Best Music from 1950s CRIME Movies (Remastered 2026) (2026)

This album serves as a comprehensive anthology of film music covering a decade of evolution within the crime drama and film noir genres (1950–1959). The collection features remastered (2026) themes from cult films, reflecting the stylistic shift from classical symphonism to jazz experimentation and tense minimalism.

Key compositions include the urban angst of Leonard Bernstein’s score for "On the Waterfront" (dir. Elia Kazan), the groundbreaking jazz score by Duke Ellington for "Anatomy of a Murder" (dir. Otto Preminger), and the tense themes by Miklós Rózsa from "Detective Story". The compilation also highlights rare recordings, such as Franz Waxman’s Night and the City, presenting a musical portrait of the mid-20th-century underworld.

Tracklist:
1-1 Main Title - Caged, 1950 (feat. Max Steiner) [1:59]
1-2 Main Title - Night and the City (British version), 1950 (feat. Benjamin Frankel) [1:22]
1-3 Main Title - Night and the City (American version), 1950 (feat. Franz Waxman) [1:40]
1-4 Main Title - Stage Fright, 1950 (feat. Leighton Lucas) [1:04]
1-5 Main Title - The Man Who Cheated Himself, 1950 (feat. Louis Forbes) [1:04]
1-6 Suite - The Man Who Cheated Himself, 1950 (feat. Louis Forbes) [5:13]
1-7 Suite - Where the Sidewalk Ends, 1950 (feat. Cyril J. Mockridge) [4:39]
1-8 Main Title - Whirlpool, 1950 (feat. David Raskin) [1:22]
1-9 Main Title - Detective Story, 1951 (feat. Miklós Rózsa) [1:11]
1-10 Main Title - Night People, 1954 (feat. Cyril J. Mockridge) [1:19]
1-11 Main Title & Opening Scene - On the Waterfront, 1954 (feat. Leonard Bernstein) [2:04]
1-12 Finale - On the Waterfront, 1954 (feat. Leonard Bernstein) [2:06]
1-13 Main Title - Riot in Cell Block 11, 1954 (feat. Herschel Burke Gilbert) [1:32]
1-14 Main Title - The Barefoot Comtessa, 1954 (feat. Mario Nascimbene) [1:50]
1-15 Main Title / Finale - Violent Saturday, 1954 (feat. Hugo Friedhofer0 [2:49]
1-16 Main Title - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, 1955 (feat. Herschel Burke Gilbert) [1:59]
1-17 Main Title - While the City Sleeps, 1956 (feat. Herschel Burke Gilbert) [1:25]
1-18 Main Theme - 12 Angry Men, 1957 (feat. Kenyon Hopkins) [1:02]
1-19 Main Title - Witness for the Prosecution, 1957 (feat. Matty Malneck) [1:32]
1-20 Main Theme - I Want To Live, 1958 (feat. Johnny Mandel) [1:21]
1-21 Main Title - Compulsion, 1959 (feat. Lionel Newman) [1:32]
1-22 Main Title - Anatomy of a Murder, 1959 [3:59]