Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition release - two world premiere scores on one CD and classic Jerry Lewis double bill:
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET Composed and Conducted by Leigh Harline
and
THE DELICATE DELINQUENT Composed and Conducted by Buddy Bregman
It’s hard to imagine just how popular Martin and Lewis were back in the day, but they were as big as it got, in both personal appearances and all their films together. But it all ended in 1956 with the pair’s final film for Paramount, Hollywood or Bust. Lewis stayed at Paramount and began making solo pictures. Within a short time, he became Paramount’s biggest star.
Visit to a Small Planet began life as a television play by Gore Vidal and then Vidal adapted it for the Broadway stage. The play was a hit, and Paramount bought the rights, turning it into a vehicle that was specifically tailored to Jerry Lewis and jettisoning a good deal of the Vidal play in the process. Appearing alongside Lewis was a terrific supporting cast, including Fred Clark, John Williams, Joan Blackman, Gale Gordon and Earl Holliman.
Visit to a Small Planet was yet another solo hit for Lewis. Aiding Lewis immeasurably in his hijinks is the delightful score by Leigh Harline. Harline’s score for Visit to a Small Planet is a treasure, beginning with a melodic seven-note main theme that is impossible to get out of one’s head once it’s been heard. Harline makes liberal use of the Theremin and keeps the comedy in the film plowing forward with his clever and infectious musical hijinks. There are a few nice source music cues, too, and the whole thing adds up to an entertaining and buoyant score.
The Delicate Delinquent was originally meant to be the Martin and Lewis follow-up to Hollywood or Bust, but when the partnership went bust the film was quickly retooled as a solo vehicle for Lewis, with the Martin role going to actor Darren McGavin. The scoring assignment fell to someone relatively new to film composition, a young wunderkind named Buddy Bregman. Bregman’s score for The Delicate Delinquent is an undiscovered gem. His themes are tuneful and his scoring expert. The score starts out with a bang with the exciting main title - all bongos and drums and percussion until the dynamic orchestra enters with its propulsive rhythms and its jazzy pyrotechnics. There follows a lovely, bluesy theme for saxophone and orchestra and that’s followed by the main theme, a truly beautiful melody that will appear throughout the score, along with more of the big-band, jazzier stuff. Bregman never plays up the comedy - it’s a straightforward score and it’s one of the reasons the film holds up well today. This is the world premiere release of both scores, taken from tapes housed in the Paramount vaults. These two scores in particular are very different from each other, but each is perfect for the film it’s underscoring, and both are delightful to listen to on their own.
Visit to a Small Planet/The Delicate Delinquent is limited to 1000 copies only - KRITZERLAND
トラックリスト
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET Composed and Conducted by Leigh Harline
01. Seal and Main Title 02. Crazy Driver 03. To Earth 04. Arrival on Earth 05. The Confederate/Pull My Leg 06. Delton’s Visit 07. Eighty-Six Azalia/Sloppy Barrier - Sloppy Mind/Eighty-Six Little Camera 08. Wig and Dart//Mayberry’s Lamb, Dog, Cat and Mouse 09. Squirting Camera, Etc. 10. Spelding Hits Barrier/The Ceiling 11. Kreton’s Cop/Ellen’s Cop/Easy Eight/Dog and Cat 12. Slow Bus to Memphis (Victor Young) 13. Spelding’s Lamb/Abercrombie’s Thought/Mary and Her Lamb/Rising Table 14. Hungry Brain 1 (fast)/Hungry Brain 1 (slow) (John Mandel) 15. Desdemona’s Lament (Pomus/Shuman) 16. Hungry Brain 4 (dance) (John Mandel) 17. Almost In Your Arms (Livingston & Evans) 18. Floating on Air/That’s What He Thinks 19. Pain and Chase/Goat Butt 20. Tear Gas/Conclusion
(Tracks 14-16 Conducted by John Mandel)
THE DELICATE DELINQUENT Composed and Conducted by Buddy Bregman
21. VistaVision Logo (N.L. Van Cleave) /Prelude 22. Unwanted 23. Sidney’s Secret Love 24. Bridge to Street/Record Shop 25. A Near Miss 26. The Cop 27. Garbled Clarification/Police Academy 28. Training Montage 29. The Pistol Shot/Mr. Togo 30. The Bout 31. It’s a Boy 32. The Fight 33. Finale
初リリースとなるジェリー・ルイス主演コメディ映画2作品「底抜け宇宙旅行」(音楽:リー・ハーライン)と「紐育ウロチョロ族」(バディ・ブレグマン)のサウンドトラックをカップリング収録!「底抜け宇宙旅行」にはジョニー・マンデル作曲、指揮のソースミュージックも収録しています。限定1000枚。
トラックリスト『底抜け宇宙旅行』・・・ゴア・ヴィダルの戯曲が原作なので、ストーリーと台詞はしっかりしていて、今でも笑えるジェリー・ルイス主演作。彼が徹頭徹尾のノータリンを演じず、どこか知的な面もみせるのでホッとさせられる。今日も授業をほうり出して地球周辺をふらふらする宇宙の果ての某惑星の青年クリートンは、南北戦争期のアメリカを見物しようと着陸。ところが、時は1960年。でも、その家の夫妻はちょうど隣家の仮装パーティに出席しようとしていた所なので、彼の南軍の軍装を全く怪しまない。一家の主人スペルディング氏はTVの評論番組のホストで、身支度をしながらも、自身の出演をチェック。そこへクリートンが現れ、彼の“宇宙人否定説”に反駁。自分がその宇宙人たる証拠を見せて、氏は面食らってしまう。氏の娘エレンにはいつもヤギを連れ回す変わり者の恋人コンラッドがいたが、次第にこの恋愛感情を持たない星の旅人に心移りしていく……。監督:ノーマン・タウログ、出演:ジェリー・ルイス、ジョーン・ブラックマン。1959年米。
『紐育ウロチョロ族』・・・ディーン・マーティンとのコンビ解消後、監督、製作、脚本、主演に取り組んだ入魂作。自分をくだらない人間だと思っている男・シドニーは、ある出来事をきっかけに警官を志す。だがなにをやっても失敗ばかりで…。監督:ドン・マクガイア、出演:ジェリー・ルイス、マーサ・ハイヤー。1957年米。
Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition release - two world premiere scores on one CD and classic Jerry Lewis double bill:
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET
Composed and Conducted by Leigh Harline
and
THE DELICATE DELINQUENT
Composed and Conducted by Buddy Bregman
It’s hard to imagine just how popular Martin and Lewis were back in the day, but they were as big as it got, in both personal appearances and all their films together. But it all ended in 1956 with the pair’s final film for Paramount, Hollywood or Bust. Lewis stayed at Paramount and began making solo pictures. Within a short time, he became Paramount’s biggest star.
