Chinatown | Soundtrack Suite (Jerry Goldsmith)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1974). Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Trumpet Solos by Uan Rasey.
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Music Awards:
- None
Nominations:
- Academy Award - Best Original / Dramatic Score
- Golden Globe - Best Original Score
- BAFTA Award - Best Original Score
Playlist:
00:00 Love Theme From Chinatown (Main Title)
01:53 J. J. Gittes
03:29 The Boy On A Horse
04:26 The Last Of Ida II
05:11 Jake And Evelyn
07:30 The Wrong Clue II
09:37 The Wrong Clue I
10:52 It's Not Worth It
11:36 Love Theme From Chinatown (End Title)
Music Source:
Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 350
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[@ericthered760]

"Forget it, Fred. It's Chinatown."

[@JeffreyKenison]

Very jocular. Just saying.

[@ELHIPPO]

Jerry Goldsmith was a master

[@GentleGiantAudio]

The most elegant noir theme ever.

[@gabecollett]

masterpiece hair stands on end it pulls the emotional chords in multiple directions

[@cynthiahusband106]

My entire body chills when I hear this theme, Jerry Goldsmith a genius among his peers , there are others but Goldsmith , where again he makes you FEEL the story , and this story line, script , written by Robert Townes back in the 70’s and Robert evans , this was their baby, Evans highly protective of getting this movie made , remember reading (I’m a movie buff I don’t forget movies that leave an emotional impact on me) Dunaway was somewhat hesitant to do the movie as I remember but Evans had a way how to handle Dunaway , Nicholson being good friends with evans had no problem doing the movie thus making ( the entire cast included) a masterpiece in my top 10 favorite all time movies for sure, the story is what got to me, plus this absolutely haunting music , so beautiful makes you FEEL the movie and the tragedy that unfolds, the music, the script, the cast , simply a masterpiece. Dunaway , beautiful in the movie , Nicholson the handsome tough P. I, in the movie worked so well together understatement I know but brilliant movie thank you Jerry for leaving us such gorgeous music.

[@michaelrichardson6051]

Where did you find the Midget, Claude?

[@WillieEWoof]

Maybe, maybe not, as there are a lot of great film noir/neo-noir soundtracks around! e.g. "Body Heat" (1981): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp-UpH6GmrlnqtE or "Taxi Driver" (1976): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gamqqKmAhd6WrdE or "Blade Runner" (1982): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6ilnH57eZllpdE

[@johnhagemeyer8578]

3 years ago, you wrote this comment. It has aged very well .

[@grumpyoldman8661]

The movie and this score blended into a 'Film noir' masterpiece. Perfection. (UK)

[@marco1507able]

One of the most beautiful soundtrack ever composed.

[@432HertzStreet]

of corse! although saying that most of his work gives me such feelings even if the drums are heavy like Along came a spider, just an incredible soul that shines through in all his work.

[@jtandme-ot9cl]

Haunting....great!

[@January.]

*soundtracks

[@January.]

@@432HertzStreet *of course

[@okyouknowwhatever]

It's not really beautiful it's more like melancholic, haunting, dirty and a little bit depressing, which really fits the film. Apparently Goldsmith told the MGM chief trumpet player Uan Rasey to "play it sexy - but like it's not good sex!"

[@onewithsource9742]

Jerry goldsmith. Absolute top tier of film scorers. Total recall (1990) score won multiple awards too. And many others

[@MichaelConwayBaker]

Jerry was one of a kind. He was constantly inventive. Almost every score was a masterpiece! We all miss him and his wonderful scores.

[@graceskerp]

Inventive genius. Just finished listening to the main theme of The Blue Max, now this.

[@jerrera45]

This music is like stepping back into the world of Raymond Chandler.

[@michelagalante1433]

che capolavoro mi fa piangere questa musica e'bellissima❤

[@birthgravy]

Definitely feel like listening to this while smoking a cigarette in a coffee shop at night while its raining

[@sonnyandreotte5721]

Christ in heaven This takes my Breath away.

