Johnny Cool: Billy May's Original Motion Picture Score - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] [Enhanced, Soundtrack]

Billy May | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1963
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
• Label: Rykodisc
• ASIN: B00000I5EQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,850 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Lizard

2. Window Washer

3. Dare's Affair

4. Borrow A Knife

5. Johnny Cool Theme

6. Morning In Balboa

7. Nice Quiet Saloon

8. Green Tables Blues

9. The Contest Pad

10. Juan Coolisto

11. Bee Boom - Sammy Davis, Jr.

12. The Ballad Of Johnny Cool - Sammy Davis, Jr.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'GLAD I FINALLY FOUND YOU ~~BEE BOOM BEE BOOM BEE BOOM, March 8, 2000

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sergio (chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Johnny Cool: Billy May's Original Motion Picture Score - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

hot and jazzy i love an albumn that can stand alone ~~ even without the film to back it up! ALL CUTS ON THIS ALBUMN ARE PERFECT! delightful listening ! my personal favorite is 'bee boom!"times three!try this~~ sergio!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Obscure Soundtrack gets First Class Treatment, November 10, 2000

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Johnny Cool: Billy May's Original Motion Picture Score - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

The soundtrack to "Johnny Cool" is about as obscure as the film itself. The film is essentially a gangster revenge tale. It was shot in 1963 in Black & White. It starred forgotten "rat packer" and brilliant character actor Henry Silva as Johnny Cool Giordano. Billy May did the scoring and Sammy Davis Jr. sings. This is technically an excellent recording. It sounds very good and is equally very pleasurable listening. This album is a very good piece of early 1960s contemporary America. Track 11 "Bee Boom" and Track 12 "The Ballad of Johnny Cool" both sung by Sammy Davis Jr. are excellent. Actually "Bee Boom" is fantastic!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Johnny Cool, January 3, 2000

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lovrich (Albany New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Johnny Cool: Billy May's Original Motion Picture Score - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack [Enhanced CD] (Audio CD)

Had the original record, this CD is very well mastered. If you like high rat pack cheese with a horn section this is your disc. Everyone I have turned on to this recording digs it. Light up a cigarette line up a few martinis, kick off your loafers, put up your silk socked feet and groove!