Jazz Noir / Various Jazz Noir / Various CD

Few genres of cinema are as striking and iconic as Film Noir. A dangerous cocktail of crime, gangsters and femme fatales, the music that accompanied the pictures was just as devastatingly beautiful. Composers such as Henry Mancini, Alex North & Duke Ellington guide you through darkly lit bars and hazy streets on this 3 disc set.

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 and His Orchestra 5. Night Train - Buddy Morrow 6. Upper and Outest (From 'Anatomy of a Murder') - Duke Ellington 7. G?n?rique (From 'Ascenseur Pour L'?chafaud') - Miles Davis 8. Clark Street (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') - Elmer Bernstein ; 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 ; 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. ? Bout de Souffle (From '? 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 21. Harlem Nocturne - Duke Ellington 22. Staccato's Theme (From 'Double Impact') - Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra 23. Four Deuces (From 'A Streetcar Named Desire') - Alex North 24. Daddy Long Legs (From 'Private Hell 36') - Leith Stevens' All Stars 25. Main Title (From 'Touch of Evil') - Henry Mancini 26. Taunting Scene (From 'West Side Story') - Stan Kenton ; His Orchestra 27. The Fix (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') - Elmer Bernstein ; Shorty Rogers ; His Giants 28. The Strange One (Main Title) - Kenyon Hopkins ; His Orchestra 29. Night Beat (From 'Sweet Smell of Success') - the Chico Hamilton Quintet 30. Havana Interlude (From 'Private Hell 36') - Leith Stevens' All Stars 31. The City 2000 Ad (From 'Beat Girl') - John Barry 32. Frankie Machine (From 'The Man with the Golden Arm') - Elmer Bernstein 33. Looking at the Caper (From 'Odds Against Tomorrow') - John Lewis 34. La Mort, Pt.1 (From '? Bout de Souffle') - Martial Solal 35. Kush - Lalo Schifrin 36. Sur L'autoroute (From 'Ascenseur Pour L'?chafaud') - Miles Davis 37. Ballad for Bernt (From 'Knife in the Water') - Krzysztof Komeda 38. Late at Bailey's Pad (From '77 Sunset Strip') - Warren Barker Orchestra 39. Wingate's Spot (From 'All Night Long') - Philip Green Orchestra 40. Lonely Room (From 'The Apartment') - Adolph Deutsch 41. A Streetcar Named Desire (Main Theme) - Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith ; National Philharmonic Orchestra 42. Background for Murder (From 'Touch of Evil') - Henry Mancini 43. All the Things You Are - Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker 44. Sidney'stheme (From 'Sweet Smell of Success') - Chico Hamilton Quintet 45. Anatomy of a Murder (Main Theme) - Duke Ellington 46. The Thin Man - Ralph Marterie ; His Marlboro Men 47. Car Chase / Night Chase (From 'Beat Girl') - John Barry 48. Roman II (From 'Knife in the Water') - Krzysztof Komeda Quartet 49. Mount Olive - Lalo Schifrin 50. Rebel at Work (From 'James Dean Story') - Leith Stevens ; His Orchestra 51. The Impractical Man (From 'Odds Against Tomorrow') - John Lewis ; Modern Jazz Quartet 52. Champagne Premiere (From '? Bout de Souffle') - Martial Solal 53. Breakup (Flight / Louie's / Burlesque) - Elmer Bernstein ; Shorty Rogers ; His Giants 54. Skin Fever (From 'All Night Long') - Philip Green Orchestra 55. Experiment in Terror - Kai Winding 56. 77 Sunset Strip Cha Cha - Warren Barker Orchestra 57. The Asphalt Jungle - Mikl?s R?zsa 58. Pete Kelly's Blues - Ray Anthony 59. No Hay Problema - Art Blakey ; Les Afrocuban Boys 60. Private Hell 36 - Leith Stevens' All Stars