[@shasha-muse6054]

This score/song Chinatown has literally ruined me from listening to any other soundtrack. I get goosebumps when listening to it. I saw this movie in 1976 when i was 14, I am now 57 and I still love this song. It set the bar. It is the soundtrack that all other soundtracks should attain to be. Which is a beautiful piece of work........."A Masterpiece". Peace and love. 🎶🎶🎶

[@rubenenrique8823]

You don’t think it would compare to the score from Taxi driver??

[@treeman8773]

@@rubenenrique8823 They're very different scores for very different movies.

[@user-bx9dd7bd2t]

Mullholland falls is good too.

[@shasha-muse6054]

@@user-bx9dd7bd2t I agree with you. That's a very good one too!!!

[@shasha-muse6054]

@@rubenenrique8823 That is lovely as well. I guess it all depends on what moves you. You, as well as many others on this thread have wonderful taste when it comes to theme songs. Someone else (A) mentioned the theme from Mullholland Falls which is also a nice piece of music.

[@Robin-xt7yo]

Bravo to Jerry Goldsmith. This haunting, evocative score to Chinatown ranks ninth on the American Film Institute's list of the top 25 American film scores.

[@jtandme-ot9cl]

9th? I can't imagine 8 were better!

[@Robin-xt7yo]

@@jtandme-ot9cl I know right? AFI lists Star Wars as #1.

[@jandreidrn]

Well the 8th spot was the score for The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein.

[@johnrandytucker3486]

His Music will last Forever ! Randy

[@jvburnes]

This theme is so evocative of nostolgia, love and loss. Its an amazing composition. It starts with that magical trumpet solo that hugs you like your lovers smile from an old photo and transitions at around 1:35 with the violin progression that almost says "oh well it was sweet, but long gone". wow what power.

[@victorbrando7425]

Ñ😊po

[@victorbrando7425]

Ooooo

[@victorbrando7425]

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[@victorbrando7425]

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[@jimrick6632]

GREAT FILM MUSIC FROM A GREAT FILM...A REAL CLASSIC.....

[@bobgrainier]

Absolutely sublime. Jerry Goldsmith was a genius.

[@philipberlenghi6529]

You wonder how movies have a perfect sound track and how much work goes into it.

[@debbabe2254]

The incomparable Jerry Goldsmith. Pure genius.

[@willamsandell1082]

Breaks my heart …it’s so beautiful

[@jean-erictateia3273]

One of the most beautiful "Black Movies" brought to the screen, becoming cult like "The Big Sleep", "The Maltese Falcon", "Mean Streets" or "Taxi Driver". All these films have an essential particularity, the musical composition which fits perfectly with the general atmosphere of the movie, the theme, the characters, the places, the detective story, the time and Jerry GOLDSMITH is one of the greatest composers in the history of cinema who is a past master in this genre. You never come out unscathed after seeing a Masterpiece like this, the film and its heavy atmosphere with its pathetic or tragic characters will continue to haunt you long after... Music has an essential part in the success of a Masterpiece like "CHINATOWN", I listen to it regularly to immerse myself in this dark, strong and nostalgic story of a definitively bygone era...

[@randywhite3947]

What do you mean by cult like?

[@galecadywilliams4078]

Uan Rasey’s soaringly beautiful and flawless trumpet over these achingly beautiful strings is so perfect I just sit here and weep over the beauty of it. Why is his name not known to everyone?

[@ireneolavarria8861]

Studio musician, was trumpet teacher to Jack Sheldon among others.

[@poipu96756]

Tip Toeing through the the trap doors, revelations and realizations of this epic masterpiece. This is genius at it's best. 2023 Thanks Fred 💗

[@gabecollett]

rhapsodic-hypnotic-never a tune composed like it

[@guillermogarcia4171]

This melody 🎵is so beautiful. An all time great.

[@yotoronto12]

Godfather, Taxi Driver, and these are among my most favourite theatrical scores. I hope one day I will be part of the movement to revive this style in a refreshing but honourous manner.

