This film score, a sort of center piece of a blues-y triptych formed by his previous "The Subterraneans" and "The Fortune Cookie" later, shows Andre Previn at his best. Listen closely for a truly heartfelt performance by Uan Rasey on trumpet. :-)
This would make a perfect trailer for a Frank Sinatra album, too. Robert Mitchum, who only has to walk and glance at what's going on, a real star with a presence like hardly anyone. He was quite capable of carrying a tune himself, by the way. Thank you, Steve!
In a time in my old hometown of NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s of a middle aged man remembering several decades before when he was a young boy full of hope for the future but it turned out different for him by 1962 when I myself was in the first grade. In a way I feel like him also, out of place and time. 😢
The type of soundtrack and movie we will never see again.
Magnificent
Just perfect! A no-words introduction into movie's climate!
A beautiful opening sequence, but with a director of Robert Wise calibre, I would expect nothing less and Previn's scoring is perfection.
Stupendous! Thank you for posting.
3 minutes without a word
This film score, a sort of center piece of a blues-y triptych formed by his previous "The Subterraneans" and "The Fortune Cookie" later, shows Andre Previn at his best. Listen closely for a truly heartfelt performance by Uan Rasey on trumpet. :-)
How to introduce a character (within the first 3 min of the movie), using only images and music - w/o a single word! THIS is called cinema!
This would make a perfect trailer for a Frank Sinatra album, too. Robert Mitchum, who only has to walk and glance at what's going on, a real star with a presence like hardly anyone. He was quite capable of carrying a tune himself, by the way. Thank you, Steve!
The great Uan Rasey on trumpet in one of film's most brilliant openings. Mitchum, Previn, Robert Wise, Ted McCord at the top of their game.
In a time in my old hometown of NYC during the Mad Men era of the 1960s of a middle aged man remembering several decades before when he was a young boy full of hope for the future but it turned out different for him by 1962 when I myself was in the first grade. In a way I feel like him also, out of place and time. 😢
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