The French Connection was on cable today and I happened to catch a few minutes while doing those after-shower male grooming things (as much grooming as one does on a vacation day with nothing planned except going to the shopping outlets to treat oneself to some late xmas presents) and next thing, of course, im looking for this disc of Don Ellis' music.
The French Connection is such a great film, I dont even hafta tell you its a great film, you already know its a great film, everyone knows how great a film it is, its one of those great films that is so great, its great no matter how many times you see it (Jaws, another example)...hackman, scheider, frog one, subway, car chase...sidebar: has anyone ever realized how many great films roy fuckin scheider was in: the aforesaids Jaws & French Connection, but also Marathon Man, All That Jazz, Sorcerer, Jaws 2 (dont say a word, its got its own iconic moments, like when the shark eats the helicopter; or like when roy tricks the shark into eating the power cable at the end), and yet does anyone ever even think about roy scheider...anyway, i digress...yes, The French Connection, great film...
Don Ellis' music is an integral part of the success of the film, from that urgent pounding opening titles track, to those ominous basso notes that cue suspense, to the building jazz progession during Doyle's foot chase of Frog One that ulimately leads into the subway scene...
No one really talks about The French Connection II, and perhaps there is good reasons for that: it is a much more conventional Hollywood movie, pretty much just a showcase for Hackman, but the final shot of the film with the sudden cut to the end titles is a classic piece of 70s filmmaking...
Ellis' music for the sequel continues the style established in the first film, jangly jazzy stuff, just listen to the opening titles track, and the tracks entitled Popeyes Montage, and the end titles track.
http://rapidshare.com/files/9475871/french1_from_dichtung.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/9476003/french2_from_dichtung.zip.html
8 comments:
Great post! Just saw the films again.
happy new year!
Hi B.C.---
Thanks for these posts. They're two that i don't have and have been eagerly waiting to hear for years now.
Have a Great New Year in 2-'double-0 seven'!
All The Best,
Rocket From Mars
thanks for these great shares!
what a nice gift ! hope you will continue to blog man ! harry lime
Thanks a bunch, been looking for this ost... perhaps you or someone else can help me on another quest: in the French Connection 1 The Three Degrees do a live version of "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon".
It is different from the one on their Best Of album. Help on this one would be much appreciated :0)
Wow thanks a lot for these :)
difficult to find, thank you very much !!!
JoJo
after 6 years the links are still active respect!
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