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So Robert Evans let spill in an interview ages ago that Ralph Burns composed and/or adapted a score for (at least) the source music that Evans tossed out, for which he hired Bob Wilber to replace.
And there's also lots of source music that never made it onto the LP, including the unforgettable Sydney Goldsmith squealing "Struttin' wit' Some Barbecue".
Aah, if only we could hear both scores, and not just the notes that were needed onscreen.....
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I'd be happy if we could just have the complete John Barry score released.
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I'd be happy if we could just have the complete John Barry score released.
I would too, but I love the lp/cd we have. It's a real guilty pleasure of mine.
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"MINNIE THE MOOCHER" alone makes this an indispensable cd.
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And there's also lots of source music that never made it onto the LP, including the unforgettable Sydney Goldsmith squealing "Struttin' wit' Some Barbecue".
I was wrong. It was "Barbecue Bess".
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I enjoyed the Wilber versions of the tunes and I think I now know why.
I recently heard the Ellington recording of "Ring Dem Bells"
(#46, here: https://archive.org/details/V-discs1-991943-1944)
The Wilber versions seem to have made special efforts to copy EXACTLY the vintage performances. It's pretty amazing.
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Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks did tracks for THE COTTON CLUB, as they did for THE AVIATOR.
Hmmm. They're not credited on the LP, as I recall.
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You know, I hounded the labels about CAGED and we finally got it.
Now, I'm going to campaign relentlessly*, until we get the COTTON CLUB source music, both versions.
*Once a year! 
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I read the section of Bob Wilbur's autobiography about the Cotton Club. He really wanted to do the entire score, but noted how they weren't going to do that due to his inexperience in film. He wrote they brought Barry in to compose the score and oversee everything, and that Wilbur learned from that experience.
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Surely, there's an album's worth of Barry score that could be released?
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Surely, there's an album's worth of Barry score that could be released?
Exactly. When it comes to this score surely the unreleased Barry portion would be the one people are interested in? The two tracks released are sublime and for me the only 'takeaway' from the album.
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Guys, this is a discussion of the source music, not Barry's score.
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You're quite right. Carry on ....
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I read the section of Bob Wilbur's autobiography about the Cotton Club. He really wanted to do the entire score, but noted how they weren't going to do that due to his inexperience in film.
I got this book from the library because you mentioned it here. It was VERY interesting. Thanks for posting the info, VG!
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Please release the unused source music when they re-release the film!!!
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