A Streetcar Named Desire (Original Score)

Alex North · 1951 · A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), l'une des premières partitions jazz du cinéma

Context

For A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Alex North composed one of the first jazz-based film scores, nominated for an Oscar. The 1951 recording was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2016.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in film and on screen, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in film and on screen: Cool (Birth of the Cool), Third stream, Modern big bands.

Sources

• EN: Alex North
• jazzwise.com

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