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Johnny Cool: Billy May's Original Motion Picture Score - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] | ![Johnny Cool: Billy May's Original Motion Picture Score - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QCV2WTN2L._SL500_.jpg)
| Artist: Billy May
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 297121
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 014431074424
EAN: 0014431074424
ASIN: B00000I5EQ
Release Date: February 23, 1999
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Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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Condition: Disc and artwork are in excellent condition.
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| Tracks:
| • | The Lizard | | • | Window Washer | | • | Dare's Affair | | • | Borrow a Knife | | • | Johnny Cool Theme - Billy May, Cahn, Sammy | | • | Morning in Balboa | | • | Nice Quiet Saloon | | • | Green Tables Blues | | • | The Coolest Pad | | • | Juan Coolisto | | • | Bee-Bom - Billy May, Vandyke, Les | | • | The Ballad of Johnny Cool - Billy May, VanHeusen, Jimmy |
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Amazon.com
A jazz composer and arranger best known for his work with Frank Sinatra, Billy May's scoring and songwriting talents run the gamut of canned emotion--from sly, self-deprecating humor to sloppy sentimentality to bold braggadocio. But given the proper circumstance, his compositions can swing with wild abandon. The soundtrack to iJohnny Cool/i (1963) provides a delightful case in point. A film of (for its time) ridiculous and gratuitous violence, iJohnny Cool/i called for a similarly unhinged score. May rose to the occasion, delivering some of the most rollicking music of his career. It's obvious that the composer saw freedom in contradiction, as the big band pieces on this collection alternate from disposable, dishwater jazz to kinetic, almost rock-like swing tunes. But it's the appearance of another rat packer--Sammy Davis Jr.--that really vaults this soundtrack over the top. Davis's exquisitely cheesy phrasing on the hilarious "Bee Boom" and his hollow lament on the film's title track are the stuff of ironic legend. I--Matt Hanks/I
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Great Sounds... October 3, 2008
Kurt Schulenburg (Lake Zurich, Illinois United States)
...from the Cool Era of the early 60's. Billy May, one of the greatest arrangers ever, wrote and arranged the tunes that were used in the Johnny Cool movie - and they're perfect for the time, the place, the action. Some high note trumpet from the late great Bud Brisbois is a bonus as is Sammy Davis Jr's vocal appearance on the theme song. If you like this sort of music, this is a Must Buy!
The perfect big band and jazz soundtrack! August 30, 2007
D. Dreams
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I played my first copy of the Johnny Cool Soundtrack till it was worn out, now it's on Cd, a perfect masterpiece of sound!!!!!!!!!!!!! br / br /Everyone who's heard this classic score has flipped over it, I wish they would release the film on Dvd.
EXCELLENT MOVIE SOUND TRACK June 8, 2006
OILMAN (bayside, new york United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I SAW THIS MOTION PICTURE 40 YEARS AGO ON A SHIP BOUND FOR VIETNAM, THE MOVIE IS WHAT ALL GANGSTER MAFIA MOVIES WERE COPIED FROM..........THIS MOVIE ALTHOUGH BLACK AND WHITE IS STAR STUDDED br /AND WILL KEEP YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT, THE MUSIC IS PERFECT br /I WISH THIS FLICK WAS AVAILABLE ON DVD, I"M SURPRISED THAT THE SOUND TRACK IS AVAILABLE........EITHER CASE ITS GREAT...... br /IF IT EVER DOES COME OUT ON DVD I WILL BE THE FIRST TO BUY IT...............
Obscure Soundtrack gets First Class Treatment November 11, 2000
gobirds2 (New England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The soundtrack to "Johnny Cool" is about as obscure as the film itself. The film is essentially a gangster revenge tale. It was shot in 1963 in Black White. It starred forgotten "rat packer" and brilliant character actor Henry Silva as Johnny Cool Giordano. Billy May did the scoring and Sammy Davis Jr. sings. This is technically an excellent recording. It sounds very good and is equally very pleasurable listening. This album is a very good piece of early 1960s contemporary America. Track 11 "Bee Boom" and Track 12 "The Ballad of Johnny Cool" both sung by Sammy Davis Jr. are excellent. Actually "Bee Boom" is fantastic!
'GLAD I FINALLY FOUND YOU ~~BEE BOOM BEE BOOM BEE BOOM March 8, 2000
sergio (chicago)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
hot and jazzy i love an albumn that can stand alone ~~ even without the film to back it up! ALL CUTS ON THIS ALBUMN ARE PERFECT! delightful listening ! my personal favorite is 'bee boom!times three!try this~~ sergio!
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