Orphaned Film Songs, Vol. 2

You know, it's funny. When I first started this compilation, most of these soundtracks hadn't been posted. By the time I finished, a bunch of them had been in the Requests post. People kept psychically requesting them. And the versions people posted may or may not be better than the ones here (okay, they're probably better).

In fact, I'd already finished the comp, but decided to replace the Mad Mad World track with one that 'Watson' had posted (Thanks, 'Watson'!). And I included one I didn't have (the track from Kaleidoscope.....thanks, 'Isbum'!) And in a couple of cases (Cat Ballou & I Love You, Alice B. Toklas), I suspect that my version and the ones people posted ('Filmpac' & 'Isbum', actually, if I remember right) probably come from the same original sources.

Well, I guess it just goes to prove that there's a pretty finite group of soundtracks that we can all post. Or that we're all thinking about the same soundtracks. Or that again, I'm pretty superfluous. But like most of the compilations on this blog, I always figure that any diligent collector or surfer can make up these same compilations, but I just save you the trouble.

And I suppose it's the selection and order that makes anybody's compilations unique. I've seen some fantastic compilations on other people's blogs; it kills me because I haven't been able to download them yet and I hope they're still there. I can't seem to download the items on my own blog let alone all of these great things people are sharing on other blogs. People are putting together fantastic compilations like the ones at Manchester Morgue, Ultra Swank, Ill Folks, Licorice Pizza, Detective Mitchell, Vinnie Rattolle, and so many others I can't remember. I only hope the comps (and so much more) are still around by the time I can download them.

Well, when I originally made up Orphaned Film Songs, Volume 1 (available here), it was totally on a whim and I tried to avoid using songs that you'd hear more frequently, but when I was thinking about this one, I just said 'forget it' and used a bunch of familiar songs. It ultimately seemed silly to avoid these great songs. Of course, with them being so familiar, I don't know if anybody will really want them (especially when you can virtually make up the same compilation from albums here and at other blogs, by now), but I think it still turned out well.

The first volume was surprisingly popular (which I will never quite understand), but I suspect that a lot of the people who might normally be interested in film songs have probably drifted away from the blog. Actually, probably most everybody else has drifted away too (if you don't count the Requests post); not posting anything for a couple of months will do that to you, I suppose. Gee, why wouldn't people want to visit a blog that never changes? Well, it does remind me of why I gave this blog that name. I did warn people.

Listening to this compilation brings back a lot of great memories of these films (and now that I look over the list, there are only 4 of these films I haven't seen.....I leave you to guess which ones!), but hopefully even if you haven't seen some of the movies these come from, you can still have fun listening to the compilation.

Well, enjoy another potentially superfluous post!

Track List:

01 - Chorus - Overture - (Vocal) - [from the film, 'IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD' (1963)]
02 - Chorus - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines - [from the film, 'THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES' (1965)]
03 - Nat King Cole & Stubby Kaye - Ballad of Cat Ballou - [from the film, 'CAT BALLOU' (1965)]
04 - The Devils - The Trouble With Angels (Vocal) - [from the film, 'THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS' (1966)]
05 - The Seekers - Georgy Girl - [from the film, 'GEORGY GIRL' (1966)]
06 - Unknown Artist - Kinky Dolly - [Vocal] - [from the film, 'KALEIDOSCOPE' (1966)]
07 - Chorus - Elizabeth (Vocal) - [from the film, 'THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER' (1968)]
08 - Unknown Artist - I Love You, Alice B. Toklas - [Vocal] - [from the film, 'I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS' (1968)]
09 - David & Jonathan - Main Theme - [from the film, 'MODESTY BLAISE' (1966)]
10 - Ennio Morricone - Deep Down (Main Title English) - [from the film, 'DANGER: DIABOLIK' (1967)]
11 - The Hollies & Peter Sellers - After The Fox - [from the film, 'AFTER THE FOX' (1966)]
12 - Unknown Artist - A Touch of Class - [from the film, 'A TOUCH OF CLASS' (1973)']
13 - Sammy Davis, Jr. - Bee Boom - [from the film, 'JOHNNY COOL' (1963)]
14 - Isabelle Aubret - Le Ciel, La Terre Et L'eau - [from the film, 'ALEXANDRE LE BIENHEUREUX' (1967)]
15 - Petula Clark - On The Road - [from the film, 'LA DAME DANS L' AUTO AVEC DES LUNETTES ET UN FUSIL' (a.k.a. 'THE LADY IN THE CAR WITH GLASSES AND A GUN' (1970)]
16 - Chorus - Two For The Road - [Vocal] - [from the film, 'TWO FOR THE ROAD' (1967)]
17 - Chorus - Two Lovers - [from the film, 'HOW TO STEAL A MILLION' (1966)]
18 - Chorus - Main Title - [Vocal] - [from the film, 'BAREFOOT IN THE PARK' (1967)]
19 - Chorus - How to Marry A Millionaire - Main Title - [from the film, 'HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE' (1953)]
20 - Mel Torme - Sunday in New York - [from the film, 'SUNDAY IN NEW YORK' (1963)]
21 - Chorus - Make Me Rainbows (Vocal) - [from the film, 'FITZWILLY' (1967)]
22 - Chorus - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (Vocal) - [from the film, 'GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER' (1967)]
23 - Chorus - Your Zowie Face - [from the film, 'IN LIKE FLINT' (1967)]
24 - Louis Armstrong - We Have All the Time In the World - [from the film, 'ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE' (1969)]
25 - Tom Jones & Peter Sellers - Come To Me - [from the film, 'THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN' (1976)]
26 - Shirley MacLaine - Main Title - [from the film, 'JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME!' (1965)]
27 - Laurel & Hardy - Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - [from the film, 'WAY OUT WEST' (1937)]
28 - Unknown Artist - She Told Me So Last Night - [from the film, 'A TOUCH OF CLASS' (1973)']
29 - Cast - Smile Darn Ya Smile - That's All Folks - [Vocal] - [from the film, 'WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?' (1988)]

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