Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One

Reception

Billboard chose the album as their 'Soundtrack Spotlight' in their November 6, 1965 issue and wrote that "Getz's alto sax conjures up the feeling of a big city and the loneliness, excitement, despair, and frustrations of those who live in it. The tension mounts in the score as in the film".

Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that Getz was "well-prepared for the demanding task of soloing atop expansive movie soundtrack charts...Amidst Sauter's kaleidoscopic and mercurial backdrop, Getz offers up a fine mix of fluid improvisation and solo commentary. Never overpowered by the, at times, monumental full-band outbursts, Getz is able to remain poised and even break through the walls of sound with vigorous yet cogent statements of his own".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Sauter.

1. "Once Upon a Time" – 3:58
2. "Mickey's Theme" – 2:22
3. "On Stage (I'm a Polack Noel Coward)"/"Mickey's Flight"/"The Crushout (Total Death)" – 3:00
4. "Is There Any Word From the Lord?"/"Up From Limbo"/"If You Ever Need Me"/"A Taste of Living"/"Shaley's Neighborhood Sewer & The Pickle Club Rock"/"The Agent"/"The Stripper" – 10:48
5. "The Sucubba" – 3:28
6. "Mickey Polka" – 0:54
7. "Where I Live"/"The Apartment"/"Cleaning Up For Jenny"/"The Polish Landlady" – 2:28
8. "I Put My Life In Your Hands"/"A Girl Named Jenny" – 3:40
9. "YES – The Creature Machine"/"Guilty of Not Being Innocent"/"Touching In Love"/"A Five Day Life"/"The Syndicate"/"Ruby Lapp Is Dead"/"(Going To) Who Owns Me"/"The Big Fight"/"Darkness Before the Day" – 11:34
10. "Morning Ecstasy (Under the Scaffold)" – 0:50
11. "As Long As I Live" – 2:06
12. "Is There Any Word? So This Is the Word" – 1:53