On The Waterfront
Original Soundtrack

Soundtrack Factory pesents On the Waterfront Original Soundtrack (CD). While the original soundtrack, included here in its entirety, was conducted by Morris Stoloff, Bernstein’s own version of his Suite on the film’s music, recorded in 1960 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, has been added as a bonus.

A 1954 American crime drama film directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg, On the Waterfront stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and, in her film debut, Eva Marie Saint. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard Bernstein in his second Hollywood experience after writing part of the music for On the Town in 1949.

'On the Waterfront' was a critical and commercial success and received twelve Academy Award nominations, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, and Best Director for Kazan. In 1997 it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the eighth-greatest American movie of all time and in AFI’s 2007 list it was ranked 19th. It is Bernstein’s only original film score not adapted from a stage production with songs.

While the original soundtrack, included here in its entirety, was conducted by Morris Stoloff, Bernstein’s own version of his Suite on the film’s music, recorded in 1960 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, has been added as a bonus.

Music composed by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
The Columbia Pictures Orchestra conducted by MORRIS STOLOFF
Including Leonard Bernstein on piano on track 7.

Recorded at Columbia Pictures Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, April 24, 27 & 28, 1954.

Bonus Tracks: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront
New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN.
Recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, late 1960.