Track Listing

1. As Time Goes By [From Casablanca] - Elliot Carpenter, Arthur "Dooley" Wilson
2. Am I Blue/Hong Kong Blues/The Rhumba Jumps/How Little We Know [from To - Hoagy Carmichael, , Andy Williams
3. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine [From the Big Sleep] - Lauren Bacall
4. Petrified Forest
5. My Melancholy Baby/I'm Just Wild About Harry/It Had to Be You/In a ...
6. High Sierra
7. Maltese Falcon - Jo Stafford
8. Baila Bailando/Too Marvelous for Words [From Dark Passage]
9. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
10. Moanin' Low - Claire Trevor
11. African Queen
12. Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness [From Dark Victory] - Vera Van

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #249558 in Music
• Released on: 2002-08-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Import, Soundtrack

Album Description
Full title - Music From Humphrey Bogart Movies. Includes music from the classics, 'Casablanca' (1942), 'The Big Sleep' (1946), 'Key Largo' (1948), 'To Have & Have Not' (1944), 'The Petrified Forest' (1936), 'The Roaring Twenties' (1939), 'High Sierra' (1941), 'The Maltese Falcon' (1941), 'Dark Passage' (1947) & 'The African Queen' (1951). Highlights include, Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter Trio 'As Time Goes By', Andy Williams 'Little We Know' & Lauren Bacall 'And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine'. Slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews

not the stuff dreams are made of
most of the tracks on this cd are available elsewhere, but what prompts me to give this a low review is the quality of the recording. some of them sound like they were taped off of a tv set showing a warbly print. you can do better elsewhere.

Simply the original
As the previous reviewer rightly pointed out, these are the original recordings from the era the films were made. And yes, the sound is completely different from what we are used to hear when we are turning the CD player on: it's mono, it's partially unsteady and some of the pieces suddenly fade. BUT, it's the REAL thing and it transports the charms and the charisma, inherent to the original ONLY.
Those who prefer the flawless technical perfection of a re-recording better should save their money. But for those who love the movies and their genuine sound, should be perfectly pleased with this release.

Expecting too much...
Perhaps I was expecting too much - somehow I had hoped the songs on this CD would sound somewhat better than they do in the movies. They do not, and in some cases, the songs don't even sound like they're lifted from particularly pristine copies of the films. There is one song ("As Time Goes By") that stands out as higher fidelity, but it seems poorly treated with an odd reverb effect.

Of course the songs and compositions are incredible, plus many tracks include little interludes from the movies with the accompanying soundtrack, but if you're hoping for a more satisfying experience with the music than what the movies themselves offer, don't get your hopes up.