Hollywoodland [Original Soundtrack]

by Hollywoodland / O.s.t.

Overview

Director Allen Coulter's 2006 film Hollywoodland, a crime drama that imaginatively explores the life and mysterious death of actor George Reeves, best known as the star of the '50s television series Superman, has spawned two albums, one released by Varese Sarabande containing composer Marcelo Zarvos' score, and this one, a "music from the motion picture" collection released by Universal's Decca imprint, containing period and source music. (The term "source music" refers to music heard in a movie that has a realistic source, e.g., a song coming out of a car radio, as opposed to the background score.) Divorced from the screen, it is just a miscellaneous album by various artists, most of them from the '40s and '50s, mixing swing, traditional pop, post-bop jazz, R&B, and rock & roll. Reeves died of a gunshot to the head on June 16, 1959, his death ruled a suicide by police, although that has long been questioned, and in the film a fictional private detective played by Adrien Brody investigates, with numerous flashbacks to the life of Reeves, played by Ben Affleck. Two of the tracks date from after Reeves' death: Buster Brown's "Fannie Mae" was a hit in the fall of 1959, and Jerry Butler's "He Will Break Your Heart" came out in the fall of 1960. That may make them slightly anachronistic in the context of the film, although the listener isn't likely to be bothered. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2006
Label:	Decca
UPC:	0602517060395
Rank:	202433

Tracks

1. Superman M E
2. The Great Pretender
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street
4. Flying Home
5. Bo Diddley
6. It's Only Make Believe
7. El Cumbanchero
8. Theme for Ernie
9. The Girl Can't Help It
10. You're Crying
11. Elephant Walk
12. He Will Break Your Heart
13. Fannie Mae
14. At Last

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Arturo O'Farrill Orchestra   Primary Artist
Petr Vronsky   Primary Artist,Conductor
Little Richard   Primary Artist
Bo Diddley   Primary Artist
Conway Twitty   Primary Artist
John Coltrane   Primary Artist
Illinois Jacquet   Primary Artist
The Platters   Primary Artist
Jerry Butler   Primary Artist
Buster Brown   Primary Artist
King Pleasure   Primary Artist
Arturo O'Farrill   Primary Artist
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Frankie Laine   Primary Artist
Lionel Hampton   Primary Artist
Annie Ross   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Buster Brown   Composer
Calvin Carter   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Conway Twitty   Composer
Fred Lacey   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Lionel Hampton   Composer
Arturo O'Farrill   Producer
Morris Levy   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Rafael Hernandez   Composer
Quincy Jones   Composer
Kathy Nelson   Executive in Charge of Music
Jerry Butler   Composer
Bobby Troup   Composer
Leonard Feather   Composer
Ellas McDaniel   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Jack Nance   Composer
Clarence Lewis   Composer
Dan Lieberstein   Music Supervisor
Bo Diddley   Composer
Leon Klatzkin   Composer
Robert William Troup Jr.   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
David Novik   A&R
Tom Arndt   Package Coordinator
Sidney Baldwin   Photography
Waymon Glasco   Composer
Fanny Gotschall   Creative Director
Paul Altomari   Soundtrack Coordination
Jennifer Towle   Soundtrack Coordination
Evelyn Morgan   A&R
Harry Garfield   Executive in Charge of Music
Drew Lavyne   Mastering
Meredith Friedman   Soundtrack Coordination
Clarence L. Lewis   Composer