Side A
Artist	Song
alex north & orchestra usa	streetcar (A Streetcar Named Desire) OST (1951)
anthony collins usa	main title (Macao) Classic Film Noir Themes (1952)
shorty rodgers & his orchestra usa	windswept (The Wild One) OST (1953)
mario nascimbene italy	agence matrimoniale (Amour A La Ville) Tutto Fellini (1953)
cyril mockbridge usa	new york (instrumental version) (How To Marry A Millionaire) OST (1953)
jean wetzel france	grisbi blues (Touchez Pas Au Grisbi) Jazz & CinTma Vol. 4 (1953)
leith stevens usa	daddy, long legs (Private Hell 36) OST (1954)
leonard rosenman usa	rebel without a cause (Rebel Without A Cause) A Tribute To (1954)
m. philippe-gerard france	le rififi (Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes) Du Rififi Au CinTma Vol 1 (1954)
elmer bernstein usa	frankie machine (The Man With The Golden Arm) OST (1955)
alex north & orchestra usa	floozie (The Rose Tattoo) Film Music Of (1955)
kenyon hopkins usa	lemonade (Baby Doll) OST (1956)
paul misraki france	jazz party (Et Dieu Crea La Femme) OST (1956)
leith stevens feat chet baker & bud shank usa	jimmy's theme (The James Dean Story) OST (1956)
jo boyer & eddie barclay france	thTme de bob (Bob Le Flambeur) Du Rififi Au CinTma Vol 1 (1956)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
henry mancini usa	orson around (Touch Of Evil) OST (1958)
miles davis usa	motel (Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud) OST (1958)
andrT hossein france	toi, le venin (Toi Le Venin) Films De Robert Hossein (1958)
johnny mandel usa	poker game (I Want To Live) OST (1958)
henry mancini usa	session at pete's pad (Peter Gunn) OST (1958)
warren barker usa	late at bailey's pad (77 Sunset Strip) OST (1959)
alain gorageur france	belinda (La PiTge) Jazz et CinTma Vol 4 (1959)
art blakey's jazz messengers usa	ne chucotte pas (Des Femmes Disparaissent) Best Of Jazz et CinTma (1959)
duke ellington usa	upper & outest (Anatomy Of Murder) OST (1959)
andrT hodeir france	blues (Les Tripes Au Soleil) Jazz et CinTma Vol 3 (1959)
nino rota italy	la dolce vita (La Dolce Vita) Tutto Fellini (1959)
barney wilen germany	temoin dans la ville (Un Temoin Dans La Ville) Best Of Jazz et CinTma (1959)
martial solal france	poursuite (A Bout De Souffle) OST (1959)
willy mattes germany	titelmusik (Der Rote Kreis) Kriminalfilmusik Vol 4 (1959)
serge gainsbourg france	fuite du rouquin (Les Loups Dans La Bergerie) Jazz et Cinema Vol 3 (1959)
elmer bernstein usa	staccato's theme (Staccato) Crime Scene (1959)

Comment:

A predominately jazz infected vibe from the movies & TV of the 50's starring Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, James Dean, Brigitte Bardot, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Susan Hayward, Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Anouk Aime, James Stewart etc and featuring jazz players like Chet Baker, Bud Shank & Shelley Manne.

To the best of my knowledge, all tracks are scourced from the original soundtracks - a few question marks appear on RCA's 1958 release of Alex North's North of Hollywood which is either a compilation of prior releases or new recordings. Rebel Without A Cause is lifted from the 1957 CBS release `A Tribute To James Dean' and according to Soundtrack Collector is the first release.

Some of you may notice that not one UK composer appears in this mix - one reason for this is a lack of soundtracks. The reason for this I suspect is that (a) many of the scores have been lost & (b) UK composers were late or uneager to embrace either jazz or rock'n'roll into their repetoire and continued to draw their inspiration from the classics. This is not to infer that UK film music of the period was redundant, Sir Malcolm Arnold, for instance, was it's most prolific composer and created many memorable scores including The Belles of St. Trinnians and Bridge Over The River Kwai. The arrival of John Barry marked a change and his debut score Beat Girl (1960) was in fact the very first UK soundtrack to be released on LP.

For those of you who wish to create their own copy, I suspect all of these tracks are available from your nearest download station.

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