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Noir album recommendations

New member, looking for recommendations for great Noir/Jazz/Film Noir albums, Vinyl or CD. I really enjoy Miles Davis' Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Chinatown''s soundtrack and more recent artists like Paul Pritchard(Gumshoe Blues, Stool Pigeon) but I'm having a difficult time finding anything that isn't just general Jazz. Really interested in music that evokes that down on his luck Private Investigator in a corrupt city where its always raining and you just cant trust anyone, including the dame that just walked in with a "simple" job.

windywoodworker
tylermunns
601 posts
 

I second Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti. 

dgarretson
2,598 posts
 

Jazz at the Movies Band-- White Heat: Film Noir.  Audiophile vinyl if you can find it.

kacomess
199 posts
 

Try the Miles Davis and John Lee Hooker soundtrack to the otherwise entirely forgettable film, "The Hot Spot". I own a copy and, last time I checked, it was on Apple Music if not other streaming platforms. It's quite reminiscent of "Ascenseur" with a Hooker twist.

mfili35
42 posts
 

David chesky "jazz in the new harmonic" has that eeriness you're looking for with top notch sound and instrument separation

mahler123
3,318 posts
 

Try Quiet City, by Aaron Copland 

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