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Undercover Blues
I love Trouble
Honeymoon in Vegas
The Marrying Man
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Jeff (aka Nowhere Man):
I liked Mark Isham's soundtrack for "42" a lot -- in fact I liked it more than any of his scores I had heard in years, and if I buy the film on Blu-ray, which I've been tempted to do, the music will be a factor in that decision.
Did you see what I wrote you on June 20th? I kinda got carried away!
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'Girl From UNCLE' is fun, jazzy, period goodness fron Dave Grusin.
Bill Conti's 'Neighbors' is so aggresively wacky it's almost an example of how not to score comedy (it works better in the movie than by itself).
Tootsie, 9-5, Stripes.
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Youv may want to try some of these scores
FLIC OU VOYOU/LE GUIGNOLO - Philippe Sarde - available on Universal France
FANTOMAS - Michel Magne - available on Universal France
The PINK PANTHER film scores by Henry Mancini - a no-brainer really
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE - Christopher Young
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - John Williams - great jazzy theme!
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Don't forget Dudley Moore's 'Bedazzled'.
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Jeff/Nowhere Man:
Can you receive music by email? If so, I could send you a few samples, which may help you decide if you like something enough to buy the whole thing. Let me know.
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Jeff: Are you familiar with Hefti's soundtrack for "Harlow"? A friend was weeding out some of his soundtrack LPs a number of years ago and that was one that I took. And how about the soundtrack for "Barefoot In The Park"? It was very bouncy and Hefti-like. Wait ... I just looked it up and it WAS by Neil Hefti! It's so perfect for that very cute movie, based on a Neil Simon play.
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I'll have to add my vote in Morricone's column.
Neal Hefti was the go-to composer in the swingin' 60's for a hip, tuneful, catchy score for a breezy comedy.
HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (my favorite)
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
BOEING BOEING
OH DAD, POOR DAD....
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL
...even HARLOW has many Hefti-composed gems.
In the early 60s, Neal Hefti also released a super LP of his pop compositions in a similar vein:
L'IL DARLIN" (20th Century-Fox TFM-3139/TFS-4139) (Hard to find!!)
You can sample the first 45 sec. of the cues at:
http://nealhefti.com/lil-darlin
It was later reissued as a "budget" release (Easier to find) as:
THE LEISURELY LOVELINESS OF NEAL HEFTI (Movietone MTM-2006(?)/MTS-2006)
http://www.amazon.com/Leisurely-Loveliness-Hefti-Orchestra-Vinyl/dp/B0016ZX50K
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This topic had me listening to Neal Hefti for a couple of hours last night.
Don't forget:
THE ODD COUPLE
LORD LOVE A DUCK (an odd duck of a score, but fun)
Ron Burbella
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This topic had me listening to Neal Hefti for a couple of hours last night.
Don't forget:
THE ODD COUPLE
LORD LOVE A DUCK (an odd duck of a score, but fun)
Ron Burbella
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In the comedy vein, one of my favorites is Waxman's A HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT, a score which takes a wonderfully high-class look at some lowbrow cliches. It's a truly wonderfully score that takes some truly classic film score approaches, yet tempers them with the style of cartoon scoring. This is really one of the first scores I can think of which self-parodies Hollywood film scoring. A masterstroke.
On the jazz side, Ronald Stein's DIAL 911 is one of the coolest scores I've heard.
I'm sure I'll be re-posting very soon, listing other things, but these were the first things that came to mind.
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Ron Burbella: Re: I'll have to add my vote in Morricone's column.
Neal Hefti was the go-to composer in the swingin' 60's for a hip, tuneful, catchy score for a breezy comedy.
HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (my favorite)
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
BOEING BOEING
OH DAD, POOR DAD....
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL
...even HARLOW has many Hefti-composed gems.
In the early 60s, Neal Hefti also released a super LP of his pop compositions in a similar vein:
L'IL DARLIN" (20th Century-Fox TFM-3139/TFS-4139) (Hard to find!!)
You can sample the first 45 sec. of the cues at:
http://nealhefti.com/lil-darlin
It was later reissued as a "budget" release (Easier to find) as:
THE LEISURELY LOVELINESS OF NEAL HEFTI (Movietone MTM-2006(?)/MTS-2006)
http://www.amazon.com/Leisurely-Loveliness-Hefti-Orchestra-Vinyl/dp/B0016ZX50K
I had mentioned Hefti and his music for "Harlow" and "Barefoot In The Park" a couple of days ago. Have both on LP, which I never play anymore, and would love to have "Barefoot" on CD!
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Posted: Jul 2, 2014 - 2:19 AM
By: Ron Hardcastle (Member)
I had mentioned Hefti and his music for "Harlow" and "Barefoot In The Park" a couple of days ago. Have both on LP, which I never play anymore, and would love to have "Barefoot" on CD!
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Hey Ron,
As one senior Ron to another, I have BAREFOOT IN THE PARK and THE ODD COUPLE digitized from the LPs and can send them to you. Send me your mailing address privately and I'll send you a CDR.
Ron Burbella
BurbellaRon at cs dot com
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