Alexander Courage, RIP

[Teasing the Korean]

http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_event...rticleID=052808

[BruceH]

I'll remember him mainly for Star Trek and The Waltons. RIP

[Free For All]

I'll remember him mainly for Star Trek and The Waltons. RIP

A couple timeless TV themes (for those who like such things ).

RIP

[BeBop]

Star Trek theme; Out of Nowhere. Notice the harmonic similarity? There's your jazz link.

[Big Beat Steve]

Oh ye of short memory!!

Forget about Star Trek muzak and check out his soundtrack to HOT ROD RUMBLE (1957). THATS' where the (cool) jazz connections are. :D

[Teasing the Korean]

Oh ye of short memory!!

Forget about Star Trek muzak and check out his soundtrack to HOT ROD RUMBLE (1957). THATS' where the (cool) jazz connections are. :D

I'm still kicking myself for not picking up the Fresh Sound reissue of that at 9th Street Music in Philadelphia for $10. Is it out on CD?

[Big Beat Steve]

Not according to the FS website. But since they seem to be re-reissuing their LP catalog (often combining 2 LP's on one CD) not all hope is lost yet.

I was indeed glad to get hold of that Fresh Sound LP. The cover art alone would have been worth the price of admission to me but the music is something else too, of course - though (as in the case of "The Wild One") it is a bit out of tune with the kind of music that you'd expect the protagonists of the movie would have been listening to.

[Teasing the Korean]

...it is a bit out of tune with the kind of music that you'd expect the protagonists of the movie would have been listening to.

That's the very thing I LOVE about the "teenager" tracks that appear in 50s and 60s films. They sound nothing like real rock and roll - thankfully.

[Hot Ptah]

This CD has the title cut from the soundtrack to "Hot Rod Rumble." It is a very exciting big band jazz cut.

[Big Beat Steve]

...it is a bit out of tune with the kind of music that you'd expect the protagonists of the movie would have been listening to.

That's the very thing I LOVE about the "teenager" tracks that appear in 50s and 60s films . They sound nothing like real rock and roll - thankfully.

Yes, the contrast IS fascinating. That's why I go for that kind of 50s soundtracks too (though I love all facets of TRUE 50s r'n'r as well).

Listened to the entire LP again last night, and actually a few of the tracks give a fairly passable imitation of danceable instrumental R&B (OK, the West and East coasters among the jazzmen did better with their Boots Brown and Dan Drew lineups ) but some of the score is really a bit weird if you picture it as the background to r'n'r-inspired 50s teen action.

[Teasing the Korean]

I always love the Morricone "rock" tracks that appear in the club scenes of 60s-70s Italian flicks he scored. Generally, they have a fast manic drum beat that's somewhere between surf and hard bop, hammond organ, and a free jazz trumpet freakout.