Product Overview

LLLCD 1692

Music by Hugo Friedhofer, Miklós Rózsa, Gail Kubik and Heinz Roemheld

Limited edition of 1000 units

La-La Land Records and Paramount Pictures present a remastered limited edition CD release of music from four brilliant scores to four classic, big-screen Paramount Pictures film noirs - 1951’s ACE IN THE HOLE, marking the film’s 75th Anniversary, 1944’s DOUBLE INDEMNITY, 1955’s THE DESPERATE HOURS and 1950’s UNION STATION.

Two landmark Billy Wilder films are represented on this remastered presentation - ACE IN THE HOLE featuring composer Hugo Friedhofer’s blistering masterwork of clever scoring touches and DOUBLE INDEMNITY showcasing Miklós Rózsa’s expert musical chronicling of that film’s sensuous, dangerous duplicity. THE DESPERATE HOURS crackles with composer Gail Kubik’s purposefully unpredictable musical maneuvering and UNION STATION’s striking underscore is the impressive work of composer Heinz Roemheld.

Produced by Dan Goldwasser and Lukas Kendall, restored by Chris Malone and mastered by Doug Schwartz, this limited edition CD release of 1000 units includes exclusive, in-depth liner notes by writer John Takis and art direction by Goldwasser, featuring a reversible front cover.

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Track Listing

TRACK LISTING:

ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) / HUGO FRIEDHOFER
1. Prelude 2:48
2. Sand Trickle 1:23
3. The Dirty Work Begins 2:10
4. Platinum Blonde 1:22
5. Pneumonia 1:10
6. Grand Finale 2:32
7. Tatum’s Death and End Title / End Cast 4:02
TOTAL SCORE TIME 15:27

THE DESPERATE HOURS (1955) / GAIL KUBIK
8. Paramount Seal / Prelude 1:42
9. Kobish Toccata (Unused) 2:06
10. Open Conflict (Unused) 0:52
11. Retribution 2:44
12. Last Chance (Unused) 1:43
TOTAL SCORE TIME 9:07

UNION STATION (1950) / HEINZ ROEMHELD
13. Prelude 1:15
14. The Stockyard 3:05
15. Trapped / End Title 2:53
TOTAL SCORE TIME 7:13

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) / MIKLÓS RÓZSA
16. Prelude (Film Version) / First Scene 4:51
17. The Meeting 2:35
18. In the Cab 0:52
19. The Anklet 0:56
20. Inner Struggle 1:18
21. The Conspiracy (Partial) 0:57
22. The Policy 1:49
23. The Market 1:05
24. Reading His Mail 0:29
25. Preparation / The Murder (Partial) 3:07
26. Railroad Tracks 3:10
27. Relief 1:22
28. The Hallway 2:16
29. The Daughter 0:57
30. Warnings 3:02
31. The Appointment 1:25
32. Punishment / So Long, Keyes / Finale 8:04
TOTAL SCORE TIME 38:15

BONUS TRACKS
33. Double Indemnity: Prelude (Stereo Re-Recording) 1:24
34. Ace In the Hole: Prelude (Film Version) 2:32
TOTAL BONUS TIME 3:56

TOTAL DISC TIME 73:58