"a.n.smith" wrote:
> On the turnaround, The Vandermark 5 jazz group did
an album called
> "Simpatico", which is sort of a tribute to Film Noir
(and noir's moody
> music. dig.)
I've been thinking about noir in music. Is there such thing
as noir music? Jazz seems to fit, but not all the time (just
think about some modern non-bop jazz, like Ornette Coleman or
Miles Davis's 70s records). What about rock music? I can
think of couple examples, like Tom Waits (who is noir almost
all the time) and Stan Ridgway (who has a record named "The
Big Heat" in which there are complete noir pieces like
"Drive, He Said" and the name song). What about some other
artists? William Burroughs's (sic) records fit the
description with the 50s-movie like compositions.
And what about hardboiled music? I can come up with one,
Larry Wallis's
"Police Car", in which there is a definite feel of a early
seventies harsh cop movie. Curtis Mayfield's soundtracks for
films like "Short Eyes" and
"Superfly" might also fit the hardboiled mould.
If this isn't totally irrevelant to you, I'd like to hear
your suggestions.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi
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