This was one of Alex North's best jazz-based soundtracks, and that's saying a great deal, given his previous work on A Streetcar Named Desire and The Long Hot Summer. In contrast to most of the work in this soundtrack genre of the era, which grafted jazz onto standard orchestral elements, North weaves the jazz elements through the entire body of the music, including the haunting "Quentin's Theme" (which ought to have been extracted as a single from this body of music). The original 1959 Decca Records LP edition of this ...
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This was one of Alex North's best jazz-based soundtracks, and that's saying a great deal, given his previous work on A Streetcar Named Desire and The Long Hot Summer. In contrast to most of the work in this soundtrack genre of the era, which grafted jazz onto standard orchestral elements, North weaves the jazz elements through the entire body of the music, including the haunting "Quentin's Theme" (which ought to have been extracted as a single from this body of music). The original 1959 Decca Records LP edition of this soundtrack was one of the more generous of the era, and the 1991 Varese Sarabande reissue offers a superb transfer of what seem to be immaculate condition master tapes, making the CD a bargain in any context. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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Add this copy of The Sound and the Fury (1959 Film) to cart. $4.58, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Varese Sarabande.
