I have Man with the Golden Arm and that probably ranks a
close second or third along with Anatomy of a Murder which is
also in my collection. I'm also a fan of Johnny Mandel's I
Want to Live.
Okay, this is the third mention in as many days of Sweet
Smell of Success, which I happened to pick up at the video
store on the way home. I take these things as signs.
Jeff
> "In the late fifties, Hollywood was just beginning
to explore the full
> emotive possibilities of jazz musicians and
composers on full-feature
> soundtracks. The list of examples is still
awe-inspiring: Elmer
> Bernstein and Shorty Rogers on 1955's Man with the
Golden Arm, Chico
> Hamilton on 1957's Sweet Smell of Success, Duke
Ellington on 1959's
> Anatomy of a Murder, and Charles Mingus on 1960's
Shadows. Even in
> comparison with these film scores--the result of
careful planning and
> generous budgets (or as low budget as Ascenseur, in
the case of
> Cassavetes's Shadows)--Mile's one-night, improvised
accomplishments
> holds up, and indeed stands out all the
more."
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