Schifrin, Schifrin... and lot of great jazzy scores..
eerm except Billitt i can't recall another score right now .. cause I' m a bit of drunk hehe xD
anyway
I'm off fo my warm bed >_<
baba

1701, April 24, 2007; 6:51 PM

A would also suggest "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" by Angelo Badalamenti. Great for rainy days.
Miles David score for Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud should meet your tastes (although I haven't heard it yet).

philkws, April 24, 2007; 7:17 PM

Do you know THE LAST SEDUCTION by Joseph Vitarelli? It's wonderful!

angeldibujo, April 24, 2007; 7:52 PM

"Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud" is the ABSOLUTE summit when it comes to cool jazz scores! But
as there are some (!) more from that range, here's my pick of not so common jazz scores.


Odds Against Tomorrow - John Lewis (THE Cool Classic, next to Miles Davis)
Shade - Christopher Young (Vibrant and driving)
Sideways - Rolfe Kent (Relaxed and playful, perfect for summer nights)
Un Printemps À Paris - Michel Gaucher (Very frenchy and modern)
The Cooler - Mark Isham (Perfect Las Vegas action)
Série Noire - Sidney Bechet (Paris by night, 50s style)
The Winner - Daniel Licht (Vegas hits the floor again)
Thriller / Richard Diamond - Pete Rugolo (Hard american 60s, not suited for keeping your
feet still..)
Quo Vadis, Baby? - Ezio Bosso (Surprisingly cool modern italian jazz)


Besides these, I could recommend you to give a listen to two highly interesting releases by
CAM Jazz:

La Dolce Vita - Tommaso / Rava Quartet
Play Morrricone - Enrico Pieranunzi / Marc Johnson / Joey Baron

Both releases feature beautiful jazz renditions of classic film music. Simply stunning!

Ciao,

David

coma, April 26, 2007; 5:44 PM

Hi there,

I agree with coma, "Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud" is perhaps the best jazzy score ever. Here are my further recommendations:

À Bout De Souffle (Martial Solal)
Barefoot Adventure (Bud Shank)
Bird (Lennie Niehaus)
Des Femmes Disparaissent/Les Liaisons Dangereuses/Les Tricheurs (Art Blakey)
Down By Law (John Lurie)
Faces (Jack Ackerman)
La Métamorphose Des Cloportes (Jimmy Smith)
Les Stances À Sophie (Art Ensemble Of Chicago)
Mister Buddwing (Kenyon Hopkins)
The Silencers (Elmer Bernstein)
Una Bella Grinta (Piero Umiliani)

Greets


mister_gs, April 24, 2007; 10:41 PM

I would add " Anatomy of a murder". Great music by Duke Ellington

peter-anselm, April 25, 2007; 4:13 AM

Nog een kanjer van een jazzsoundtrack :

ALFIE composed and played by SONY ROLLINS

Orchestra conducted by Oliver Nelson

robertbettens47, April 25, 2007; 11:16 AM

The TV action jazz recordings from the 1950's have always been a good way to spend some quality time.

The recordings of themes such as "Come Spy With Me" (Hugo Montenegro) with ridiculous covers and exceptional music go well with a hit or two from a choice pin joint of cannibis.

The Carl Stalling Project (Volume 1 and 2)

Synanon (Neal Hefti) is something no self respecting jazz score buff should live without.

As far as jazz film scoring goes I'd say the American film industry showed itself proud during it's heyday of the 1950's.

"Sweet Smell Of Success" (Elmer Bernstein) and "The Wild One" (Leith Stevens).

Many of the ones mentioned in above threds such as "Anatomy Of A Murder" (Duke Ellington).

I could ramble on for another 25 minutes about this... "Touch Of Evil" (Mancini).

"Mickey One" (Eddie Salter performed by Stan Getz) It's a Goddamned classic!

"Morte D'Un Pourri" (Philippe Sarte performed by Stan Getz).

"Oh Good Grief" (Vince Guaraldi).

On a list of truly bizarre... "4 Mosche Di Velluto Grigio" (Ennio Morricone).

As well as... Satan In High Heels (Mundell Lowe), Crime In The Streets (Franz Waxman), Farewell My Lovely (David Shire).


victoravalentine, June 25, 2009; 1:37 AM

What about "The enforcer" or "The gauntlet" by Fielding. Very jazzy. I recently heard in "The hard way" by Rubinstein. Also very cool.

Greetings
Peter-Anselm

peter-anselm, April 26, 2007; 4:29 PM

The Gauntlet... a damn good score. The Enforcer I haven't heard even though I have the Dirty Harry Anthology but have not listened to it yet.

Another... Richard Diamond (Pete Rugolo)

victoravalentine, June 25, 2009; 1:38 AM

So the Enforcer is Jerry Fielding I see. Was under the impression it was Lalo.

Another good jazz based film score... The New Interns (Earle Hagen). As well as the party music from The Interns (Leith Stevens/Stu Phillips).

victoravalentine, May 1, 2007; 5:17 PM

Since I am entering this discussion very late, some of my favorites have already been
mentioned, but here are a few additions.

- Sax-legend Gerry Mulligan's music for La Menace, a 1970s French thriller is very
recommendable, somewhat in the style of Gaucher's Printemps à Paris.
- David Shire's score for The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 offers strong brass over plusing beats.
Here and then it comes slightly dissonant (deliberately, of course). The main theme will
haunt yor for days when you have listened to it.
- Two favorites of mine are David Holmes's jazzy scores for Ocean's 11 and 12. While the
official release of O12 features some full-length trax by Holmes, you have to listen to the
promo of O11 to enjoy his style, since they put too much dialoge and songs on the
soundtrack for the first movie.

Christian.Quatremain, June 4, 2007; 3:54 AM