John Morris had a long career writing music for Mel Brooks (he scored "Springtime for Hitler" in The Producers), but this is his most iconic work from Brooks' equally iconic 1974 film Young Frankenstein. It's a very rare film, a satire that was both critically and commercially successful despite (or perhaps because of) its intentionally retro approach. Filmed in black and white using the laboratory devices from the original Frankenstein film, the movie works on many unusual levels.
For example, Aerosmith's iconic song "Walk This Way" was inspired by Marty Feldman's line in the film.
It's one of The Queen Of The World's and my favorite films, especially around Halloween.
Here is the City of Prague Symphony Orchestra performing the theme from Young Frankenstein.
We've been working our way through the Universal Monsters boxed set, and the first three Frankenstein films, and the third film, Son of Frankenstein, doesn't have the reputation of the first two, but holy crap, it's a pretty wonderfully weird film. A whole bunch of the crazy stuff in Young Frankenstein you think they just made up (like the policeman sticking the darts in his wooden arm) is swiped straight from Son of Frankenstein.
ReplyDeleteExcellent music and one of my favorite movies of all time.
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