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La-La Land Scares Up 'Munsters' Music, Ryuichi Sakamoto Score

June 7, 2023 By Mike Duquette 3 Comments

Munsters LLL

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La-La Land's latest batch of archival soundtracks celebrate a prolific television composer of the '60s and an orchestral film score from recently deceased pioneer of electronic music.

In the first season of Netflix's cult sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, an oafish party guest (played with boorish perfection by Tim Heidecker) aggravates some new friends during a game in which people try to guess famous names out of a hat; all of his selections are mostly made-up "obscure" jazz musicians. But one fact, mentioned as an aside, is 100% real: composer Jack Marshall did write the recognizable theme for the semi-scary sitcom The Munsters - and LLL and Universal Studios have partnered to unleash a trove of Marshall's scores for it and several other Universal/Revue-produced series, part of the studio's ongoing multi-label Film Music Classics Collection.

On The Munsters - which ironically aired on CBS while the similar The Addams Family was part of ABC's prime-time line-up - a typical American family attempted to fit in with the rest of suburbia. Well, maybe not "typical": good-natured dad Herman Munster (Fred Gwynne) was a hulking Frankenstein's monster, his wife Lily (Yvonne de Carlo) and father-in-law Grandpa (Al Lewis) were vampires, and their son Eddie (Butch Patrick) a budding werewolf. (Only niece Marilyn, played by Beverly Owen and Pat Priest, looked human.) Their antics at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, from monsters kept as pets to spooky hearses in the driveway, were accompanied by Marshall's upbeat score, including that swingin' theme song that was interpolated into Fall Out Boy's 2015 Top 40 hit "Uma Thurman."

La-La Land and Universal had previously released Marshall's last Munsters work - the score to the 1966 film Munster, Go Home!; this 2CD set, produced, edited and mastered by Mike Matessino, includes 79 minutes of score from the series as well as a disc of Marshall's work on an assortment of TV Westerns from the '50s and '60s - all from original elements in the studio's vault. Matessino and Jon Burlingame have co-written notes, included in a package designed by Jim Titus. This set is limited to 2000 copies and should hopefully (if fan interest persists) open the door for more great television scoring work from this era.

Next, it's from the dusty halls of Mockingbird Lane to the chilling moors of England for a unique adaptation of Emily Brontë's immortal novel Wuthering Heights. This 1992 picture was notable for its inclusion of the complete story - including the "second generation" ending usually left out of most film versions - as well as introducing moviegoers to British actor Ralph Fiennes in his film debut as Heathcliff.

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Tasked with the music was Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Yellow Magic Orchestra mastermind who'd succeeded as a film composer in the '80s with works like Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and The Last Emperor. A thrilling, symphonic work, Sakamoto's score is available from La-La Land for the first time since its original release in Japan; it features five previously unreleased bonus tracks and serves as a fitting tribute to the renowned musician, who lost his near-decade long battle with cancer less than three months ago. The reissue is produced and art directed by Dan Goldwasser, with mastering by Doug Schwartz and new liner notes by John Takis; it's limited to 1000 copies.

Both releases are available to order now from the label.

The Munsters: Television Music of Jack Marshall (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1617, 2023)

Disc 1: The Munsters Season 1 (1964-1965) (1-17) and Season 2 (1965-1966) (18-34)

  1. The Munsters Main Title (Season 1)
  2. Episode Credits (Season 1)
  3. Munster Masquerade
  4. My Fair Munster
  5. Pike's Pique
  6. Low-Cal Munster
  7. Low-Cal TV Music
  8. Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie
  9. The Midnight Ride of Herman Munster
  10. Family Portrait
  11. Grandpa Leaves Home
  12. Grandpa's Call of the Wild
  13. Wild Radio Music
  14. All-Star Munster
  15. Eddie's Nickname
  16. Country Club Munsters
  17. The Munsters End Title (Season 1)
  18. The Munsters Main Title (Season 2)
  19. Episode Credits (Season 2)
  20. Herman's Child Psychology
  21. Herman, The Master Spy
  22. Scuba Dive Radio
  23. Bronco-Bustin' Munster
  24. Herman Munster, Shutterbug
  25. Happy 100th Anniversary
  26. Operation Herman
  27. Lily's Star Boarder
  28. John Doe Munster
  29. A Man for Marilyn
  30. Herman's Driving Test
  31. Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?
  32. Herman Picks a Winner
  33. Herman the Tire Kicker
  34. The Munsters End Title (Season 2)

Disc 2: The Deputy Season 1 (1959-1960) (1-7) and Season 2 (1960-1961) (8-13); Wagon Train: "Charlie Wooster - Outlaw" (1963) (14-16); The Virginian: "Image of An Outlaw" (1968) (17-25)

  1. The Deputy Theme
  2. The Johnny Shanks Story
  3. The Return of Simon Fry
  4. The Big Four
  5. Big Four Saloon
  6. The Next Bullet
  7. Hang the Law
  8. The Jason Harris Story
  9. Bitter Root
  10. Meet Sergeant Tasker
  11. The World Against Me
  12. The Means and the End
  13. The Example
  14. Charlie's Plan
  15. Execution March/Protruding Tongue
  16. Sleepwalking/Scotty/Bella
  17. Rafe and Ben
  18. Image of An Outlaw/Exercising Horse *
  19. Liz and Rafe
  20. Abandoned Cabin/Liz and The Virginian
  21. Dejected Men/Abe and Rafe
  22. Stagecoach
  23. Rafe Galloping
  24. Rafe Strangles Angie/Liz Riding
  25. Western Country and End Title *

* contains The Virginian theme written by Percy Faith

Ryuchi Sakamoto, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights: Music from the Motion Picture (Limited Edition) (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1623, 2023 - original film released 1992)

  1. Main Titles/Haunted House/Ghost
  2. Home/Growing Up
  3. Omen
  4. Unwelcome Heathcliff *
  5. Cathy and Edgar
  6. Where is Heathcliff?
  7. Jealousy *
  8. Christening
  9. Betrayal
  10. I Am Heathcliff
  11. Grange
  12. The Plot
  13. The New Owner/The Last Kiss
  14. Heathcliff and Isabella *
  15. Switching Sides
  16. Elopement/Hallucination
  17. Isabella the Abused
  18. Wasted Lives
  19. Catherine Dies
  20. The Young Catherine (co-composed by Davy Spillane)
  21. Letter
  22. Subjugation
  23. The Marriage
  24. The Recognition *
  25. Hareton and Catherine
  26. Catherine's Return
  27. Beckoning
  28. Main Theme/End Titles
  29. Main Theme (Piano Version)
  30. Catherine Dies (No Bells) *

* previously unreleased. All other tracks released on Eastworld TOCT-6691, 1992

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Jack Marshall, Percy Faith, Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Comments

  1. Zubb says

    June 7, 2023 at 3:52 pm

    I ordered my Munsters yesterday from La-La Land along with Munster, Go Home which currently is on sale for $10! Cannot wait to get them!

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  2. Billy Affleck says

    June 7, 2023 at 5:56 pm

    HOW ABOUT LEAVE IT TO BEAVER? THAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT ONE AFTER THE MUNSTERS. SINCE THE SHOWS ARE SO MUCH ALIKE. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO OWN ALL THE VARIATIONS ON THE THEME FROM EACH SEASON.

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    • Jonathan Prange says

      June 13, 2023 at 7:24 pm

      Agreed!!

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