The Street (Main Title)

Elmer Bernstein · 1957 · Sweet Smell of Success (1957), générique d'Elmer Bernstein

Context

Elmer Bernstein composed the score for Sweet Smell of Success and recorded it in Los Angeles with West Coast jazz soloists, including Pete Candoli, Ted Nash, and Shelly Manne. The main title opens the Decca DL 8610 record.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

Sources

• EN: Sweet Smell of Success (soundtrack)

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