Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959 Film)
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Performer: Duke EllingtonPerformer: Lee Remick
Performer: Ben Gazzara
Performer: Arthur O'Connell
Performer: Eve Arden
Performer: Kathryn Grant
Performer: George C. Scott
Performer: Orson Bean
Performer: Russ Brown
Performer: Murray Hamilton
Performer: Brooks West
Performer: Ken Lynch
Performer: John Qualen
Performer: Howard McNear
Performer: Alexander Campbell
Performer: Ned Wever
Performer: Jimmy Conlin
Performer: Royal Beal
Performer: Joseph Kearns
Performer: Don Ross
Edition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-04-27
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Main Title And Anatomy Of A Murder
- Flirtibird
- Way Early Subtone
- Hero To Zero
- Low Key Lightly
- Happy Anatomy
- Midnight Indigo
- Almost Cried
- Sunswept Sunday
- Grace Valse
- Happy Anatomy
- Haupe
- Upper And Outest
- Anatomy Of A Murder - (bonus track, stereo single)
- Merrily Rolling Along (Hero To Zero)
- Sunswept Sunday - (bonus track)
- Beer Garden - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
- Happy Anatomy - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
- Polly - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
- Polly - (bonus track, previously unreleased, movie stings)
- Happy Anatomy - (bonus track, previously unreleased, dixieland)
- More Blues - (bonus track, previously unreleased, P.I. Five)
- Almost Cried (Flirtibird) - (bonus track, previously unreleased, movie)
- Anatomy Of A Murder - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
- Anatomy Of A Murder - (mono single in stereo)
- Grand Finale, The - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
Free Music Notes for Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959 Film)
Free Music Review: Impressive!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is easily one of the best jazz albums I've heard, and, as a jazz DJ, I've heard quite a few of them! Admittedly, it's not Ellington's best work, but look at what else the man composed! Most of the tracks sound more like jazz standards than parts of a film score; the album plays like a classic. This is a successful foray into film composition, and a must- have for any jazz enthusiast.
Anatomy of a Murder: From the Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1959 Film) Poster
"I like playing with music and its relationship to the theater, particularly in the supporting role," Duke Ellington remarked in an audio interview from the reissue of his splendid soundtrack to Otto Preminger's 1959 film, Anatomy of a Murder. "Doing the score for a picture really calls for being along with the action and absorbing all of the atmosphere [of] everything taking place in the picture." But as this CD--which includes 14 alternate takes--shows, the syncopated swing and soul Ellington and his men lay down steal the show. Just as Preminger moves and shapes his actor's characters, Ellington creates musical motifs that bring out the best in his musicians as well as the story line. The orchestra sets the pace with the fanfare-ish "Main Title," with tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves's candlelight tones. Johnny Hodges's upwardly mobile alto-sax cries signify the femme-fatale, hip-swinging rhythms of "Flirtibird," which segues into the finger-snapped "Way Early Subtone," with Russell Procope's cool clarinet. Other standouts include the ballad "Low Key Lightly," costarring Ellington's regal piano and Ray Nance's serenading violin, while "Midnight Indigo" is harmonically haunted by Ellington's crystalline celesta chords, Billy Strayhorn's telepathic piano comping, and Harry Carney's soul-stirring baritone sax. The insightful and authoritative notes by historian Phil Schaap and Wynton Marsalis, along with the alternate and rehearsal takes, give the listener a comprehensive overview into the movie's themes of murder, romance, and intrigue that Duke Ellington so brilliantly augmented and illuminated through jazz improvisation, big-band orchestration, and the blues. --Eugene Holley Jr.Jazz Music CDs
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