David Amram is an American composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and author. He has worked with virtually every Jazz great, as well as with composers such as Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copeland; he has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works, operas, and scores for both Broadway and movies such as The Manchurian Candidate. His commentaries about these Mr. FAT-W- restored Soundies are fascinating.