Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere release of three never-before-heard Sherman Brothers song scores:
UNSUNG SHERMAN BROTHERS
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
By the late 1960s, the songwriting team known as the Sherman Brothers was already legendary thanks to Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and any number of other Disney classics, not to mention their Disneyland anthem, “It’s a Small World.” And, of course, there was Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, with its fantastical song score. So, it’s hard to imagine that starting in 1969 three exciting new Sherman Brothers projects were all cancelled, one after another. And these projects were heartbreakers for “the boys” (as Walt Disney called them), three that got away. But now Kritzerland is proud to bring these three song scores to you for the very first time!
THE 13 CLOCKS
In 1950, the great cartoonist/humorist James Thurber published his fantasy story, The 13 Clocks, a tale about a prince who must perform a seemingly impossible task, to rescue a maiden from an evil duke. In 1968, Warner Bros. hired producer Mervyn LeRoy to make a film of it, and the Sherman Brothers were to write the score, having just come off their first film away from Disney, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang. They wrote a delightful score, but then Warners was purchased by the Kinney conglomerate and the project was cancelled. Happily they’d made a demo of their song score, orchestrated by Don Ralke, sung by the Don Ralke singers and guest singer Fred Darian. The score they wrote is classic Sherman Brothers, filled with their trademark hummable tunes and wordplay.
SIR PUSS-IN-BOOTS
That same year, the brothers formed an alliance with two educational film producers, Ira Englander and Barry Taper. For their first project, they created an original musical that would, in the brothers’ words, “borrow a little bit of mythology from every fairy tale we could think of.” They titled it Sir Puss-in-Boots. They assembled an amazing voice cast for the film: Sammy Davis, Jr., Karl Malden, comedian Jack Carter, Jinny Tyler, and English radio host, Michael Jackson. Everything was going well until the money ran out. And so, the second project was cancelled. Again, thankfully, a demo recording was made, with several of the voice actors singing their songs, including Sammy Davis, Jr., Karl Malden, and Jinny Tyler. And again, the brothers’ songs are toe tapping, tuneful wonders.
ROMAN HOLIDAY
In 1969, Paramount Pictures and director Franco Zeffirelli (riding high on his success with his film of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew), decided to make a musical update of the classic film Roman Holiday, and Zeffirelli invited the brothers to join the project. They wrote three songs to play for producer Dino De Laurentiis. He loved the songs and the project was a go - until the day the studio pulled the plug. And that was the third cancelled project. But while the project was still a go, the brothers had the great good fortune of having the brilliant conductor, arranger, and orchestrator, Irwin Kostal, do orchestral recordings of the three songs. But before vocals could be put on them, the ax fell. For this CD, we took those three orchestral tracks and brought in singers to record the vocals all these years later, a Roman Holiday indeed.
And so, here are three new/old Sherman Brothers discoveries, at last unsung no more. You are in for a real treat!
Unsung Sherman Brothers is limited to 1000 copies only -KRITZERLAND
トラックリスト
THE 13 CLOCKS 1. The 13 Clocks 2. Ten Minutes to Nine 3. Day by Beautiful Day 4. Little Minor Miracle 5. From the Guggle to the Zatch 6. Where is Tomorrow? 7. How Free Would I Be? 8. If You Don’t Ask Questions 9. I’ll March to My Own Drum 10. Hagga’s Lament 11. Saralinda 12. The Time Has Come
SIR PUSS-IN-BOOTS 13. Puss-in-Boots - Sammy Davis, Jr. 14. Rhythm of the Road - Sammy Davis, Jr. 15. Ogre Song - Karl Malden 16. Dawning Sun - Prince and Princess 17. People Are Similar - Sammy Davis, Jr. 18. Birthday Song - The Children 19. Lungemore Lancewellington - Sammy Davis, Jr. 20. Ogre Beans - Karl Malden and Jinny Tyler 21. Puss-in-Boots - Finale - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Bonus Tracks 22. Rhythm of the Road (Sammy’s version) - Sammy Davis, Jr. 23. People Are Similar - Sammy Davis, Jr., Prince, Princess (trio version) 24. Birthday Song - Prince, Princess, Children
ROMAN HOLIDAY 25. The Bells of Roma (vocals: Brittney Bertier, Name Here, Name Here, Name Here, Name Here, Sami Staitman) 26. So Simpatico (vocal by Lisa Livesay and Robert Yacko) 27. We’ll Still Have Rome (vocal by Lisa Livesay and Robert Yacko)
『メリー・ポピンズ』や『チキ・チキ・バン・バン』など、たくさんの名曲を世に送り出したシャーマン兄弟が1969年に担当しながら、映画製作がキャンセルされ、幻となった３本の作品をまとめて収録。世界初リリースです！『THE 13 CLOCKS』はジェームズ・サーバーのファンタジーストーリー。ワーナーが買収された為キャンセル。デモ用楽曲が録音済み。『SIR PUSS-IN-BOOTS』は“長靴をはいた猫”をミュージカルにした作品。資金不足によりキャンセル。サミー・デイヴィス Jr.らによる歌曲が録音済み。『ROMAN HOLIDAY』は“ローマの休日”をフランコ・ゼフィレッリ監督がミュージカルで映画化予定が途中で製作中止。製作のディノ・デ・ラウレンティスに聴いてもらう為に３曲をアーウィン・コスタル編曲・指揮で録音済み。これらを全てCD1枚に収録。限定1000枚
トラックリストKritzerland is proud to present a world premiere release of three never-before-heard Sherman Brothers song scores:
UNSUNG SHERMAN BROTHERS
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman
and Robert B. Sherman
By the late 1960s, the songwriting team known as the Sherman Brothers was already legendary thanks to Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and any number of other Disney classics, not to mention their Disneyland anthem, “It’s a Small World.” And, of course, there was Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, with its fantastical song score. So, it’s hard to imagine that starting in 1969 three exciting new Sherman Brothers projects were all cancelled, one after another. And these projects were heartbreakers for “the boys” (as Walt Disney called them), three that got away. But now Kritzerland is proud to bring these three song scores to you for the very first time!
