Anatomy of a Murder

by Duke Ellington

Anatomy of a Murder cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 July 1959
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:14:56
  • Community rating: 4.35/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn composed the score for Otto Preminger's courtroom drama, recording it in Los Angeles with the full Ellington orchestra, and Ellington appears on screen as the pianist Pie-Eye. The score won three Grammy Awards, including Best Sound Track Album and Best Performance by a Dance Band.

Genres

Descriptors: bluesy, orchestral, piano, saxophone, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Main Title and Anatomy of a Murder (3:55)
  2. Flirtibird (2:10)
  3. Way Early Subtone (3:56)
  4. Hero to Zero (2:09)
  5. Low Key Lightly (3:36)
  6. Happy Anatomy (2:32)
  7. Midnight Indigo (2:42)
  8. Almost Cried (2:23)
  9. Sunswept Sunday (1:50)
  10. Grace Valse (2:29)
  11. Happy Anatomy - P.I. Five (1:27)
  12. Haupe (2:36)
  13. Upper and Outest (2:17)
  14. Anatomy of a Murder (2:41)
  15. Merrily Rolling Along - aka Hero to Zero / Sunswept Sunday) [Movie Strings & Rehearsal] (3:47)
  16. Beer Garden (1:50)
  17. Happy Anatomy - Band-Studio (2:37)
  18. Polly - aka Grace Valse, Haupe, Low Key Lightly, Midnight Indigo (3:34)
  19. Polly - Movie Strings (3:52)
  20. Happy Anatomy - Dixieland (2:12)
  21. More Blues - P.I. Five (2:12)
  22. Almost Cried - (aka Flirtibird) (2:10)
  23. Sound Track Music: Anatomy of a Murder - Duke Ellington a la Guy Lombardo (2:27)
  24. Anatomy of a Murder (2:34)
  25. The Grand Finale - Rehearsal / Lines / Interview / Music / Strings / Murder (10:47)

Credits

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