Duke Ellington – Anatomy of a Murder – Vinyl LP

High Quality, Limited Edition, Bonus Track(S)

Anatomy Of A Murder is an album by Duke Ellington, released in 2023.

180g high-definition premium vinyl, limited edition, the complete album + 5 bonus tracks. The 1959 courtroom crime drama Anatomy of a Murder was directed by Otto Preminger and adapted by Wendell Mayes from the bestselling homonymous novel written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice John D. Voelker under the pen name Robert Traver. The film stars James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, and George C. Scott.

Anatomy of a Murderwas one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address sex and rape in graphic terms. It includes one of Saul Bass’s most celebrated title sequences, and a musical score, presented here in its entirety, composed, and performed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Ellington himself plays a character in the film, called Pie-Eye.

Side A
1 Main Title And Anatomy Of A Murder
2 Flirtibird
3 Way Early Subtone
4 Hero To Zero
5 Low Key Lightly
6 Happy Anatomy #1
7 Anatomy Of A Murder [stereo Single]
8 Merrily Rolling Along (Aka Hero To Zero)/Sunswept Sunday

Side B
1 Midnight Indigo
2 Almost Cried
3 Sunswept Sunday
4 Grace Valse
5 Happy Anatomy #2
6 Haupe
7 Upper And Outest
8 Beer Garden
9 Happy Anatomy #3
10 Polly (Aka Grace Valse, Haupe, Low Key Lightly, Midnight Indigo)