Miles Davis – Ascenseur pour l’chafaud

Tracklist:

3 10-inch LPs

LP 1 – Original Soundtrack

1. Gnrique
2. LAssassinat de Carala
3. Sur lautoroute
4. Julien dans lascenseur
5. Florence sur les Champs-lyses
6. Dner au motel
7. vasion de Julien
8. Visite du Vigile
9. Au bar du Petit Bac
10. Chez le photographe du mote

LP 2 – Session Takes

1. Nuit sur les Champs-Elyses take 1
2. Nuit sur les Champs-Elyses take 2
3. Nuit sur les Champs-Elyses take 3 (Gnrique)
4. Nuit sur les Champs-Elyses take 4 (Florence sur les Champs-Elyses)
5. Assassinat take 1 (Visite du vigile)
6. Assassinat take 2 (Julien dans lascenseur)
7. Assassinat take 3 (LAssassinat de Carala)
8. Motel (Dner au motel)
9. Final take 1

LP3 – Session Takes

1. Final take 2
2. Final take 3 (Chez le photographe du motel)
3. LInterrogatoire de Julien
4. Ascenseur (Evasion de Julien)
5. Petit Bac take 1
6. Petit Bac take 2 (Au Bar du Petit Bac)
7. Voiture take 1
8. Voiture take 2 (Sur lautoroute)

First released in 1958 by Fontana in Europe and Columbia in America, never had a soundtrack contributed as much to the fame of a film. The contradictory accounts of Miles Davis creation of the soundtrack have all become part of its legend. Rarely has a soundtrack been so decisive. Close to seven decades on, beyond the myth, this taut, feverish recording, imbued with extreme dramatic tension, remains one of the most iconic soundtracks in our catalogue and one of the only jazz soundtracks which was entirely improvised.