Author: Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
Title: Anatomy Of A Murder
Category: Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Big Band, Swing
Year: 1959
Notes: Anatomy of a Murder is noteworthy for being one of the first films to extensively feature jazz in the musical score – the entire musical soundtrack was composed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and played by Ellington's orchestra. Several of the Ellington band's sidemen, notably Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, and William "Cat" Anderson, are heard prominently throughout the film, and Ellington himself appears briefly as "Pie-Eye," the owner of a roadhouse where Paul Biegler (Stewart) and Laura Manion (Remick) have a confrontation.

Despite being heard "in bits and pieces" the score "contains some of his most evocative and eloquent music… and beckons with the alluring scent of a femme fatale." Including small pieces by Billy Strayhorn, film historians recognize it "as a landmark — the first significant Hollywood film music by African Americans comprising non-diegetic music, that is, music whose source is not visible or implied by action in the film, like an on-screen band." The score avoids cultural stereotypes which previously characterized jazz scores and "rejected a strict adherence to visuals in ways that presaged the New Wave cinema of the ’60s."

The soundtrack, containing 13 tracks, was Date of released on May 29, 1959. A CD was Date of released on April 28, 1995, and reissued by Sony in a deluxe edition in 1999.

Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on May 29 and June 1 & 2, 1959. Rating: 3.6
Format: MP4 TTA MMF MIDI AU AAC MPC FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1873 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1425 mb

Tracklist

Main Title And Anatomy Of A Murder	3:51
Flirtibird	2:11
Way Early Subtone	3:59
Hero To Zero	2:11
Low Key Lightly	3:38
Happy Anatomy	2:28
Midnight Indigo	2:41
Almost Cried	2:26
Sunswept Sunday	1:51
Grace Valse	2:28
Happy Anatomy	1:25
Haupe	2:16
Upper And Outest	2:20

Versions Find Your Version

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1360	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1360	US	1959
CS 8166	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CS 8166	US	1959
KLPS-834, KLPS 834	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Coronet , Coronet	KLPS-834, KLPS 834	Australia	1959
KLP 834	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Coronet	KLP 834	Australia	1959
B 07544 L	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Philips	B 07544 L	Italy	1959
S 63939	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	S 63939	France	1959
BBL 7338	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Philips	BBL 7338	UK	1959
CL 1360	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Columbia	CL 1360	Canada	1959
SBBL 514	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(LP, Album)	Philips	SBBL 514	UK	1959
CL 1360	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Promo)	Columbia	CL 1360	US	1959
RCD 10039	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Rykodisc	RCD 10039	US	1987
WK 75025	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album)	Sony Music Special Products	WK 75025	US	1991
MFSL 1-214	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, RE, RP)	Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab	MFSL 1-214	US	1995
CK 65569, 0655692000	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music Entertainment Inc.	CK 65569, 0655692000	Europe	1999
CK 65569	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Columbia, Legacy	CK 65569	US	1999
COL 469137 2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Columbia	COL 469137 2	Europe	1999
88697145502CD4, CL 1360	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap)	Columbia, Legacy, Columbia	88697145502CD4, CL 1360	Europe	2007
88697569672	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Columbia, Legacy	88697569672	Europe	2009
DOY666	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album, RE, HQ )	Doxy	DOY666	Europe	2012
MOVLP681	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Music On Vinyl	MOVLP681	Europe	2013
DOST653H	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album, RE, Ora)	DOL	DOST653H	Europe	2015
NOTLP198	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	The Soundtrack From The Motion Picture Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Not Now Music	NOTLP198	Europe	2016
606373	Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn	Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, 24 )	Soundtrack Factory	606373	Europe	2017
KLP 834	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album)	Coronet	KLP 834	New Zealand	Unknown
84411	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder (Soundtrack) ‎(LP, Album, RE, RP)	CBS	84411	France	Unknown
XSM 47376	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	CBS	XSM 47376	Brazil	Unknown
JCS 8166	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	Anatomy Of A Murder ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Columbia Special Products	JCS 8166	US	Unknown

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