We would appreciate any additions to sheet music by DAVID RAKSIN not included in this post.
All images courtesy of the collection of RICHARD KRAFT except where noted.
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Love is for the Very Young- Theme of)
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Love is for the Very Young- Theme of) Note: Cover Variation
BEN CASEY (Theme from) Note TV Theme
FALLEN ANGEL (Slowly) lyrics by Kermit Goell
LAURA lyrics by Johnny Mercer Note: Hal McIntyer Cover
LAURA lyrics by Johnny Mercer Note: Woody Herman Cover
AURA lyrics by Johnny Mercer Note: Tommy Dorsey Cover
SYLVIA lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
SYLVIA lyrics by Paul Francis Webster Note: British Cover
UNTIL THEY SAIL lyrics by Sammy Cahn
THE TIMELESS MELODIES OF DAVID RAKSIN Note: Music Book Contains: I wish -- Slowly -- Laura -- Laura : piano solo -- My love and I -- Will you be my valentine -- Suddenly -- Song of the wind -- If you remember me -- You can't go home again -- Lonely rider -- Sylvia -- Fall in love -- How shall we begin -- Mother & Father waltzing -- Tell me that you love me -- Tchaikovski at twilight -- A song after sundown -- That's loneliness -- Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing here -- Love is for the very young : piano solo -- The bad & the beautiful -- Mirror, mirror, mirror -- Woodpecker waltz.
I love most of those films!! "The Bad and the Beautiful" was soap, purely and simply, but enjoyable nevertheless. Kirk Douglas is always a ham. "Love is for the very young". That makes me laugh heartily. A bit like "love means never having to say you're sorry"?
One thing about being older (cough) is that you realize the capacity to fall in love is just as strong as it was when you were 18 - rather alarmingly!!!
"Love is for the Very Young" was Raksin's own title for his piece - when Dory Langdon Previn later wrote lyrics for it, she retitled the song "The Bad and the Beautiful." It's a very nice lyric, with a distinctly world-weary bent to it, though I still prefer thinking of it as a wordless "siren song," as Raksin had originally written it.
"Love is for the Very Young" was Raksin's own title for his piece - when Dory Langdon Previn later wrote lyrics for it, she retitled the song "The Bad and the Beautiful." It's a very nice lyric, with a distinctly world-weary bent to it, though I still prefer thinking of it as a wordless "siren song," as Raksin had originally written it.
Well, I didn't know that. Thanks for the information!
It is also interesting how many variations there are to something like LAURA featuring covers using photos of various band leaders like Tommy Dorsey and Woody Herman.
Definitely film music promotion from another area. And undoubtedly a contributing factor to the enduring popularity of a film theme from 69 years ago.
We continue our series of sheet music covers with the works of DAVID RAKSIN.
THE TIMELESS MELODIES OF DAVID RAKSIN Note: Music Book Contains: I wish -- Slowly -- Laura -- Laura : piano solo -- My love and I -- Will you be my valentine -- Suddenly -- Song of the wind -- If you remember me -- You can't go home again -- Lonely rider -- Sylvia -- Fall in love -- How shall we begin -- Mother & Father waltzing -- Tell me that you love me -- Tchaikovski at twilight -- A song after sundown -- That's loneliness -- Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing here -- Love is for the very young : piano solo -- The bad & the beautiful -- Mirror, mirror, mirror -- Woodpecker waltz.
Anybody know why "Forever Amber" was not included in the "Timeless Melodies of DR" book?
