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Elmer Bernstein's score for the sexy late 50s film based on Erskine Caldwell's book – done with a mix of southern styles, jazzy bits, and fuller orchestrations! Bernstein's music of the 50s is all just about as perfect as you can get for soundtrack scoring – and like some of his other classics, the music here works wonderfully well away from the images on screen – quite vivid overall, with an illustrative quality that's really amazing – lots of moody moments, tense action, and haunting themes – a perfect companion to Man With The Golden Arm or Some Came Running. Titles include "Gold Hunt", "The Fight", "God's Little Acre", "Diggin In The Morning", "Will's Blues", "The Love Scene", and "The Funeral". LP, Vinyl record album

Nice tune! The groovy main theme to this one far outlived the film, and showed up all over the place in the 60s – on instrumental theme records, TV spoofs, and other oddball sources. The rest of the score's pretty great, too – and features some compelling orchestrations by Bernstein, who's working at his hardest here to top him work on the Bridge On The River Kwai. Some tracks reprise the theme, and others have more of a dramatic sound. Titles include "On The Road", "Cooler & Mole", "Blythe", "Discovery", "Premature Plans", and "The Chase". CD

A great lost moment from Elmer Bernstein – his excellent score for the Peter Sellers hippie film I Love You Alice B Toklas! LP, Vinyl record album

The groovy groovy soundtrack to the first Matt Helm film – starring Dean Martin as a 60s master of intrigue! Elmer Bernstein handled the soundtrack with a really great approach – jazz, swinging, and with plenty of mod 60s bits – very much in some of the same territory as Lalo Schifrin or Hugo Montenegro at the time! And equally great, the record also includes a few great vocal tracks by Vikki Carr – "The Silencers" and "Santiago" – both of which are very groovy numbers that swing with a wonderfully cheesy sort of sound! Other tracks are instrumentals, and titles include include "Tun Tzee", "Tina's Waltz", "Matt Helm's Blues", and "Early To Bed". LP, Vinyl record album

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With themes by Bernstein and selections by The Rascals, Daryl Hannah, and Steppenwolf. LP, Vinyl record album

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A surprisingly sweet soundtrack – scored by Elmer Bernstein for this slightly madcap 60s film that starred Peter Sellers as a concert pianist! The main theme has a light melody that dips and turns nicely – redone in a number of variations on the soundtrack, with shifting instrumentation that occasionally veers into some of Sellers' orchestral settings. Overall, the style is much in keeping with Bernstein's best of the 60s – a bit less dramatic and turgid, with some warmer numbers that sweeten things up. Titles include "Mansfield", "The Switch", "Arrest", "Watching Waiting", "Tuning/Concerto", "Splitzing", "Sick Joke", and "Coffee With Henry". CD

An atomic-age noir thriller – scored beautifully by a young Jerry Goldsmith! The score is wonderfully jazzy – almost crime-style at most points, but with a bit more depth, too – that mix of modes that you might find in some of Elmer Bernstein's best work of the late 50s, with a similar depth in sound that really holds up – almost vivid enough to stand on its own without any references from the film! The woodwinds are especially nice – really snaking out from the bolder orchestrations in these angular ways that create some strong tension – as do some of the lower-range brass patterns too. Sound quality is excellent – and titles include "Track Down", "Search", "The End Of The Road", "Taxicab", "Waiting", "Montage #1", and "Tennis Shoes". CD

Includes tracks from Zoot Sims, Max Roach & Clifford Brown, Shelly Manne, Sarah Vaughan, Elmer Bernstein, Jimmy Raney, and Maynard Ferguson. CD

An ultra-cool set that focuses on one of our favorite easy genres ever – crime jazz! Crime jazz first came to light at the end of the 50s, as Mancini, Morrow, and others penned some incredible music for TV detective shows – tight, jazz-based tunes that really moved past the flowery style of orchestrations that had often been used in the movies and on other crime programs. The crime jazz mode was an instant hit with listeners, and many tunes climbed up the charts – and spawned countless albums of music in the mode. This set brings together 18 tracks from the 50s and 60s – including titles from a wide variety of sources inspired by the crime jazz sound, including a few more famous artists doing their take on the style! Titles include "The Untouchables" by Nelson Riddle, "Dragnet/Room 43" by Ray Anthony, "Thinking Of Baby" by Elmer Bernstein, "I Spy" by Earl Hagen, "Walk On The Wild Side" by Si Zentner, "The Silencers" by Vikki Carr, "Music To Be Murdered By" by Jeff Alexander with Alfred Hitchcock, "Harlem Nocturne" by Spike Jones, and "Mission Impossible" by Billy May. CD

Blockbuster soundtrack including the theme song by Ray Parker Jr, plus other hits of the day including "In The Name Of Love " by Thompson Twins, "Cleanin' Up The Town" by Bus Boys, and themes composed by Elmer Bernstein. LP, Vinyl record album

Music from Les Baxter, the Jonah Jones Quartet, Elmer Bernstein and the Swinging Bon Vivants, Cy Coleman, Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra, Dicky Doo and The Don'ts, Henry Rene, Sam Butera and the Witnesses, Jack Costanzo, Renzo Cesana, and more – 18 tracks total. CD

Alex North's wonderful score for the Elia Kazan production of Streetcar Named Desire – a soundtrack that's filled with a fair bit of jazz touches, and which almost comes off with an Elmer Bernstein sort of feel! The music's quite dark and evocative – wonderfully played throughout, with a snakey sort of brilliance that matches the images in the film. Ray Heindorf conducted, and titles include "Streetcar", "Four Deuces", "Blanche", "Della Robia Blue", "Flores", "Mania", and "Lust". LP, Vinyl record album

Hard to find soundtrack to this early Don Siegel film that starred John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, and James Whitmore as a bunch of JD's. The score has a dramatic crime jazz sound, similar to Elmer Bernstein's work in the same vein – and the LP also includes Waxman's "Three Sketches for Jazz Orchestra", which features nice solo passages by the likes of Pete Candoli, Joe Mondragon, and Jack Dumont. A classic Decca score, and one that we never see! LP, Vinyl record album