The movie is about a trumpet player and Maynard Ferguson was brought on board to supply the trumpet playing. You hear him almost immediately, after a delicate synth intro to "Seascape". He sounds great and it's a really nice piece, romantic and sad and ethereal.

Violins playing classical music start off "Evening Concert", soon joined by Ferguson playing an impressive staccato trumpet part. Then Ferguson makes the instrument squeal and a jazz band come barreling in for an up-tempo swing tune which, of course, features the trumpet. The classical strings pop back in for a moment but it's really the jazz band's cue.

"Fire Tragedy" starts with somber long tones from trumpet and is an elegiac-sounding piece, atmospheric and quietly assertive. A laidback, bluesy groove appears and Ferguson plays some beautiful trumpet lines.

Flutes start off "Alone Again", which sounds like conventional dramatic underscore but then the attention shifts to delicate saxophone and piano statements before returning to the flutes.

Ferguson then plays trumpet with mute for "Return to the Sea", which has a restrained setting for his soloing, which builds gradually until the mute comes out and the trumpet gets to soar. It ends with a dreamy and melancholy piano solo.

The main theme, "Uncle Joe", is a change of pace, kind of like big-band disco but of course with Ferguson taking the lead and playing a ton of great trumpet. It's got that high-energy triumphant feel that Conti's Rocky music had. There's also some great alto sax playing.

The remaining three tracks on the album are source music for "'Goose's Club' Scenes" performed by an impressive band: Anthony Ortega on tenor sax, Al Aarons on trumpet, Mike Melvoin on piano, Dan Ferguson on guitar, Chuck Berghoffer on bass and Steve Schaeffer on drums.

"Hot Nights" is kind of fusiony disco lounge jazz, "The Goose" is up-tempo bop with great electric piano playing and "Hard Time" is slightly less up modern jazz with walking bass.