Visit to a Small Planet began life as a television play by Gore Vidal and then Vidal adapted it for the Broadway stage. The play was a hit, and Paramount bought the rights, turning it into a vehicle that was specifically tailored to Jerry Lewis and jettisoning a good deal of the Vidal play in the process. Appearing alongside Lewis was a terrific supporting cast, including Fred Clark, John Williams, Joan Blackman, Gale Gordon and Earl Holliman.
Visit to a Small Planet was yet another solo hit for Lewis. Aiding Lewis immeasurably in his hijinks is the delightful score by Leigh Harline. Harline’s score for Visit to a Small Planet is a treasure, beginning with a melodic seven-note main theme that is impossible to get out of one’s head once it’s been heard. Harline makes liberal use of the Theremin and keeps the comedy in the film plowing forward with his clever and infectious musical hijinks. There are a few nice source music cues, too, and the whole thing adds up to an entertaining and buoyant score.
The Delicate Delinquent was originally meant to be the Martin and Lewis follow-up to Hollywood or Bust, but when the partnership went bust the film was quickly retooled as a solo vehicle for Lewis, with the Martin role going to actor Darren McGavin. The scoring assignment fell to someone relatively new to film composition, a young wunderkind named Buddy Bregman. Bregman’s score for The Delicate Delinquent is an undiscovered gem. His themes are tuneful and his scoring expert. The score starts out with a bang with the exciting main title - all bongos and drums and percussion until the dynamic orchestra enters with its propulsive rhythms and its jazzy pyrotechnics. There follows a lovely, bluesy theme for saxophone and orchestra and that’s followed by the main theme, a truly beautiful melody that will appear throughout the score, along with more of the big-band, jazzier stuff. Bregman never plays up the comedy - it’s a straightforward score and it’s one of the reasons the film holds up well today.
This is the world premiere release of both scores, taken from tapes housed in the Paramount vaults. These two scores in particular are very different from each other, but each is perfect for the film it’s underscoring, and both are delightful to listen to on their own.
Visit to a Small Planet/The Delicate Delinquent is limited to 1000 copies only - KRITZERLAND
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET
Composed and Conducted by Leigh Harline
01. Seal and Main Title
02. Crazy Driver
03. To Earth
04. Arrival on Earth
05. The Confederate/Pull My Leg
06. Delton’s Visit
07. Eighty-Six Azalia/Sloppy Barrier - Sloppy Mind/Eighty-Six Little Camera
08. Wig and Dart//Mayberry’s Lamb, Dog, Cat and Mouse
09. Squirting Camera, Etc.
10. Spelding Hits Barrier/The Ceiling
11. Kreton’s Cop/Ellen’s Cop/Easy Eight/Dog and Cat
12. Slow Bus to Memphis (Victor Young)
13. Spelding’s Lamb/Abercrombie’s Thought/Mary and Her Lamb/Rising Table
14. Hungry Brain 1 (fast)/Hungry Brain 1 (slow) (John Mandel)
15. Desdemona’s Lament (Pomus/Shuman)
16. Hungry Brain 4 (dance) (John Mandel)
17. Almost In Your Arms (Livingston & Evans)
18. Floating on Air/That’s What He Thinks
19. Pain and Chase/Goat Butt
20. Tear Gas/Conclusion
(Tracks 14-16 Conducted by John Mandel)
THE DELICATE DELINQUENT
Composed and Conducted by Buddy Bregman
21. VistaVision Logo (N.L. Van Cleave) /Prelude
22. Unwanted
23. Sidney’s Secret Love
24. Bridge to Street/Record Shop
25. A Near Miss
26. The Cop
27. Garbled Clarification/Police Academy
28. Training Montage
29. The Pistol Shot/Mr. Togo
30. The Bout
31. It’s a Boy
32. The Fight
33. Finale