[@TheBatNick2024]

yotoronto12 i have had the idea running around in my mind of a place that celebrated what amazing works of art these films are. A library of such significance and care that one could spend hours there. A library that showcased all the amazing talent that makes these films and can teach others their amazing craft. Its still an idea and a dream but who knows.

[@ericdravennevermore2566]

The 20th century is over, we're in the end now.

[@randywhite3947]

Fun fact: Jack nearly played the lead in both films.

[@sylaslong4522]

You have very good taste

[@muhuhuhuhuhu]

Dude, are you down to help me with a score for a film?

[@MatthewKellerCA]

I had the privilege of watching Jerry Goldsmith conduct an orchestra on the Paramount scoring stage when I worked there. The score was for "Congo." My boss, a soundtrack fan and connoisseur, brought her original "Chinatown" vinyl, which Mr. Goldsmith gladly and graciously signed (this was before it was even available on CD). A giant of the industry - but also a gentleman. A wonderful memory, which hearing his great work always conjures. Thanks for this suite!

[@SoundtrackFred]

Thank you Matthew for this great story. You surely can be proud of your memories! :-) Fred

[@Tony-gq8pi]

Amazing movie and music

[@terranova3k]

Hauntingly Beautiful. Thank You Mr. Goldsmith.

[@solaariz]

Greatest noir soundtrack of all time, followed by Body Heat!

[@denisegovi910]

Love the trumpet solos by Uan Rasey. Beautiful!!!

[@andrewjohnston7144]

It takes me back to my high school days . One off my friends father who was a private investigator and once in a while we could ride along with him tracing a unfaithful husband what a life altering experience one off my friends became a famous private investigator and he would take me with him and we met a lot off Hollywood actors. This took me back in time after my experience 1957- 1965. Chinatown we knew it we’ll .⛩.

[@kevinwilliams7070]

Gerry goldsmith was a genius❤

[@sandymartin2904]

Genius. He captured the mood of Chinatown and enhanced it beautifully. Love this!!!

[@visarbilali1684]

This, the 2 movies and my time in L.A., its surreal how it plays with my heart and I love that... childhood, drama, unwritten dialogues....

[@ronaldcollins7839]

Fabulous music from Chinatown by Jerry Goldsmith a really talented composer one of the best soundtracks I have heard j

[@johnthomas5445]

Chinatown is one of my favorite movies. This soundtrack captures the essence of the film. Im always amazing of composers that can see visual art and make music to complement it. Bravo Jerry Goldsmith.

[@francescotenerilli8252]

Best soundtrack ever for the best film ever

[@doogboh]

The finest score ever . . . the finest film composer ever -- Jerry Goldsmith was peerless.

[@65strad]

Uan Ramsey on trumpet made Jerry's composition beautiful.

[@shasha-muse6054]

65strad ☆☆☆ Indeed!!!

[@rightmarker1]

Rasey.

[@65strad]

@@rightmarker1 Yup, auto correct!

[@rightmarker1]

65strad - We’re agreed - Rasey owned the piece. 😊👏👏. Be well.

[@jauch0]

I guess everyone knows the story about how Uan Rasey recorded this after he had just come back from a two week vacation. The backgrounds had already been recorded and he sat in a booth and recorded his part separately. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5WsZZRrfKhgpNE

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Just love the score to this film. Such a beautiful jazzy piece of music there. That's 1 thing I liked about so many 70s films, was the urban/metropolitan/jazzy overtones in them ....

[@rosies3622]

Just played on Sound of Cinema, BBC Radio 3. ❤️WONDERFUL Music!

[@user-fv8eh7tu8i]

I love this movie & the sequel too

[@carmenvalentino2098]

Jerry Goldsmith is a genius,,,such perfect poetic music to a terrific movie and one of the great ones with a theme that rings loudly today more than many people realize

[@GodLovesMoviesToo]

Doesn't get much better than this

[@4eyeswalker]

So evocative, sultry, and lush - Goldsmith outdid himself with this score.

