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Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: Movie Title Ballads    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2       Last Post   Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 9:49 PM     By:   dan the man   (Member) Of the hundreds of thousands of feature length films made worldwide over the past 80 years their have been thousands of songs[non musicals] which have been sung on the soundtracks of films, many during opening credits and many indeed very pretty.As many of you know in recent decades the songs will be sung during end credits more often then opening credits or in other parts of the film.    Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 10:09 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) BLOWING WILD (1953) - Frankie Laine THE LIQUIDATOR (1966) - Shirley Bassey I wonder how many of the western movie ballads Laine performed originally, which he very effectively lampooned later in "Blazing Saddles"? BLOWING WILD wasn't a western, being set in South America during the 1930s. But Frankie Laine did sing the title songs for these westerns: MAN WITHOUT A STAR (1955) - words and music by Arnold Hughes and Frederick Herbert GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL (1957) - music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington 3:10 TO YUMA (1957) - words and music by Ned Washington and George Duning BULLWHIP (1958) - music and lyrics by Hal Hopper and James Griffith    Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 10:11 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR ["The Windmills of Your Mind"] (1968) - Noel Harrison A MAN CALLED DAGGER (1967) - Maureen Arthur SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (1964) - Fran Jeffries WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? (1965) - Tom Jones VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) - Dory Previn TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967) - Lulu THREE BITES OF THE APPLE ["In The Garden - Under The Tree"] (1967) - David McCallum IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) - Ray Charles THE CINCINNATI KID (1965) - Ray Charles BUONA SERA, MRS. CAMPBELL (1969) - Jimmy Roselli I'LL TAKE SWEDEN (1965) - Frankie Avalon PENELOPE (1966) - The Pennypipers WHERE THE BOYS ARE (1960) - Connie Francis    Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 10:59 PM     By:   Ray Worley   (Member) As many of you know in recent decades the songs will be sung during end credits more often then opening credits or in other parts of the film. And a sad state of affairs it is too. I really miss the opening main title sequence. So much so, that it almost brings tears to my eyes when a current movie opens with a really well-done credit sequence. Most recently, OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL and THE TO-DO LIST come to mind. I really hate that most movies today open with just the title or worse yet, go right into the story after the studio logo with out even mentioning the name of the film. Sorry, my rant got me off the topic of songs. For my two cents, I also love the version of EL DORADO in the film. And the paintings behind the credits are pretty great too. It's too bad the soundtrack is a re-recording of mostly pop versions of the themes and the vocal is reduced to a fairly insipid choral version. Since it was never released on CD maybe there will be real soundtrack someday? I made a CDR from my LP and added the title song taken off the DVD.    Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 11:05 PM     By:   samloomis   (Member) Two beautiful title songs from two Douglas Sirk movies: "Written on the Wind" (Victor Young & Sammy Cahn) sung by The Four Aces; "Imitation of Life" (Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster) sung by Earl Grant.    Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 11:18 PM     By:   Ray Worley   (Member) BLOWING WILD (1953) - Frankie Laine THE LIQUIDATOR (1966) - Shirley Bassey I wonder how many of the western movie ballads Laine performed originally, which he very effectively lampooned later in "Blazing Saddles"? Actually, I heard that Frankie Laine had no idea he was singing a parody song. That's why it works so well. Here's some info from imdb, although I have no idea if this is apocryphal or not. The source is Mel Brooks after all, who sometimes didn't let the truth get in the way of a good story. "The film's title song "Blazing Saddles" was sung by popular fifties singer Frankie Laine. Brooks had taken out an ad in the show biz trade papers looking for "a Frankie Laine type." He was happily surprised when, two days later, Frankie Laine himself showed up in his casting office at Warner Brothers. Brooks hired Laine on the spot, but he never told him he was singing the title song of a comedy film, a parody. He was afraid that if he told Laine, he would lose the conviction in his singing voice. "    Posted:   Aug 16, 2013 - 11:50 PM     By:   .   (Member) "The film's title song "Blazing Saddles" was sung by popular fifties singer Frankie Laine. Brooks had taken out an ad in the show biz trade papers looking for "a Frankie Laine type." He was happily surprised when, two days later, Frankie Laine himself showed up in his casting office at Warner Brothers. Brooks hired Laine on the spot, but he never told him he was singing the title song of a comedy film, a parody. He was afraid that if he told Laine, he would lose the conviction in his singing voice. " To believe that fine tale, one would have to believe Laine didn't have an agent and was desperate enough for work to show up at a casting office unannounced in response to a newspaper ad, and that he was an absolute dunce who didn't have the wits to realize that the lyrics + Mel Brooks = comedy. Anyway, the lyrics to his song "Bowie Knife" are funnier... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_bcGgInJ4E    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 12:20 AM     By:   SchiffyM   (Member) To believe that fine tale, one would have to believe Laine didn't have an agent and was desperate enough for work to show up at a casting office unannounced in response to a newspaper ad, and that he was an absolute dunce who didn't have the wits to realize that the lyrics + Mel Brooks = comedy. Indeed. And that Brooks thought Laine such an amateur that he wouldn't be able to belt the song out had he known its true purpose.    