"HELL TO ETERNITY" O.S.T. Leith Stevens LP NM/EX Stereo 1961
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Description
The Film
Title: Hell to Eternity
Year: 1960
Director: Phil Karlson
Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen, Vic Damone, Patricia Owens, Sessue Hayakawa, Richard Loo.
Based on the true story of Marine hero Guy Gabaldon, a Mexican-American who fought in Saipan and persuaded over 1,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians to surrender.
🎶 The Music
Composer: Leith Stevens (known for War of the Worlds, The Wild One, Destination Moon).
Score blends martial orchestral power with reflective, tragic cues highlighting the human cost of war.
Strong use of brass and percussion in battle sequences; tender string writing in personal moments.
Leith Stevens Biography by Jason Ankeny
Film and television composer Leith Stevens remains best known for his score to the Marlon Brando classic The Wild One. Born in Mount Moriah, Missouri on September 13, 1909, Stevens was a child prodigy who by the age of 11 was playing professionally behind Kansas City-area vocalists, making his debut as conductor by 16. Awarded a Julliard Foundation Fellowship in 1927, he relocated three years later to serve as the pianist with the Chicago Opera Company before returning to New York City to work as an arranger with CBS Radio. Stevens migrated to Hollywood in 1939 to compose and conduct the score for the Edward G. Robinson radio series Big Town, and three years later he completed his first film score for the RKO production Syncopation. During World War II he directed radio programming for the U.S. Office of War Information; upon returning to Hollywood he helped form the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America, serving as the organization's president for eight years. Although his film commissions included uncredited contributions to big-budget productions like the 1946 perennial It's a Wonderful Life and 1953's The War of the Worlds, Stevens did his finest work in low-budget B-pictures, infusing little-seen film noirs like Crashout and Private Hell 36 with percussive, bebop-influenced scores that preceded the jazz innovations of better-known Hollywood composers like Henry Mancini and Elmer Bernstein by some months -- likewise, his jazz score for 1953's The Wild One (performed by Shorty Rogers) combined with Brando's landmark performance, earned him the enmity of conservative watchdogs. In 1956 Stevens earned his first Academy Award nomination for writing the title theme to the film Julie; he was also nominated in 1959 for his work on The Five Pennies, and again in 1963 for A New Kind of Love. He also worked in television, scoring Lost in Space and several seasons of Mission: Impossible, and additionally headlined a pair of LPs: the Coral label release Jazz Themes for Cops and Robbers and Exploring the Unknown. Stevens was working as the musical director at Universal at the time of his death on July 23, 1970 -- his wife was killed in an auto accident earlier that same day, and after notifying friends and family of her death, he suffered his own fatal heart attack.
Leith Stevens – Hell To Eternity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label:
Warwick – W 2030-ST
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:
US
Released:
1961
Genre:
Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style:
Score
A1 Iron Petticoat 3:24
A2 Bright Boot 2:06
A3 Last Leave 2:49
A4 Hey, Honey, Go! Go! Go! 4:00
A5 Here, Chick Chick Chick 1:30
A6 Two Down And One To Go 2:05
B1 Three Quarts 1:22
B2 On The Double 1:01
B3 This Is The Place 2:52
B4 Famika 2:20
B5 Pete's Theme 1:07
B6 Little Girl 3:55
GOLDMINE GRADING
MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.
NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.
VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.
VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.
GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.
POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.
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