Movies with Jazz Scores (1 Viewer)

[Dick]

I'd like to kick off a thread listing some of the great jazz scores (as opposed to pop, rock or orchestral scores) in movies. A few of my faves:

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (Elmer Bernstein)
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington)
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (Quincy Jones)
I WANT TO LIVE! (Johnny Mandel)
WHIPLASH (Justin Hurwitz)

More?

 

[JohnRice]

Scott Joplin might not quite be conventional jazz for purists, but The Sting.

I'll have to think about this.

 

[Joe Wong]

Does John Williams’ score for Catch Me If You Can count?

 

[Walter Kittel]

1976's Taxi Driver with music by Bernard Herrmann.
1991's Naked Lunch (Ornette Coleman)

While I wouldn't consider it exclusively jazz, I feel like 1950's Young Man with a Horn should be mentioned.

- Walter.

 

[Doug2000]

 

[Robert Crawford]

Odds Against Tomorrow

 

[Robin9]

The Man With The Golden Arm
The Criminal

 

[Doug2000]

The Cotton Club

 

[DigniT@DigniT!]

DUKE ELLINGTON-PARIS BLUES, ANATOMY OF A MURDER, ASSAULT ON A QUEEN. QUINCY JONES- too numerous to list! OSCAR PETERSON-THE SILENT PARTNER

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

The first one that comes into my head is 'Round Midnight, starring Dexter Gordon by Bertrand Tavernier, filled with jazz, obviously.
Another one that no one, including the main actors, seem to like, is Random Hearts, which also has a great soundtrack. I like both the movie and its soundtrack.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Soul

and parts of La La Land

 

[Jeff Fearnside]

Some great ones mentioned already. Two others that immediately come to mind are Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (Miles Davis) and The Road to Shame (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers).

 

[YANG]

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