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  1. Murder by Contract is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Irving Lerner. Academy Award -nominated screenwriter Ben Maddow did uncredited work on the film. Centering on an existentialist hit man assigned to kill a woman, the film is often praised for its spare style [1] and peculiar sense of cool .

  2. Murder By Contract (1958) Composer (s): Perry Botkin Sr. (as Perry Botkin) Released in: 1958. Country: United States. Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller.

  3. Entirely unofficial. Still pretty cool though.Guitar - Perry Botkin Sr.00:04 The Executioner Theme01:27 Waltz of the Hunter02:52 Barbershop04:15 Kill Billie0...

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  4. composer: Perry Botkinfrom the movie soundtrack: Murder By Contract.

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  5. Apr 4, 2019 · Murder by Contract’s flat gray color tones (rather than noir’s typical chiaroscuro) reflect Claude’s emotional numbness. What really makes the movie a one-of-a-kind 80 minutes is the soundtrack. Consisting solely of composer Perry Botkin’s jazz guitar, it conveys the twisted and joyful flippancy Claude brings to his work. When Claude is ...

  6. The music is pretty terrific, a kind of 1950s electric guitar ambiance ahead of its time. In fact, much of the movie is forward thinking out of desperation to make it cohere and succeed without any money.

  7. Oct 1, 2007 · Scorsese says he recalled Perry Botkin's potent music for Murder by Contract a single guitar, which Botkin played, redolent with hints of '50s Italo-pop and Anton Karas's zither music for The Third Man (1949).

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