Kritzerland is taking listeners to the City of Light with a new 2-CD soundtrack release composed by the legendary Nelson Riddle.  The label is accepting pre-orders now for the world premiere complete release of Riddle's score to Paris When It Sizzles, the 1964 Paramount romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn, William Holden, Tony Curtis and Noel Coward.

A send-up of moviemaking with a glamorous backdrop, Paris starred Holden as a playboy screenwriter and his real-life old flame Hepburn as his secretary and romantic interest.  (The star actress shot the film back-to-back with Charade, with which it shared some Parisian locations.)  Despite a strong creative team including director Richard Quine (Bell, Book and Candle, How to Murder Your Wife) and screenwriter George Axelrod (The Seven Year Itch, The Manchurian Candidate), Paris failed to impress critics at the time, but today it can be recognized as a frothy, delectable delight - featuring chemistry between its two stars, delicious supporting performances from Curtis and Coward, and plenty of smart Hollywood in-jokes.

Nelson Riddle was more than up to the task of scoring the film.  The renowned composer-arranger got the opportunity to provide both "real-life" romantic themes as well as pop-flecked source cues and music for the film-within-a-film, The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.  This Kritzerland release features, for the first time ever, Riddle's complete, original score on CD 1 (including a Fred Astaire vocal on the Spence/Bergman tune "That Face"), all newly restored by Chris Malone from the elements in the Paramount Pictures vaults.  CD 2 offers an array of alternates and bonus tracks, followed by the original Reprise Records LP soundtrack presentation.  Both the complete score and the album presentation are in stereo.

This must-have for any fan of the sizzling, swinging stylings of Nelson Riddle (and who isn't?) is available now for pre-order from Kritzerland.  A limited edition of 1,000 units, it's due to ship by the first week of December, but pre-orders from the label typically arrive an average of four weeks early.  You can pre-order and peruse the track listing below!

Nelson Riddle, Paris When It Sizzles: Music from the Motion Picture (Kritzerland KR 20031-3, 2016)

CD 1: The Complete Score

1. Prologue
2. Main Title (short version)
3. Woman in Black/Marlene à la Mode
4. Meyerheim Main Title
5. Sizzling Waltz No. 1
6. Sizzling Waltz No. 2/They Danced - Flip/Maurice Splits
7. Enter the Mysterious Stranger/Amusing Musette
8. Tango No. 1
9. Square Chase
10. Flip for Rick/Amusing Musette
11. The Dissolve/Bois Bounce/Saccharine Strings/Flip to Typewriter
12. Brandy Glow
13. Gabrielle Flips to Fancy/The Second Waltz/Dracula/Western Chase/Staggered
14. Goodnight Gabrielle
15. That Face (vocal by Fred Astaire)
16. Back to the Bois/Valse de Paree
17. Lipstick Tango
18. Sting for Guitar/Who's Got the Napkin/To the Studio/To Fran Studio
19. Luncheon Music
20. The Office/ Chase Across the Lot/Idol Eyes/Bedroom Set
21. Tape Recorder to Order
22. Arab Agitato
23. Gaby Blues
24. Hot Love
25. Pull the Trigger/Parchesi
26. Bathtub Idea/French Bubble Bath/That Kiss/To the Party
27. Bastille Cha-Cha No. 1
28. Party Twist No. 1
29. Party Fox Trot
30. Airport Chase
31. Rick's Demise
32. Touch of Tenderness
33. Forgotten Cage/Clock Spin/Searching for Gabrielle
34. Bastille Cha-Cha No. 2
35. Party Twist No. 2
36. Big Waltz/Gabrielle/Happy Ending/Finale)

CD 2: Alternates and Bonus Tracks

1. Main Title (film version)
2. Main Title (early version)
3. Meyerheim Main Title (film version)
4. Square Chase (film version)
5. Flip Out of Square
6. The Second Waltz
7. Western Chase (without sweetener)
8. Stealing the Film (alternate)/French Bubble Bath (alternate)
9. To the Party
10. Le Marseillaise/Bastille Day March
11. March Alsacienne
12. Happy Ending/Finale (without sweetener)

THE ORIGINAL ALBUM PRESENTATION (originally released as Reprise LP RS-6113, 1964)

13. Main Title and Theme - Gabrielle
14. Gabrielle
15. Tango de Paris
16. French Bubble Bath
17. Saccharine Strings
18. Brandy Glow
19. Good Night Gabrielle
20. That Face
21. Valse de Paree
22. Gaby Blues
23. Bastille Cha Cha Cha
24. Touch of Tenderness
25. La Valse Grande/Happy Ending (End Title)