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DescriptionDon Ellis - French Connection Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(1971-1975) [EAC-FLAC] EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG -> 298 Mb Artwork jpg (web) Don Ellis was a hot item in 1971. He had done a few big band albums that sounded like Doc Severson plugged into Frank Zappa'a sound system, and was opening a lot of rock shows, back in the era when you could get rock and roll kids to listen to and appreciate jazz. So, Billy Friedkin makes French Connection, and gets Don to score it. Billy must have known he had a hit on his hands, and wanted a big name to put on the composer credit. Ellis does an entire, half hour score for the movie. Not a lot of this music made it into the film: evidently, Billy wanted to have a gritty film with lots of street noises, and, tastefully edited Don's score to bare bones. It works in the movie, but a lot of really good music never saw the light of day. That is, until this CD was released on 2002. This is Ellis' full score: big band funk jazz, with lots of dark overtones, light and shades, and very creepy dynamics. This is the music of early 70s new york; men in fadoras and black ties walking down rainy ally ways. Sun setting over burned out buildings. Ellis has blasts of sound, followed by menacing, whispering synthasizer passages. His trumput is sometimes a creeping flashlight, sometimes a machine gun. It ecchos, screams, and moans like a junkie. French Connection II, where the Frog kidnaps Doyle and hooks him to junk, was made in 1975. Ellis does an equally atmospheric score, slightly more funky, as this type of music had by 75' seeped far deeper into jazz. The film takes place in France, but the score has equal impact. You don't hear a lot of this type of music anymore, especially on film soundtracks. Completely atmospheric, emotional music. Brillant work. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracklist: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The French Connection I Soundtrack (1971) 01. Don Ellis - Main Title 02. Don Ellis - Charnier 03. Don Ellis - Copstail 04. Don Ellis - The Old Fort 05. Don Ellis - Staking Out Old Sal 06. Don Ellis - The Car 07. Don Ellis - Popeye Blues 08. Don Ellis - Bugging Sal and Angie 09. Don Ellis - Hotel Chase 10. Don Ellis - Subway 11. Don Ellis - The Shot 12. Don Ellis - This Is It 13. Don Ellis - Lincoln Blues 14. Don Ellis - Rocker Panels 15. Don Ellis - Au Revoir 16. Don Ellis - The Last Roundup 17. Don Ellis - Frog One Is in That Room 18. Don Ellis - End Title The French Connection II Soundtrack (1975) 19. Don Ellis - Main Title / Waterfront 20. Don Ellis - Boat Ride 21. Don Ellis - Popeye's Montage 22. Don Ellis - Volleyball 23. Don Ellis - Hit 24. Don Ellis - Heroin 25. Don Ellis - O.D. 26. Don Ellis - Pain 27. Don Ellis - Rehabilitation 28. Don Ellis - Revenge 29. Don Ellis - Boat Bottom / Drydock 30. Don Ellis - Stalking / Here Come the Cops 31. Don Ellis - Big Chase 32. Don Ellis - Exhaustion 33. Don Ellis - End Title *2003 Film Score / 20th Century Fox | FSM 04-06 Enjoy and Sharing, Thanks! Sharing Widget |
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