The Aviator [Original Soundtrack] (CD, Dec-2004, Sony Music Distribution (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	827969362822
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2004
Record Label:	Sony Music Distribution (USA)
Genre:	Film Composers, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Shake That Thing
2. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
3. Somebody Stole My Gal
4. Fireworks
5. Yellow Dog Blues
6. Thanks
7. Happy Feet
8. After You've Gone
9. Moonglow
10. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
11. Ain't Cha Glad
12. Nightmare
13. Stardust
14. Do I Worry?
15. I'll Be Seeing You
16. Back Beat Boogie
17. Moonlight Serenade
18. Howard Hughes

Details
Producer:	Martin Scorsese, Randall Poster
Distributor:	Sony Music Distribution (
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
For his film about the early career of Howard Hughes, legendary director Martin Scorcese (famed for his excellent use of music in movies) wisely chose to use period material. Thus, the soundtrack of THE AVIATOR is occupied both by recordings from the late 1920s-early '40s, and by contemporary versions of songs from that era, done in the style of the day. In lesser hands, such an undertaking could have been a crass, mismatched train wreck, but THE AVIATOR album segues with almost shocking ease between the two.Vince Giordano & his Nighthawks Orchestra, a NYC-based early-jazz revival band, contribute a number of pre-swing jazz instrumentals, and as things progress chronologically, the swing sounds of Benny Goodman ("Moonglow") and Glenn Miller ("Moonlight Serenade") creep in. Along the way, the Wainwright family represents surprisingly well, with a track each from Loudon, Rufus, and Martha, and even David Johansen gets in on the act (not a shock, considering his penchant for covering pre-rock material). Things close appropriately with blues giant Leadbelly singing "Howard Hughes," a musical tribute to THE AVIATOR himself.