[@rightmarker1]

Uan Rasey - on that trumpet. Sublime.

[@thomasmiles340]

Thanks. Even more astounding when you consider he was brought in at the last minute to replace the previous composer, Phillip Lambro. "Chinatown" also has the greatest original screenplay ever written, IMO. Cheers.

[@AlexDeLarge77]

Pure unadulterated class. Goldsmith was a musical genius. His quality of work never wavered. An incredible artist. There will never be another like him.

[@paulowainer2870]

Beautiful track. One of the best I' ve heard.

[@Deepurplerain]

I've listened Islands in the stream too as soon as i learned Mr Goldsmith said it was his favorite work, and a very beautiful film too, bit underrated.

[@citizenchris099]

Goldsmith was and is the absolute best.

[@rdevans4097]

Achingly beautiful.

[@ginnyc5083]

The theme haunts me. Unforgettable

[@TheManzfield7]

This was my first Jack Nicholson experience. I've been hooked on Jack for nearly 45 years and counting. Never disappoints.

[@jtandme-ot9cl]

He was great in "Five Easy Pieces". Showed nice range in that one.

[@michaelrichardson6051]

The Last Detail. Overlooked masterpiece from Jack.

[@robertmartinez4174]

Some of the most beautiful music comes from The Soundtrack's of Movies. Theme for Summer of 42 is a favorite.

[@ericvanapeldoorn3508]

le meilleur film détective avec Jack Nicholson et Faye Dunaway !! j'ai fort bien aimé et la musique du film est impeccable

[@enricolivi615]

R.IP a great mister jerry goldsmith

[@JohnCine]

Great noir movie. Goldsmith was a great composer.

[@CsuarezFla]

Goldsmith made this and the theme for Rambo first blood 1-3. The soundtracks for both these movies make them that much better.

[@shahinasgarov597]

This is one of the beautiful music ever made

[@robertbranco1126]

Great trumpet 🎺 solo incredible sound .. Uan

[@robgallant1377]

Maybe the best movie score of all time?

[@jtandme-ot9cl]

Certainly one of them. Also like Jerome Morross' "Big Country" score, especially opening credits.

[@DesmoDreams]

For me, it's a toss up between this, and Morricone's score for Once upon a time in America.

[@adrianh.callais7565]

Certainly the most haunting.

[@rayperkins2388]

I love this soundtrack

[@tusharmishra1074]

Possibly one of the best movies of all time

[@rosanadossantosrangel3456]

JERRY GOLDSMITH SIMPLY DIVINE

[@VegasDave53]

From start to finish, a true masterpiece of film making.

[@L00send]

Fantastic Score by a Fantastic Composer !!!

[@fabiocataldo716]

*“ Forget it J. It’s chinatown“*

[@johnmoore9614]

Hit a home run on this one. Tks

[@tonyrangel7007]

I saw Chinatown last year and ended up loving the noir genre, great score the film had

[@koong910]

제리골드스미스의 음악중...가장 좋아하는 음악...너무나 차이나타운 다운....

[@fenwar9060]

Possibly the most haunting and noir soundtracks ever, right next to David Raksin's Laura.

[@apollosolo1582]

Hauntingly tragic and yet so beautiful, perfectly fitting this all-time classic movie. Thanks for posting!

[@paulowainer2870]

Great composer and a great music. The most beautiful track of Jerry

[@robgallant1377]

I've never known anyone to use a harp to illustrate a story so effectively as Goldsmith does here.

[@moron1138]

1st one is just making me burst in tears

[@mmomus5863]

insane music. lush, melancholic. extremely evocative. What a great main title theme.

[@donaldleslie1145]

Goldsmith a Master of the Art of Music.

[@lesgoe8908]

Adding to the miracle -- the full score was composed, arranged, performed, and recorded in ten days.

[@justsayno1734]

My second favorite movie of all time.

[@jonnywyattgreengreen3301]

It' took Jerry goldsmith only two days to write this prefect score .

