Chinatown

by Jerry Goldsmith

Chinatown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1974
  • Label: ABC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:36
  • Community rating: 4.45/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Goldsmith wrote the score in ten days after the producers rejected Phillip Lambro's original music, building it around Uan Rasey's trumpet solos across twelve cues. The score was nominated for the Academy Award and placed ninth in the American Film Institute's ranking of film scores.

Genres

Descriptors: lounge, velvety, soundtrack, atmospheric, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title) (1:59)
  2. Noah Cross (2:27)
  3. Easy Living (1:49)
  4. Jake And Evelyn (2:41)
  5. I Can't Get Started (3:35)
  6. The Last Of Ida (2:59)
  7. The Captive (3:05)
  8. The Boy On A Horse (2:05)
  9. The Way You Look Tonight (2:16)
  10. The Wrong Clue (2:32)
  11. J. J. Gittis (3:05)
  12. Love Theme From Chinatown (End Title) (2:03)

Credits

  • Jerry Goldsmith - primary artist, composed by, conductor
  • Arthur Morton - arranged by
  • Uan Rasey - trumpet [solo]
  • John Norman - mixed by [original score]
  • Thorne Nogar - mixed by [re-recording]
  • Tom Mack - producer
  • L. Robin/R. Rainger - written by
  • Leo Robin - written-by
  • Ralph Rainger - written-by
  • I. Gershwin/V. Duke - written by
  • Ira Gershwin - written-by
  • Vernon Duke - written-by

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