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Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud

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by: Miles Davis

Release Date October 18, 2004
Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold) was in many ways the definitive Nouvelle Vague crime movie (later relations included Bande a Part and Tirez Sur La Pianiste); it's soundtrack was also definitively 'new wave.' The great Miles Davis, breaking from his earlier collaborations with Charlie Parker & Gil Evans was on a three-week tour of Europe & somehow ended up scoring Malle's movie in a single-mythic night-time session (which very much seemed to mirror the improvised nature of many New Wave works). Jazz would also be key to several other Nouvelle Vague films, famously A Bout de Souffle (1959) & films such as Le Souffle Au Coeur & Lacombe, Lucien- which used the music of Charlie Parker & Django Rheinhardt ... Read More:

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The Benny Goodman Story

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by: Benny Goodman

Release Date November 06, 1995
I'm 17 years of age, i'm into punk rock music, heavy/thrash metal music and I play electric guitar. So can someone please explain to me why I love this album sooooo much. Seriously, I never get bored of listening to the Benny Goodman Story. From start to finish all his best hits are crammed in for a night in, sitting down and relaxing and watching the t.v with the mute button on. My favourites are "And The Angels Sing", "One O'clock jump", "China boy", "Moonglow". Well let me face facts there all amazing tracks from the swing band general himself. (Also recommended if you like this is Glen Miller.)
I honestly love this C.D and if your thinking of buying this DO NOT HESITATE, it's a wonderful CD, and at the ... Read More:

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Pawnbroker / Deadly

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by: Quincy Jones

Release Date June 01, 1996
I'm 17 years of age, i'm into punk rock music, heavy/thrash metal music and I play electric guitar. So can someone please explain to me why I love this album sooooo much. Seriously, I never get bored of listening to the Benny Goodman Story. From start to finish all his best hits are crammed in for a night in, sitting down and relaxing and watching the t.v with the mute button on. My favourites are "And The Angels Sing", "One O'clock jump", "China boy", "Moonglow". Well let me face facts there all amazing tracks from the swing band general himself. (Also recommended if you like this is Glen Miller.)
I honestly love this C.D and if your thinking of buying this DO NOT HESITATE, it's a wonderful CD, and at the ... Read More:

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Five Guys Named Moe

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by: Original Cast Recording

Release Date May 19, 1997
Louis Jordan's buzzing lyrics teamed together with Clarke Peter's cutting book team together to create the Five Guys Named Moe. (the name given to the band who played with Louis Jordan back in 20's).

The show is about Nomax, a young Jamaican who is a heavy smoker and alcohlic who has just been dumped by his girlfriend. While it's "Early in the Morning", the greatest hip-hop, be-bop, jazzy, swinging, coolest band pop out of the radio and try to talk some sense into him.

The vocals are astounding on this, the music is superb and will have you bopping in time and the lyrics are crammed with jokes, black humour, 20's slang and yet have the biting edge that keeps the show serious in places. All in all, a great recording, my ... Read More:

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The Cotton Club

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by: Various Artists

Release Date March 20, 1999
Clunker or Classic, you can't ignore The Cotton Club after all its mix of onstage dance numbers blurring into the action off stage blazed a trail for movies like Chicago.

The Cotton Club soundtrack is a perfect accompaniment to the movie and features 13 of jazzman Bob Wilber's stunning recreations of jazz classics of the era and two examples of John Barry's evocative and deeply romantic score.

The CD seems to be a straight lift from the vinyl released at the time of movie and therefore reflects the limitations of an LP in terms of time. Consequently, many fine performances get lost - notwithstanding John Barry's score other casualties include Larry Marshall's none too convincing version of Cab Calloway's ... Read More:

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Anatomy of a Murder

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by: Duke Ellington

Release Date May 10, 1999
This is Duke's soundtrack to a 1959 Otto Preminger film. The sound is pure Ellington at its best. The tracks on the original release are integrated by many additions (such as alternate takes, rehearsals and whatnot). The additions, however, are not always musically outstanding, only just over half of the time. That's why I gave this CD only 4 out of 5 stars, which for a CD of this length is a high score. You'll get about 70 minutes of music, with 50 minutes who belong in the best orchestral jazz ever heard.

Here are a few details about the music. The soloists are--you bet--top notch, but space for improvised solos (as opposed to written ones) is less than we are accustomed to. I guess Duke approached the soundtrack work with a mentality somewhat ... Read More:

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Finding Forrester

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by: Miles Davis

Release Date February 19, 2001
This CD was a disappointment to us. We expected it to bring the movie back to life for us, re-create it in our minds. But the music sounded totally unfamilar, we couldn't remember having heard it in the movie - aside from the unusual arrangement of Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World. Another reason I bought the CD is that I like Miles Davis, but I guess I wasn't prepared for some of this "experimental" sounding jazz. I do think, however, that it might grow on me, and intend to listen to it again... and then perhaps go back to this site and re-rate it.

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Dirty Harry Anthology

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by: Lalo Schifrin

Release Date August 20, 2007
This is a really good CD if you are familiar with the films, with a number of great tracks. My favourites are Dirty Harry's Creed, Scorpio's Theme, Magnum Force Theme, Another Victim, San Francisco After Dark & Palancio. I think the only thing that lets it down are the tracks from Sudden Impact (made in the 1980's).

Overall, I can highly recommend this CD - great musicianship. Worth the price just for Track 2.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Kansas City [European Import]

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by: Original Soundtrack

Release Date July 29, 1996
This is a really good CD if you are familiar with the films, with a number of great tracks. My favourites are Dirty Harry's Creed, Scorpio's Theme, Magnum Force Theme, Another Victim, San Francisco After Dark & Palancio. I think the only thing that lets it down are the tracks from Sudden Impact (made in the 1980's).

Overall, I can highly recommend this CD - great musicianship. Worth the price just for Track 2.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Paris Blues

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by: Ost

Release Date February 26, 1998
This is a really good CD if you are familiar with the films, with a number of great tracks. My favourites are Dirty Harry's Creed, Scorpio's Theme, Magnum Force Theme, Another Victim, San Francisco After Dark & Palancio. I think the only thing that lets it down are the tracks from Sudden Impact (made in the 1980's).

Overall, I can highly recommend this CD - great musicianship. Worth the price just for Track 2.