Various Artists - BD Music Presents Film Noir 2 - 1956 / 1962 (2016)

The dark and sensual gaze of Loustal on film noir and the history of film noir by François Guérif, accompanied by two compact discs.

Film noir is a dominant cinematic genre of the 1940s and 1950s. Its golden age spans from The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958). François Guérif, an undisputed specialist in the genre, describes the French detective story and the stages of evolution from crime syndicates to the American mafia. Loustal, a lover of the genre, continues his explorations and unveils his noir novel through images of unsettling beauty. Jazz dominates the soundtrack with forty-eight essential themes.

Tracklist:
1-1 Jo Boyer - Taxi (From "Bob le flambeur") [3:47]
1-2 Marc Lanjean - Maigret tend un piège [2:32]
1-3 Paule Desjardins - Ça ne sert à rien (From "Maigret tend un piège") [2:26]
1-4 Marc Lanjean - Arsenic Blues (From "Les cinq dernières minutes") [3:23]
1-5 Jean Leccia - Le Gorille vous salue bien [2:09]
1-6 Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [2:50]
1-7 Miles Davis - Florence sur les Champs Elysées (From "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud") [2:53]
1-8 ROBERT HOSSEIN - La chose la plus grave au monde (From "Des femmes disparaissent") [5:18]
1-9 Art Blakey - Blues pour Vava (From "Des femmes disparaissent") [3:32]
1-10 Christian Chevallier - Deux hommes dans Manhattan [1:45]
1-11 Glenda Leigh - A Street in Manhattan [3:19]
1-12 Barney Wilen - Un témoin dans la ville [3:00]
1-13 Alain Goraguer - Thème de Liz (From "J'irai cracher sur vos tombes") [2:18]
1-14 Art Blakey - No Problem (From "Les liaisons dangereuses") [7:24]
1-15 Alain Goraguer - Les loups dans la bergerie (Thème) [1:28]
1-16 Alain Goraguer - Les loups dans la bergerie (Suite) [2:45]
1-17 Georges Delerue - Poursuite et rencontre (From "Tirez sur le pianiste") [2:02]
1-18 Georges Delerue - Rock (From "Tirez sur le pianiste") [2:33]
1-19 Martial Solal - Duo (From "À bout de souffle") [2:24]
1-20 Martial Solal - Poursuite (From "À bout de souffle") [2:14]
1-21 Georges Delerue - Classe tous risques [1:51]
1-22 Bernard Blier - Parce que j'aime autant vous dire (From "Le cave se rebiffe") [7:14]
1-23 Paul Misraki - Jazz rapide (From "Le Doulos") [3:21]
1-24 Paul Misraki - Environ une heure avant (From "Le Doulos") [5:40]
2-25 Shorty Rogers;Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra - Hot Blood (From "The Wild One") [3:21]
2-26 Richard Conte - Memorandum to Captain Peterson (From "The Big Combo") [5:35]
2-27 Franz Waxman - The Plot (From "Crime in the Streets") [5:22]
2-28 Elmer Bernstein - The Street (From "Sweet Smell of Sucess") [2:42]
2-29 Joseph Gershenson & His Orchestra - Touch of Evil [3:29]
2-30 Charlton Heston - Can You Tell Me Who Is in Charge? (From "Touch of Evil") [5:17]
2-31 Gerry Mulligan & The Jazz Combo - I Want to Live [1:22]
2-32 Gerry Mulligan & The Jazz Combo - Night Watch (From "I Want to Live") [3:56]
2-33 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Flirtibird (From "Anatomy of a Murder") [2:14]
2-34 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra;Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Upper and Outest (From "Anatomy of a Murder") [2:21]
2-35 John Lewis - Advance on Melton (From "Odds Against Tomorrow") [2:01]
2-36 Gerry Mullingan - Things Are Looking Down (From "The Subterraneans") [5:44]
2-37 Carmen McRae - Coffee Time (From "The Subterraneans") [2:48]
2-38 The John Barry Seven and Orchestra - Car Chase (From "The Beat Girl") [2:34]
2-39 Cliff Robertson - Now the Most Vicious Increase in Vice (From "Underworld USA") [6:22]
2-40 Mundell Lowe - Blues for a Stripper (From "Satan in High Heels") [3:29]
2-41 Mundell Lowe - Satan in High Heels [3:29]
2-42 Kai Winding - Experiment in Terror [2:22]
2-43 Ralph Marterie & His Marlboro men - The Thin Man [1:43]
2-44 Johnny Mandel & His Orchestra - M Squad Theme [2:56]
2-45 Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn Theme [2:08]
2-46 Pete Rugolo & His Orchestra - Richard Diamond Theme [1:50]
2-47 Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra - Johnny Staccato Theme [3:00]
2-48 The John Barry Seven and Orchestra - James Bond contre Dr No Theme [1:58]