Smith & Co

The cult of the film director is an increasing phenomenon, but the music they use in their films is largely overlooked, even though there is a large group of consumers for this kind of product.

The Director is responsible for deciding who to use to write the original score and also decides what original recordings to use when and if he decides to go down that path. Often it is a mix of the two. On this initial series of 3 six page digipak’s, which also include a 12 page booklet out-lining the directors career, we are giving an over view of the music the Director’s have been inspired to use or have created for their masterpieces.

Both Spielberg and Scorcese have been prolific in the number of films they have directed giving us more than enough material for a double CD. Parker seems a to have been a little less productive, but in fact four of his major movies were music orientated, namely ‘Bugsy’, ‘Don’t Cry for me Argentina’,
‘The Commitments’ and “Pink Floyd – The Wall”. Obviously it would be difficult to take any of these works out of context and as such we decided that a single CD would cover all the other major films he directed.

CD 1    Martin Scorcese    The Director's Choice

1    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Shutter Island (Suite for Symphonic Strings: Nocturne)
2    The Academy Studio Orchestra    The Departed ( Billy's Theme)
3    The Academy Studio Orchestra    The Aviator (Toccato & Fugue in D Minor)
4    The Academy Studio Orchestra    The Last Temptation begins (The Feeling Begins)
5    The Academy Studio Orchestra    The Age of Innocence (Main Theme)
6    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Gangs of New York (The hands that built America)
7    The Academy Studio Orchestra    The Color of Money
8    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Taxi Driver (Main Theme)
9    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Cape Fear (The End)
10    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Raging Bull (Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo)
11    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Shutter Island (On the nature of Daylight)
12    The Academy Studio Orchestra    The Aviator (H-1 Racer Plane)
13    The Academy Studio Orchestra    Taxi Driver (Reprise)

CD 2    Music for Goodfellas   

1    The Harptones    Life is but a dream
2    Muddy Waters    Mannish Boy *
3    The Cadillacs    Speedo *
4    Dean Martin    Oh Marie
5    Tony Bennet    Chicago
6    Tony Bennett    Jeepers Creepers
7    Louis Prima    Chinatown, my Chinatown
8    Tino Rossi    Catari Catari Core Ingrato
9    Moonglows    Sincerely *
10    The Dominoes    Stardust *
11    Chick Webb & his Orchestra    I got rhythm
12    Frank Sinatra    Begin the Beguine
13    Chick Webb & his Orchestra    Liza
14    Bobby Darin    Mack the knife
15    Louis Prima    The Lady in Red
16    Tino Rossi    Vieni Vieni