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When Movies Pulsed to the Beat of Jazz
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Before 80-piece orchestras milked the last drop out of every film, jazz scores were all the rage in American films, and they were wildly up front. As MoMa opens an exhibit this week on the golden age of original jazz scores for film, WNYC’s Sara Fishko reports on that vibrant time in the 50s.
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I believe "Elevator to the Gallows" was actually the first film to have an original score by a "real" jazz musician -- in this case, Miles Davis. The film was released in France in January of 1958 and the US in June of the same year. "I Want to Live" was released in November 1958, well after both dates, and was probably not even shot before "Elevator" came out in Europe. (All data from IMDB.)
Correction: "Elevator" was not released in the US until 1961, but that doesn't really effect the fact that, according to IMDB, "I Want to Live" does not feature the first Jazz score by a "real" Jazz musician (as I remember Fisko putting it) . Release data here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051378/releaseinfo
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