[@sportsmediaamerica]

Sounds like more legend than reality. Factoring in the details of making scoring decisions and depending on how much he contributed to the orchestrations, two days seems unrealistic.

[@Charon58]

I read 10 days to score the movie, including recording. The composer that Goldsmith replaced at the 11th hour was Phillip Lambro who called the Oscar nominated score "television music". There has probably never been a movie score that so perfectly matched the picture.

[@rovhalt6650]

2 days?? No effing way! He must've had this stored away somewhere..

[@GregVD]

The story is that Robert Evans (the producer) contract Phillip Lambro (as @Charon58 wrote) but Polanski wasn't very satisfied with the score, so he contacted with his friend and European composer, Bronislau Kaper. Finally Polanski reach an agreement with Goldsmith. Goldsmith composed this score in nine days, (its a small period of time as well) to compose this perfect score.

[@Robin-xt7yo]

10 days not two. Still, amazing and so beautiful. And Uan Rasey's haunting sexy trumpet solos...

[@TimothyStapay]

Hauntingly Beautiful! The music and the film are as one!

[@beethzart79]

Miss you Jerry! Still one of the great all-time scores.

[@laurenceesposito3393]

Absolutely wonderful and so evocative and right for the film. A work of art and Pulanski initially wanted just 30's tunes and Goldsmith said, "Give me a weekend to come up with something." And, wow, did he!!! And to think that he wrote the theme music for "Room 222!"

[@Paladin88]

Till Bronner's version on his Oceana CD is wonderful too

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

Iconic score, much in the same way his work on ALIEN was. You can’t think of the movie or experience it fully without the precise work he wrote for each respective film. True genius.

[@TheStockwell]

What impressed me about Goldsmith was his restraint. He could've easily indulged his ego and filled a film with wall-to-wall music as Korngold and others would've. Instead, he'd be handed a three-hour film like "Patton," compose forty minutes of music and call it a day. No need to compose a ton of music just because the film was a long one.

[@joen3992]

I remember hearing album on a hi-fi stereo in Eaton's...it captures the mood of the 70s..before disco. Wow!

[@michaelrichardson6051]

Uan Rasey on Trumpet. Magnificent.

[@dneiss89]

Masterpiece.

[@curiouscanadian5158]

Marco Cipriani ->>> Couldn't agree MORE !!... Seen this movie at least 100 times ( I was an "usher" in a Theatre at the time )...

[@suckstosuck999]

Jack Nicholson was great in this movie. Many kids my age don't even know who Jack Nicholson is, but he is a true artist and I love his movies. It's sad that you can't find many actors like him today.

[@jauch0]

I guess those kids aren't Lakers fans.

[@f1lipka]

Im 18 yo and I love Jack Nicholson, love Shinning, China town, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, Batman (1989)❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BoBo-ti6jh]

Don’t forget Faye Dunaway. .

[@suckstosuck999]

@@BoBo-ti6jh of course I wouldn't forget Faye Dunnaway she is up there in my favorite actors/actresses

[@jtandme-ot9cl]

He was great in "Five Easy Pieces". That was where I got hooked on his talent.

[@bootychaaaaain]

I love this

[@Beatleboylevi]

If this could be the soundtrack to my life, that would be great.

[@RonaldCharlesEpstein]

My life may not have a Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack, but Roman Polanski has never sliced my nose.

[@mobiuspaw494]

Thank you for this masterpiece that breaks my heart every time I hear that mournful trumpet. God ! 👁 love Chinatown.

[@vinceantico1028]

Haunting- a melody that remains with you

[@chrischristopoulos970]

Famous musician

[@atih.3958]

Simply magnificent

[@rivercometman1845]

Jake And Evelyn...🎼🎼🎼

[@Notivago1]

MUITO CHARMOSA E ELEGANTE COMO O PRÓPRIO JERRY, MUITO PRAZER EM OUVI-LA

[@christopherkinsinger7193]

This has been one of my very favorite Goldsmith works for years! THANK YOU, FRED for putting it here!