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Hey, Lady (and Gentlemen)! Kritzerland Releases Two Scores for Jerry Lewis Comedies

November 5, 2013 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

KL_Visit_PlanetCOV72In the golden age of Hollywood, comedy rarely was better than when Jerry Lewis took his act to the silver screen. With a knack for moving kinetically through zany situations, Lewis earned high regard as a movie star, first with his inimitable partner, singer Dean Martin, on stage, radio, television and film, and ultimately on his own in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. The newest archival soundtrack release from Kritzerland brings two soundtracks from some of Lewis' first solo projects to CD for the first time anywhere.

The Delicate Delinquent was Lewis' first movie after the then-contentious split between himself and Martin. Released in 1957, it starred Lewis as Sidney L. Pythias, a janitor mistaken for a juvenile delinquent and taken in by a cop (Darren McGavin) who vows to put him on the road to social responsibility. (The officer doesn't immediately know that this is Sidney's plan all along, no matter what his truly delinquent friends have to say about it!) The tale of "the teen-age 'terror' who scares nobody but himself" was a massive success upon release. A jazz/blues-influenced straight score by Buddy Bregman - hot off his successful run as arranger/conductor for three phenomenal LPs for Verve Records (Ella Fitzgerald's Sings The Cole Porter Songbook and Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook and Bing Crosby's Bing Sings While Bregman Swings) - does a fantastic job of punctuating the comedic elements of the film while still being a great listening experience on its own.

Three years later, Lewis filmed Visit to a Small Planet, his final film for producer Hal B. Wallis, after which he began pursuing his own projects, including Cinderfella, The Bellboy and The Nutty Professor. Loosely based on a Gore Vidal play, Lewis causes hijinks as Kreton, a visitor from space who attempts to assimilate with a human family. The tuneful score for this picture was penned by Leigh Harline, whom Disney fans will doubtlessly know as the songwriter behind the tunes for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the immortal "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio. Harline's score, punctuated by a seven-note main theme and the use of theremin, adds a nice flavor to this sci-fi/comedy romp.

Both scores are presented on this disc in stereo from the Paramount vaults; limited to 1,000 copies, it's going for $19.98 at Kritzerland's website. It's expected to ship the second week of December, though label preorders are, on average, about four weeks ahead of time. Hit the jump for the full track list!

Buddy Bregman/Leigh Harline, Visit to a Small Planet/The Delicate Delinquent: Music from the Motion Picture (Kritzerland KR20026-7, 2013 - original films released 1960 and 1957)

  1. Seal and Main Title
  2. Crazy Driver
  3. To Earth
  4. Arrival on Earth
  5. The Confederate/Pull My Leg
  6. Delton’s Visit
  7. Eighty-Six Azalia/Sloppy Barrier – Sloppy Mind/Eighty-Six Little Camera
  8. Wig and Dart//Mayberry’s Lamb, Dog, Cat and Mouse
  9. 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
  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

Tracks 1-20 from Visit to a Small Planet. Composed and conducted by Leigh Harline except where noted; Tracks 14-16 conducted by Johnny Mandel.
Tracks 21-33 from The Delicate Delinquent. Composed and conducted by Buddy Bregman.
All tracks previously unreleased.

Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Leigh Harline

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  1. Rob Maurer says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:36 am

    I'm waiting for the day they dig into Paramount's vaults and officially release the "Nutty Professor" score/soundtrack. THAT one, I'll line up for in a heartbeat.

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