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 Posted:   Jun 17, 2015 - 1:40 PM   
 By:   morrifan   (Member)

Examples that qualify:
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN qualifies because all of its songs are NOT written for the film (they were Freed songs written way-back-when).


Brown & Freed wrote one original song for the film, "Make 'Em Laugh", even though it was virtually a remake of Porter's "Be A Clown" (both musically and lyrically)

 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2015 - 2:47 PM   
 By:   gsteven   (Member)

I've often thought of Alfred Newman as one of the foremost promoters of the great American song repertoire, not just for his work on film musicals, but his use of popular music in dramatic films. A few examples:
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
WILSON
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN

 
 Posted:   Jul 6, 2015 - 4:42 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

It looks like the majority of the songs for HIT THE DECK are from the 1927 show, so it must be disqualified:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048171/soundtrack


But THE DOLLY SISTERS makes it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037651/soundtrack

 
 Posted:   Feb 9, 2017 - 3:46 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

I'm going to include HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE, since it has a raft of GAS songs, even if they are not all sung.

http://filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/173/How-to-Marry-a-Millionaire/

 
 Posted:   Feb 14, 2017 - 6:41 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

I'm thinking that THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? qualifies for this list, even if it's more like"The Great Johnny Green Songbook"*.

*(Which qualifies him to be in this thread, too, by the by, since he got royalties from every tune of his he used: http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=116719&forumID=1&archive=0)

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 9:30 AM   
 By:   Preston Neal Jones   (Member)

As to David Raksin's SHOCKING credit, I believe he also arranged, without screen credit, "On The Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe" in THE HARVEY GIRLS, (w/vocal arrangement, I thnk, from Kay Thompspn).

 
 Posted:   Apr 7, 2018 - 6:12 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Must add HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1942) to this list, as it has lots of songs but only one new one (by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon) in it.

But what a song!


 
 
 Posted:   Apr 8, 2018 - 2:31 AM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

The 1953 version of THE JAZZ SINGER, starring Danny Thomas, includes the following songs:

"Living the Life I Love," "I Hear the Music Now," "What Are New Yorkers Made Of" and "Lu Lulla Lu (Hush-a-Bye)," music and lyrics by Sammy Fain and Jerry Seelen
"Lover," music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
"Just One of Those Things," music and lyrics by Cole Porter
"I'll String Along with You," music and lyrics by Al Dubin and Harry Warren
"The Birth of the Blues," music and lyrics by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
"This Is a Very Special Day," music and lyrics by Peggy Lee

 
 Posted:   Apr 8, 2018 - 4:03 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Nice addition, Bob.

 
 Posted:   Jul 18, 2020 - 5:41 PM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

https://i.etsystatic.com/6056377/r/il/bc8e01/456049021/il_570xN.456049021_56l4.jpg

It looks like TENDER IS THE NIGHT has a big pile of non-Herrmann songs from the 1920's.

 
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