Tracklist

1	GÉNÉRIQUE	2:50
2	L’ASSASSINAT DE CARALA	2:12
3	SUR L’AUTOROUTE	2:20
4	JULIEN DANS L’ASCENSEUR	0:09
5	FLORENCE SUR LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES	2:53
6	DÎNER AU MOTEL	3:59
7	EVASION DE JULIEN	0:55
8	VISITE DU VIGILE	2:06
9	AU BAR DU PETIT BAC	2:54
10	CHEZ LE PHOTOGRAPHE DU MOTEL	3:58
11	ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET	9:51
12	FRAN-DANCE	5:52
13	STELLA BY STARLIGHT	4:46
14	TAKE OFF	3:43
15	LAZY SUSAN	4:06
16	THE LEAP	4:35
17	WELL YOU NEEDN’T	5:27
18	WEIRDO	4:46
19	IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND	4:05

Notes

Louis Malle’s "Ascenseur pour l’échafaud" wasn’t the first film to use a jazz soundtrack or to feature jazz musicians, but it was the first to show an absolute integration of jazz music into a feature film whose story had nothing to do with jazz or even with music itself. Miles Davis’ improvisations fit the dark atmosphere of the film perfectly.

The soundtrack, presented here in its entirety, was first issued in France as a 10” LP on Fontana 660.213MR. The three tracks that follow were added to the American 12” LP edition of the soundtrack, Jazz Track (Columbia CL-1268), and feature Miles Davis’ 1958 sextet, the same group that would tape the immortal "Kind of Blue" in 1959. A complete quartet session by
Miles has been added as a bonus.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8436569190128

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
660.213 MR	Miles Davis	Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud ‎(10", Album)	Fontana	660.213 MR	France	1958
9788498154283	Miles Davis	Ascensor Para El Cadalso ‎(CD, Ltd, RE, Boo)	Universal Music Spain S.L.	9788498154283	Spain	2007
CDJ002	Miles Davis	Ascensore Per Il Patibolo - Colonna Sonora Originale ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Corriere Della Sera	CDJ002	Italy	2002
WLV82099	Miles Davis	Lift To The Scaffold - Original Soundtrack ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Wax Love Records	WLV82099	Europe	2018
BT-5315(M)	Miles Davis	Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Philips	BT-5315(M)	Japan	1979