Panic in Year Zero

[Teasing the Korean]

La La Land Records has released a limited edition CD of this Les Baxter score to a 1962 Ray Milland film.

It is like no other Les Baxter. It is nervous, caffeine-jag, Freudian-nightmare-of-the-postwar-working-stiff jazz. It kind of has that Twilight Zone jazz quality, mixing longhair 20th century stuff with big band jazz, extremes in pitch, lots of dissonance.

A lot of third stream music should have been this great.

[Dave James]

They have some sound samples on the La La website. TK has described it very accurately. Les Baxter, who would have thought? Also, its fun just to peruse their catalog. Some stuff you're not going to see at WalMart, that's for sure.

Speaking of soundtracks, what's up with Chinatown? You can still get the original issue, but its rare as hen's teeth and very expensive. So, why hasn't it been reissued? It's primo Jerry Goldsmith. Of course, the fact that Chinatown is my all-time favorite movie colors my judgement, but good music is good music.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

The Baxter sounds interesting - I'm hoping for real issues of 'Jungle Jazz" and "African Jazz" someday.

I think TTK oughta open up a "soundtrack corner" thread!?

just finished listening to selections from "The World of Suzie Wong". it was alright!