Rightfully hailed as a Renaissance man of American music, David Amram was a pioneer in introducing the French horn to jazz while playing with the bands of jazz legends such as Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Charles Mingus.
Using rare masters from his own personal archives, this five-disc boxed set includes highlights from seven of Amram's film scores and two Broadway productions.
All the recordings have been remastered and set's 60-page color booklet was written by the composer.
Highlights include scores to John Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate and The Young Savages, and Jack Kerouac's complete spontaneous narration for Alfred Leslie & Robert Frank's classic underground film Pull My Daisy.
TracksCredits - Disc 1 - 1 The Manchurian Candidate 2 Mesopotamian Mambo (Cantina Latina) 3 The Arrangement 4 Queen of Diamonds 5 John Birch Lurch (Politicians on Parade) 6 Echo of An Era 7 On the Waterfront 8 After the Fall 9 Home Again 1952 10 A Night in the Garden 11 Some Soul from Seoul 12 Summer Affair/Wiggin' Out in Central Park 13 Return of a Hero 14 Theme & Finale
- Disc 2 - 1 Theme Music from Splendor in the Grass 2 The Bash Before the Crash 3 High School Prom Dance 1925 4 Everybody's Wild About Mabel 5 Kansas 1920 & One More Dance 6 Splendor in the Grass 7 Anatolia 8 Love Is Never Out of Style 9 Mountain Snow 10 Sunny Days 11 Blue Tomorrow 12 The Zephyr March of the Nicotine Fields 13 Old Country Soul 14 Other Dreams 15 Childhood Dreams 16 Definitely Blue 17 Ancestral Dreams 18 Kazoo Story 19 Anatolia
- Disc 3 - 1 Pull My Daisy - Film 2 Pull My Daisy (Vocals - Lynn Sheffield) 3 Las Muchachas Delicadas 4 Switchblades on Parade 5 Harold's Way Out 6 Subway Sounds 7 True Blue 8 Funeral March and Requiem 9 The Last Taco 10 Rooftops 11 Later with the Elevator 12 Help! 13 Theme from the Young Savages 14 Echo of An Era
- Disc 4 - 1 Waltz from After the Fall 2 Act I: Prologue 3 Blues on the Waterfront 4 Dare to Dream 5 Mas Mano 6 Neighbourhood Dreams 7 All My Love 8 Act 2: Prologue 9 Muy Caliente 10 Rooftops of New York 11 Epilogue
- Disc 5 - 1 Blue Monday/Musikfest Montuno (Isn't It Delicious) 2 Sailing Past Bouy Montage 3 Joan's Theme (Piano Opening) 4 Theme from Isn't It Delicious (Alto, Piano, Guitar) 5 Blue Monday I 6 Mix 33 7 Joan's Theme (String Quartet) 8 Monastery 9 Solo Flute 10 String Quartet 11 String Quartet II 12 Blue Monday - Slow (Piano, Alto, Guitar) 13 Fast Blues 14 Guitar Duo 15 Dixie in NY 16 Blue Monday II 17 Death Scene (Solo Piano) 18 Those Lips Take (String Quartet) 19 Drinking Alone Mix 20 Escape
