Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"

Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"
Soundtrack album by
Released1957
RecordedNovember 8, 1956
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz
Length42:12
LabelWorld Pacific
P 2005
ProducerRichard Bock
Chet Baker chronology
Quartet: Russ Freeman/Chet Baker
(1956)
Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"
(1957)
Reunion with Chet Baker
(1957)
Bud Shank chronology
Bud Shank Quartet Featuring Claude Williamson
(1956)
Theme Music from "The James Dean Story"
(1956)
Flute 'n Oboe
(1956)

Theme Music from "The James Dean Story" is a 1956 soundtrack album to the James Dean biopic, The James Dean Story composed by Leith Stevens and featuring trumpeter Chet Baker and saxophonist Bud Shank.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "the vast majority of the material is little more than ersatz-cool filler, bearing little distinction. From an historical perspective this seems almost criminal, especially in light of the inordinate talent corralled for the project".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Leith Stevens except as indicated

  1. "Jimmy's Theme" - 2:52
  2. "The Search" - 4:43
  3. "Lost Love" - 3:39
  4. "People" - 3:35
  5. "The Movie Star" - 3:36
  6. "Fairmont, Indiana" - 4:34
  7. "Rebel at Work" - 3:44
  8. "Success and Then What" - 3:58
  9. "Let Me Be Loved" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 4:11
  10. "Hollywood" - 5:06
  11. "Let Me Be Loved" [Vocal Version] (Evans, Livingston) - 2:14

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Chet Baker discography accessed August 8, 2013
  2. ^ a b Planer, L. Allmusic Review accessed August 8, 2013
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1281. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.