Movie Themes, Mood Music & More 1952-62 [CD]

Elmer Bernstein - Movie Themes, Mood Music & More 1952-62 [CD]

Elmer Bernstein - Movie Themes, Mood Music & More 1952-62 - Elmer Bernstein was a composer and conductor who became renowned for his work in films and TV, writing, scoring and recording some of the most renowned and recognisable themes in in Hollywood history. He is not related to the renowned composer of stage musicals Leonard Bernstein. Born in 1922, he served in the USAF in WWII, working in Armed Forces Radio, and came to the fore in the early 1950s when he started writing for movies. This 44-track 2-CD collection primarily features soundtrack and commercial recordings of themes and other music written for films and albums during the first decade of his career. In addition, it includes selected titles from his albums "Blues And Brass" for Decca and "Movie & TV Themes" on the Choreo label. It includes "The Man With the Golden Arm", "Staccato's Theme", "The Magnificent Seven", and "Walk On The Wild Side", plus themes from "The Ten Commandments", "The Comancheros", "To Kill A Mockingbird" and more. Although he composed for many different genres of film, his style was very distinctive, characterised by dramatic and atmospheric melodies and arrangements that invariably conjured up the mood and imagery of the subject. Comprising a selection of works from his early career, this collection offers an entertaining and evocative showcase for that style.

 
Tracks

1 Sudden Fear Title Theme
2 Make Haste to Live
3 The Eternal Sea Theme
4 The View from Pompey's Head
5 Man Title Theme from Man with the Golden Arm
6 Clark Street
7 Prelude
8 The Ten Commandments
9 Prelude (Drango Comes to Kennesaw Pass)
10 Men in War
11 The Street
12 Toots Shor's Blues
13 The Tin Star
14 Desire Under the Elms
15 Kings Go Forth
16 To Love and Be Loved
17 Live It Up
18 The Buccaneer
19 Back to Barataria
20 Staccato's Theme
21 The Jazz at Waldo's
22 The Miracle
23 From the Terrace Love Theme
24 Mary Mary
25 The Magnificent Seven
26 By Love Possessed
27 Theme from Summer and Smoke
28 The Comancheros Theme
29 Walk on the Wild Side
30 Walk on the Wild Side Jazz
31 Main Title from the Rat Race
32 Saints and Sinners Theme
33 The Bird Man
34 Theme from Two Weeks in Another Town
35 Theme from Girl from Tamiko
36 Main Title from to Kill a Mockingbird
37 Blues at Five
38 Central Park 4Am
39 Jubilation
40 Wild and Crazy
41 Smooth
42 Just a Little Jazz
43 Return of the Man
44 Three Time Blueser
45 Radio Hysteria
46 Anna Lucasta
47 Hop, Skip But Jump
48 Sweet Smell of Success