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Elmer Bernstein – The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack) (VG+/VG) – LP, US 1980
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The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack) is an LP by Elmer Bernstein from 1980 released on the MCA Records label.
About this album
Elmer Bernstein’s score for The Man With the Golden Arm is a landmark of 1950s film music, bringing hard-edged jazz language and dramatic tension into mainstream Hollywood. Written for Otto Preminger’s 1956 drama, the music mirrors the film’s study of addiction and urban unease with muscular brass, restless rhythm and memorable thematic writing. Bernstein’s soundtrack helped broaden the role of jazz in cinema and became one of his most celebrated works, influencing later crime and noir scoring. Its uncompromising sound gave the film a modern identity and remains a reference point for soundtrack writing.
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Artist: Elmer BernsteinLabel: MCA Records – MCA-1526Format: LP, Album, Reissue, RepressUnits: 1Country: USReleased: 1980Genre: SoundtracksStyle: Big Band, Soundtrack
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A1 Clark Street
A1 The Top
A1 Homecoming
A1 Antek'S
A2 Zosh
A3 Frankie Machine
A4 The Fix
A5 Molly
B1 Breakup
B1 Flight
B1 Louie'S
B1 Buriesque
B2 Sunday Morning
B3 Desperation
B4 Audition
B5 The Cure
B5 Withdraw
B5 Cold
B5 Morning
B6 Finale