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 12:27 AM     By:   Sigerson Holmes   (Member) The song is, of course, all the greater (and funnier) knowing that Laine is "playing it straight."    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 6:57 AM     By:   George Komar   (Member) For my two cents, I also love the version of EL DORADO in the film. And the paintings behind the credits are pretty great too. It's too bad the soundtrack is a re-recording of mostly pop versions of the themes and the vocal is reduced to a fairly insipid choral version. The LP choral studio version -- slowed down to last as long as the film's Main Title (about 2:25) -- omits the final one-third of the Main Title song! The LP is only 25 minutes long and Riddle didn't bother to record the whole song!! Aaargh! I hope that Paramount still has the George Alexander original in its vaults. Intrada?    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 8:31 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) does ole turkey buzzard count from mckenna? wednesdays child from quiller?    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 11:01 AM     By:   George Komar   (Member) Extraordinary that there's been no mention of 3:10 to Yuma, or Gunfight at the OK Corral yet. Yes! What an extraordinary release a compilation of all these western Main Title ballads would make. Of course, given clearance rights, it will never happen. The next best thing would be to have legitimate individual CD releases of the scores available, from which one could create one's own assembly.    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 11:45 AM     By:   CindyLover   (Member) Does this count? "And the lady followed him..."    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 5:42 PM     By:   manderley   (Member) Here are a few more I've recalled..... BAND OF ANGELS - chorus SUMMER MAGIC - Dorothy McGuire (Marilyn Hooven) THIS HAPPY FEELING - Debbie Reynolds (It's a) WOMAN'S WORLD - The Four Aces BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE - Mario Lanza THESE THOUSAND HILLS - Randy Sparks LOVER COME BACK - Doris Day I'LL CRY TOMORROW - Susan Hayward LET'S MAKE LOVE - Marilyn Monroe RIVER OF NO RETURN - Tennessee Ernie Ford THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS - Mario Lanza YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM IT - The Four Aces FROM HERE TO ETERNITY - Frank Sinatra TEACHER'S PET - Doris Day WILD IS THE WIND - Johnny Mathis DIAMOND HEAD - James Darren STRANGE LADY IN TOWN - Frankie Laine SONG OF THE SOUTH - chorus PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES - Doris Day THE FRENCH LINE - chorus SADDLE THE WIND - Julie London DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES - chorus SERENADE - Mario Lanza LOVE ME TENDER - Elvis Presley FOLLOW THE BOYS - Connie Francis NOT AS A STRANGER - Frank Sinatra DADDY LONG LEGS - chorus LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME - Doris Day ATHENA - chorus GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH, THE - Betty Hutton BERNARDINE - Pat Boone ALICE IN WONDERLAND - chorus GIDGET - James Darren DEAR HEART - chorus CHINA GATE - Nat King Cole BUNDLE OF JOY - Eddie Fisher SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME - Perry Como PILLOW TALK - Doris Day SEPARATE TABLES - Vic Damone SEVEN HILLS OF ROME - Mario Lanza SO THIS IS PARIS - chorus BERNARDINE - Pat Boone SUSAN SLEPT HERE - chorus MARDI GRAS - Pat Boone THE MATING GAME - Debbie Reynolds SAY ONE FOR ME - Bing Crosby    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 7:01 PM     By:   gsteven   (Member) HOME BEFORE DARK RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE "The Wonderful Season of Love" JOY IN THE MORNING THE GREEN BERETS    Posted:   Aug 17, 2013 - 8:47 PM     By:   Ray Worley   (Member) For my two cents, I also love the version of EL DORADO in the film. And the paintings behind the credits are pretty great too. It's too bad the soundtrack is a re-recording of mostly pop versions of the themes and the vocal is reduced to a fairly insipid choral version. The LP choral studio version -- slowed down to last as long as the film's Main Title (about 2:25) -- omits the final one-third of the Main Title song! The LP is only 25 minutes long and Riddle didn't bother to record the whole song!! Aaargh! I hope that Paramount still has the George Alexander original in its vaults. Intrada? The rights to EL DORADO along with other unreleased great John Wayne scores, like MCCLINTOK!, are probably caught up in Batjac hell. There has been some movement since the death of Michael Wayne (I understand he was absolutely impossible to deal with regarding music and DVD rights), but there are still things that there has been no news about. Hopefully, someone is working with Batjac to remedy this.    Posted:   Aug 18, 2013 - 12:42 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) The rights to EL DORADO along with other unreleased great John Wayne scores, like MCLINTOcK!, are probably caught up in Batjac hell. As near as I can determine, Batjac had no involvement in EL DORADO. The film was solely produced and originally copyrighted by Laurel Productions, which was a Howard Hawks production company. When the copyright to the film was renewed in 1994, Paramount Pictures and Laurel Productions became co-claimants of the copyright.    Posted:   Aug 18, 2013 - 2:34 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Manderley, that would make a good CDR compilation!!!    Posted:   Aug 19, 2013 - 12:18 AM     By:   manderley   (Member) Manderley, that would make a good CDR compilation!!! Add my two posts together and you've got a 2 or 3 CD set!!! But you'll have to add a few more that others have also listed, to make it most complete, and then be sure not to forget..... DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER RETURN TO PARADISE WHERE LOVE HAS GONE POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE BACHELOR IN PARADISE (.....There are still probably 20-25 more we're forgetting.....)     General Discussion: Movie Title Ballads    << < 1 2  >   Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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