Since starting this thread in 2007, I finally put together my first Nervous Angular Longhair comp, clocking in at 80 minutes:
Twilight Zone: Main Title: Second Season - Marius Constant Jazz Theme #1 Jerry Goldsmith (Twilight Zone) 12-Tone Composition for the Skymasters (As Used in "Intersection") - Tom Dissevelt Street Moods In Jazz - Rene Garriguenc (Twilight Zone) Gazzelloni - Eric Dolphy Twilight Zone: End Title: Alternate - Marius Constant The Plot - Franz Waxman (Crime In The Streets) Toss Me A Scalpel (The Interns) - Leith Stevens Twilight Zone: Jazz Theme #2 - Jerry Goldsmith Contract With Depravity (The Hustler) - Kenyon Hopkins Twilight Zone: Main Title: Alternate - Marius Constant The Crime - Franz Waxman (Crime In The Streets) Incident In Jazz - Stan Kenton - Bob Graettinger (City Of Glass) Nervous Man in a $4.00 Room - Jerry Goldsmith (Twilight Zone) Little Shop of Horrors suite - Fred Katz Touch of Evil suite - Henry Mancini Twilight Zone: End Title: Second Season
Andre Hodeir - Jazz et Jazz. - I am including "Jazz Cantata" and "Le Palais Ideal." Ned Rorem - Panic in Needle Park Kenyon Hopkins - Rooms Jerry Goldsmith - City of Fear Ernest Gold - Pressure Point Paul Glass, TBD Les Baxter - Panic in Year Zero Les Baxter - The Telephone (from Black Sabbath) Martial Solal - Breathless
and:
That Andre Previn "Subterraneans" track that Graham mentioned, if I can find it. Is it "Look Ma, No Clothes?"
Also, possibly some Leonard Rosenman from either "Cobweb" or "Edge of the City."
That Andre Previn "Subterraneans" track that Graham mentioned, if I can find it. Is it "Look Ma, No Clothes?"
That's the one. It's on the Tube, complete with authentic vinyl scratch. How are you planning to "find" it in order to add it to your compilation?
Did you consider adding any of Les Baxter's THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES? There's some crazy nervous angular toupée-wearing jazz in that, swerving in and out of "semidiegetic" music. Unfortunately, on the CD, the only way they could release the score was with sound effects on a lot of the tracks. I can't recall if that one (accompanying Ray Milland's half-blind drive near the end) has car noises on it.
That's the one. It's on the Tube, complete with authentic vinyl scratch. How are you planning to "find" it in order to add it to your compilation?
I have the LP, but I also have the expanded CD that was released as part of a crime jazz box set. Trouble is, last time I listened, instead of placing all of the CDs back in order in their respective sleeves, I just dropped in all the loose tracks. So now it is like a box with a puzzle inside. Anyway, I found the track, and it is on my playlist.
Did you consider adding any of Les Baxter's THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES? There's some crazy nervous angular toupée-wearing jazz in that, swerving in and out of "semidiegetic" music. Unfortunately, on the CD, the only way they could release the score was with sound effects on a lot of the tracks. I can't recall if that one (accompanying Ray Milland's half-blind drive near the end) has car noises on it.
I will have to revisit that one. But that "Telephone" score in Black Sabbath really has that sound. It almost sounds like a Twilight Zone score.
I think there may be some nervous angular longhair on one of the discs in one of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour box sets, but I can't remember which.
Jazz drummer and composer Joe Chambers' 1960s work for Blue Note definitely falls into this category, in particular, his compositions that appear on the Bobby Hutcherson albums "Components," "Dialogue," and "Oblique."
While it's a tad more on the symphonic side, Hugo Friedhofer's score for "Private Parts" has some jazzy nervous angular longhair aspects.
For my custom suite, I edited out the 3-minute now-sound track, which I adore on its own terms, but which does not fit the overall aesthetic. My edit brings the 15-minute suite to 12 minutes.
Yeah, but you have to find the tracks written by JOE CHAMBERS, drummer and composer. Granted, Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note albums from this period are great top to bottom, but the Joe Chambers tracks in particarul have the sound I'm describing.
I was about to mention Goldsmith's CITY OF FEAR, because I recently listened to it again and thought of this thread, but then I noticed that it had already been mentioned. Too late!
I was about to mention Goldsmith's CITY OF FEAR, because I recently listened to it again and thought of this thread, but then I noticed that it had already been mentioned. Too late!
Never too late! I appreciate having my aesthetic choices validated!
Yeah, but you have to find the tracks written by JOE CHAMBERS, drummer and composer. Granted, Bobby Hutcherson Blue Note albums from this period are great top to bottom, but the Joe Chambers tracks in particarul have the sound I'm describing.
I was about to mention Goldsmith's CITY OF FEAR, because I recently listened to it again and thought of this thread, but then I noticed that it had already been mentioned. Too late!
Thor, are you familiar with Goldsmith's jazz themes from "The Twilight Zone?" They are a cornerstone of the genre!
Ok, I'll add one that I haven't found in the thread - Laurence Rosenthal's Requiem for a Heavyweight.
The cue I'm thinking of is called Night Treats, on the old Intrada 2CD summary of his film music. Very much in the style of Bernstein's Age of Anxiety symphony or bits of West Side Story. (Not available online)
But maybe the main theme is close enough.
By the way, this clip doesn't sound as much like Bernstein as the one I mentioned above.
Ok, I'll add one that I haven't found in the thread - Laurence Rosenthal's Requiem for a Heavyweight.
The cue I'm thinking of is called Night Treats, on the old Intrada 2CD summary of his film music. Very much in the style of Bernstein's Age of Anxiety symphony or bits of West Side Story. (Not available online)...
By the way, this clip doesn't sound as much like Bernstein as the one I mentioned above.
No LP for Heavyweight according to Discogs, just an Intrada release paired with Raisin in the Sun, which I just picked up b/c I never got it when it was in print, silly me.
And also in the Film Music CD box set that I think had the first complete release of The Miracle Worker.
