Anatomy of a Murder OST !!

This was Duke Ellington's first film score, undertaken at the urging

of Anatomy of a Murder's director, Otto Preminger. The full range of

the composer's previous work was brought to bear on this 1959 work.

Ellington was a natural choice to convey the rich and varied emotional

moods of this drama. Tension and release, danger and safety, movement

and stillness, darkness and light; the textural palette that was

Ellington's signature was always compellingly cinematic.

In these orchestral settings, Duke's soloists (Cat Anderson, Clark Terry,

Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, and others) shine, as their playing reflects

true variations on a theme in a classical sense. That's not to say that this

set doesn't swing, too -- "Happy Anatomy" is a short but fully cranked

gallop. This is an album of rich variety and evocative writing. -Allmusic.com

Duke Ellington

1959