THE 13 CLOCKS
In 1950, the great cartoonist/humorist James Thurber published his fantasy story, The 13 Clocks, a tale about a prince who must perform a seemingly impossible task, to rescue a maiden from an evil duke. In 1968, Warner Bros. hired producer Mervyn LeRoy to make a film of it, and the Sherman Brothers were to write the score, having just come off their first film away from Disney, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang. They wrote a delightful score, but then Warners was purchased by the Kinney conglomerate and the project was cancelled. Happily they’d made a demo of their song score, orchestrated by Don Ralke, sung by the Don Ralke singers and guest singer Fred Darian. The score they wrote is classic Sherman Brothers, filled with their trademark hummable tunes and wordplay.
SIR PUSS-IN-BOOTS
That same year, the brothers formed an alliance with two educational film producers, Ira Englander and Barry Taper. For their first project, they created an original musical that would, in the brothers’ words, “borrow a little bit of mythology from every fairy tale we could think of.” They titled it Sir Puss-in-Boots. They assembled an amazing voice cast for the film: Sammy Davis, Jr., Karl Malden, comedian Jack Carter, Jinny Tyler, and English radio host, Michael Jackson. Everything was going well until the money ran out. And so, the second project was cancelled. Again, thankfully, a demo recording was made, with several of the voice actors singing their songs, including Sammy Davis, Jr., Karl Malden, and Jinny Tyler. And again, the brothers’ songs are toe tapping, tuneful wonders.
ROMAN HOLIDAY
In 1969, Paramount Pictures and director Franco Zeffirelli (riding high on his success with his film of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew), decided to make a musical update of the classic film Roman Holiday, and Zeffirelli invited the brothers to join the project. They wrote three songs to play for producer Dino De Laurentiis. He loved the songs and the project was a go - until the day the studio pulled the plug. And that was the third cancelled project. But while the project was still a go, the brothers had the great good fortune of having the brilliant conductor, arranger, and orchestrator, Irwin Kostal, do orchestral recordings of the three songs. But before vocals could be put on them, the ax fell. For this CD, we took those three orchestral tracks and brought in singers to record the vocals all these years later, a Roman Holiday indeed.
And so, here are three new/old Sherman Brothers discoveries, at last unsung no more. You are in for a real treat!
Unsung Sherman Brothers is limited to 1000 copies only -KRITZERLAND
THE 13 CLOCKS
1. The 13 Clocks
2. Ten Minutes to Nine
3. Day by Beautiful Day
4. Little Minor Miracle
5. From the Guggle to the Zatch
6. Where is Tomorrow?
7. How Free Would I Be?
8. If You Don’t Ask Questions
9. I’ll March to My Own Drum
10. Hagga’s Lament
11. Saralinda
12. The Time Has Come
SIR PUSS-IN-BOOTS
13. Puss-in-Boots - Sammy Davis, Jr.
14. Rhythm of the Road - Sammy Davis, Jr.
15. Ogre Song - Karl Malden
16. Dawning Sun - Prince and Princess
17. People Are Similar - Sammy Davis, Jr.
18. Birthday Song - The Children
19. Lungemore Lancewellington - Sammy Davis, Jr.
20. Ogre Beans - Karl Malden and Jinny Tyler
21. Puss-in-Boots - Finale - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Bonus Tracks
22. Rhythm of the Road (Sammy’s version) - Sammy Davis, Jr.
23. People Are Similar - Sammy Davis, Jr., Prince, Princess (trio version)
24. Birthday Song - Prince, Princess, Children
ROMAN HOLIDAY
25. The Bells of Roma (vocals: Brittney Bertier, Name Here, Name Here, Name Here, Name Here, Sami Staitman)
26. So Simpatico (vocal by Lisa Livesay and Robert Yacko)
27. We’ll Still Have Rome (vocal by Lisa Livesay and Robert Yacko)