
  18. I Want to Live (Main Theme) - Johnny Mandel
  19. Stop and Go (Main Theme) - Kenyon Hopkins
  20. Toss Me a Scalpel (From 'The Interns') - Leith Stevens & Stu Phillips

Disc: 2 (Playing time = 64:27)

  1. Harlem Nocturne - Duke Ellington
  2. Staccato's Theme (From 'Double Impact') -
Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra
  3. Four Deuces (From 'A Streetcar Named Desire') - Alex North
  4. Daddy Long Legs (From 'Private Hell 36') - Leith Stevens' All Stars
  5. Main Title (From 'Touch of Evil') - Henry Mancini
  6. Taunting Scene (From 'West Side Story') - Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
  7. The Fix (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') -
Elmer Bernstein with Shorty Rogers & His Giants
  8. The Strange One (Main Title) - Kenyon Hopkins & His Orchestra
  9. Night Beat (From 'Sweet Smell of Success') - the Chico Hamilton Quintet
  10. Havana Interlude (From 'Private Hell 36') - Leith Stevens' All Stars
  11. The City 2000 Ad (From 'Beat Girl') - John Barry
  12. Frankie Machine (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') -
Elmer Bernstein
  13. Looking at the Caper (From 'Odds Against Tomorrow') - John Lewis
  14. La Mort, Pt.1 (From 'À Bout de Souffle') - Martial Solal
  15. Kush - Lalo Schifrin
  16. Sur L'autoroute (From 'Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud') - Miles Davis
  17. Ballad for Bernt (From 'Knife in the Water') - Krzysztof Komeda
  18. Late at Bailey's Pad (From '77 Sunset Strip') - Warren Barker Orchestra
  19. Wingate's Spot (From 'All Night Long') - Philip Green Orchestra
  20. Lonely Room (From 'The Apartment') - Adolph Deutsch

Disc: 3 (Playing time = 63:26)

  1. A Streetcar Named Desire (Main Theme) -
Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith & National Philharmonic Orchestra
  2. Background for Murder (From 'Touch of Evil') - Henry Mancini
  3. All the Things You Are - Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker
  4. Sidney'stheme (From 'Sweet Smell of Success') -
Chico Hamilton Quintet
  5. Anatomy of a Murder (Main Theme) - Duke Ellington
  6. The Thin Man - Ralph Marterie & His Marlboro Men
  7. Car Chase / Night Chase (From 'Beat Girl') - John Barry
  8. Roman II (From 'Knife in the Water') - Krzysztof Komeda Quartet
  9. Mount Olive - Lalo Schifrin
  10. Rebel at Work (From 'James Dean Story') -
Leith Stevens & His Orchestra
  11. The Impractical Man (From 'Odds Against Tomorrow') -
John Lewis & Modern Jazz Quartet
  12. Champagne Premiere (From 'À Bout de Souffle') - Martial Solal
  13. Breakup (Flight / Louie's / Burlesque) -
Elmer Bernstein & Shorty Rogers & His Giants
  14. Skin Fever (From 'All Night Long') - Philip Green Orchestra
  15. Experiment in Terror - Kai Winding
  16. 77 Sunset Strip Cha Cha - Warren Barker Orchestra
  17. The Asphalt Jungle - Miklós Rózsa
  18. Pete Kelly's Blues - Ray Anthony
  19. No Hay Problema - Art Blakey & Les Afrocuban Boys
  20. Private Hell 36 - Leith Stevens' All Stars


 

This is a choice selection of memorable jazz film themes from many of the most iconic film noir scores by John Barry, Elmer Bernstein,
Alex North, Henry Mancini, Leith Stevens, Miklos Rozsa,
Lalo Shifrin, and others.

The themes are just as important as the noirish acting and cinematography for such films as BEAT GIR:L (John Barry), THE MAN WITH A GOLDEN ARM (Elmer Bernstein), TOUCH OF EVIL (Henry Mancini), or
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Alex North).

Just take a look at the track titles listed above and see if there isn't at least one or more of these score themes that you would like to have in your collection. Even for those collectors who have complete soundtracks of noir scores, this is still recommended for the vast amount of great scores by some of the best film composers and jazz ensembles
from the 1940s and 1950s.

The sound on these three CDs is superb and
superior to the original releases.

There are brief but very good summary sleeve notes by Colin Salter.

If you are a fan of film noir, like me,
these score themes will bring back fond memories.

Highly Recommended.

-- Roger Hall, Film Music Review, 18 December 2015

 

 

 

 

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