Music from Odds Against Tomorrow (also released as Patterns) is an album by American jazz group the Modern Jazz Quartet featuring interpretations of the soundtrack score for the 1959 motion picture Odds Against Tomorrow.
Although he had already written music for No Sun in Venice, this was the first time Lewis—given early 16 mm film proofs—composed along the story-line rather than delivering “a set of isolated pieces”.
[4] Gunther Schuller, who organized the orchestra for the original soundtrack recordings, noticed that “it can serve its purpose in the film.
But it can also stand as absolute music apart from the original situation.”[4] The Allmusic review states "all of the selections have their memorable moments and it is good to hear this classic unit playing such fresh material".
[1] All compositions by John Lewis Kenny Clarke, Mickey Roker, Albert Heath