Music to Be Murdered By

by Alfred Hitchcock

Music to Be Murdered By cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 32:20
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The iconic film director provides dryly humorous, macabre spoken-word introductions to a suite of suspenseful instrumental arrangements composed by Jeff Alexander. The conceptual novelty record effectively capitalizes on the filmmaker's television persona and cultural association with thrillers.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, death, melodic, horror, homicide, orchestral, soundtrack, vocal, crooning

Tracklist

  1. Music to Be Murdered By (4:12)
  2. I'll Never Smile Again (3:14)
  3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You (3:16)
  4. After You've Gone (3:14)
  5. Alfred Hitchcock Television Theme (2:30)
  6. Suspicion (3:10)
  7. Body and Soul (2:40)
  8. Lover Come Back to Me (3:52)
  9. I'll Walk Alone (3:42)
  10. The Hour of Parting (2:26)

Credits

  • Prince Far I - primary artist
  • David Katz - compiled by
  • John Reed - concept by [reissue concept]
  • Alfred Hitchcock - Primary Artist
  • Jeff Alexander - Written-By
  • Ruth Lowe - Written-By
  • Bing Crosby - Written-By
  • Ned Washington - Written-By
  • Victor Young - Written-By
  • Henry Creamer - Written-By
  • Turner Layton - Written-By
  • Stanley Wilson - Written-By
  • Edward Heyman - Written-By
  • Johnny Green - Written-By
  • Robert Sour - Written-By
  • Oscar Hammerstein II - Written-By
  • Sigmund Romberg - Written-By
  • Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn - Written-By
  • Gus Kahn - Written-By
  • Mischa Spoliansky - Written-By

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