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Screen Action Jazz

Commentary and breaking news regarding the golden age of jazz soundtracks that supplied a swing backdrop for the suspenseful adventures of secret agents, private detectives, cops, spies and heist-minded criminals.

  • By Derrick Bang
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly eight posts per year
  • First post on

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Most recent posts

Recent discovery: Band of Thieves
This droll 1962 British item is a 69-minute music video disguised as a film.That’s overstating the case, but not by much. The Lyn Fairhurst/Harold Shampan script is a threadbare excuse for a dozen lengthy “live” …
On , by Derrick Bang, 1,420 words
Spotlight on Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky
Film music journalist/historian Jon Burlingame has been an invaluable resource over the years; he’s also a thoroughly entertaining writer. I’ve long followed his Los Angeles Times and Daily Variety articles, and I often refer to …
On , by Derrick Bang, 2,191 words
Recent discovery: Four Boys and a Gun
Despite a varied and extremely busy film scoring career that stretched from 1941’s Under Fiesta Stars to 1972’s The Cremators, Albert Glasser (1916-98) is best known these days for the bombastic scores he delivered for …
On , by Derrick Bang, 1,795 words