This stylistic collection includes music from such atmospheric film noir and neo-noir film and TV shows including Body Heat, Chinatown, Dirty Harry and TV’s Remington Steele. The 20-track compilation includes tracks written by Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Pino Donaggio, Howard Shore, Lalo Schifrin, Dennis McCarthy, and Henry Mancini, newly recorded, produced and arranged by Dennis McCarthy, Dominik Hauser, Mark Northam, Joohyun Park, Dan Redfeld, and John Beal...

If you're already a collector of film noir scores, then you might think that you can give this release a miss. You'd be wrong. This album contains new arrangements of some of the genre's most memorable themes.

Not being a huge fan of the genre I was expecting it to be a little samey, but I was actually surprised at how enjoyable a release this was. The album contains 20 tracks and lasts for 1 hr, 09 min, 48 sec.

Track listing:

01 - Theme from Body Heat (John Barry) (3:18)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser • Sax: Tim Messina
02 - Theme From Jagged Edge (John Barry) (2:41)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser
03 - Theme from Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith) (2:21)
Produced and Arranged by John Beal
04 - Theme from Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith) (2:01)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser • Trumpet: Roy Wiegand
05 - Theme from Physical Evidence for Solo Piano (Henry Mancini) (2:28)
Produced, Arranged and Performed by Mark Northam
06 - Love Theme from Blade Runner (Vangelis) (4:57)
Produced, Arranged and Performed by John Beal
07 - Theme Inspired by 2 Days in the Valley (Jerry Goldsmith) (2:26)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser • Trumpet: Roy Wiegand
08 - “A Good Scream” from Blow Out (Pino Donaggio) (3:53)
Produced and Arranged by Joohyun Park • Violin: Elizabeth Hedman
09 - Theme from Eastern Promises (Howard Shore) (4:39)
Produced and Arranged by Dan Redfeld • Violin: Elizabeth Hedman
10 - Theme from Jennifer 8 for Solo Piano (Christopher Young) (2:55)
Produced, Arranged and Performed by Dennis McCarthy
11 - Theme from Farewell My Lovely for Solo Piano (David Shire) (3:32)
Solo Piano Arranged and Performed by Mark Northam
12 - Theme from Dirty Harry (Lalo Schifrin) (4:57)
Produced, Arranged and Performed by Mark Northam
13 - Theme from Laura (David Raksin) (4:20)
Solo Piano Arranged and Performed by Mark Northam
14 - Theme from The Bodyguard (Alan Silvestri) (2:45)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser • Trumpet: Roy Wiegand
15. “Laura’s Theme” from Remington Steele (Henry Mancini) (2:11)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser • Trumpet: Roy Wiegand
16 - Theme from Shamus (Jerry Goldsmith) (3:38)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser
17 - Theme from Still of the Night (John Kander) (3:19)
Produced and Arranged by Joohyun Park
18 - “The Dark Song” from The Detective (Jerry Goldsmith) (3:10)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser
19 - Theme from The Unsaid for Solo Piano (Don Davis) (2:54)
Produced, Arranged and Performed by Mark Northam
20 - Film Noir Suite (7:23)
Music Composed and Performed by Dennis McCarthy

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Darren Rea