Film Noir by jazz pianist Ran Blake. It was released in 1980.
Don't know if
it made it to CD. It was a most satisfying piece of musical
noir
interpretation. Some are his own compositions, some are his
interpretations
of sound tracks. Buy this recording if you manage to find it!
He has a large
catalog of works. I don't know what his other stuff is
like.
White Heat (this is the artist name) Film Noir: The Jazz at
the Movies Band
(this is the CD title - quite a mouthful, huh?). This is
another impossibly
small release that I managed to find at those 2nd hand record
stores that
manage to sell this kind of stuff on the cheap (long since
out of business
and my heart is breaking). It's 54 minutes of theme music
from the Film Noir
greats. The orchestration is strong, but the production is
first rate.
Torn Curtain by Television. Television's work is aggressive,
early New Wave
from the late 70's New York City era. None of their other
stuff is Noirish.
But this song is. It has nothing to do with the Hitchcock
film (but I do
have the novelization by Richard Wormser).
Since we are all researchers and archivists at heart, may I
suggest the All
Music Guide at http://www.allmusic.com/
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