Remastering in Stereo from Mono Sources
The really first score from the Maestro for a feature film.
Score Composed by Johnny Williams
Song NOT Composed by Johnny Williams
Title Song by Jimmy Darren/Duane Eddy
James Darren sings the title song (not penned by Williams), Duane Eddy and the Rebels perform "Shazam", and Bobby Rydell adds "Swingin’ School".
John Williams had served as a contract player in the Columbia Studios Orchestra; this was his first assignment as composer on a studio film. "[Morris] Stoloff asked me to do the entire score. And when the day came to record, he was ill, so he also asked me to conduct. Suddenly, I was conducting my own composition." Recalling the experience two decades later, Williams told the Boston Globe’s Richard Dyer:
"There was a budget of about $3.50 for the music, and I took it on. I remember that what I wrote was jazzy — there was a fight sequence with bongo drums and things like that. The important thing about that picture is not that it was my first but that it was Tuesday Weld’s. She’s a terrific person and a wonderful performer whose career hasn’t gone where it should have because of bad management."
In its review of the film, Variety noted that, "Technical credits provide good backing, including…Johnny Williams’ music score."
(Thanks to "The John Williams Web Pages")
Link:
https://mega.nz/#!0XQ3xYxZ!NedZAQY7b4muTSBo4f2Totqbn-3–pTMWjUMz5PSOUk
TRACKLISTING:
01 – Opening.mp3
02 – Main Title.mp3
03 – In The Morning.mp3
04 – The Swingging School.mp3
05 – Before the Classroom.mp3
06 – Stolen Cigarettes.mp3
07 – What Do You Think I Was Blind.mp3
08 – Do you Like That.mp3
09 – So Sad.mp3
10 – Games.mp3
11 – Dancing.mp3
12 – Romance.mp3
13 – A Group You Don’t Want a Miss.mp3
14 – Duane Eddy & The Levels.mp3
15 – Keep The Music Goes On.mp3
16 – It’s Suppose to Be Dance.mp3
16 – One Day You’re Grow On.mp3
17 – Because They’re Young.mp3
18 – You Can’t Give To Much Of Yourself.mp3
19 – Stars In My Eyes.mp3
20 – For A Kiss In The Dark.mp3
21 – Jazzy Source.mp3
22 – Planning The Night.mp3
23 – Night Activities.mp3
24 – The Escape.mp3
25 – The Run.mp3
26 – I Should’nt Come.mp3
27 – A possibility to Loose Faith.mp3
28 – Leaving Home.mp3
29 – Poor I Am.mp3
30 – Not Time To Run Out.mp3
31 – Fight.mp3
32 – The Police.mp3
33 – Finale & Because they’re Young (Reprise).mp3
34 – Bonus Track – James Darren – Because They’re Young.mp3
Enjoy!
"Another early Williams film ticked off the list.
This was a 1960 drama somewhere between the thematic of BLACKBOARD JUNGLE and a more general "youth-in-trouble"-type film with Dick Clark as the teacher trying to set his students straight. Well, it’s not a very good film. Overly moralistic, hammy perfomances and a scatterbrained plot that doesn’t really know where it’s going. But there IS a certain degree of ambition involved.
It also seems designed to showcase the talents of Duane Eddy & The Rebels as well as James Darren, who both feature as performers at the obligatory prom party. Darren, who would later perform in the Williams-scored GIDGET GOES TO ROME, performs the title song (not composed by Williams).
The soundtrack consists of a few 50’s style rock’n’roll tunes, while Williams’ score proper is quite sparse. However, there’s some fine music in the brief snippets there are — the crime jazz music for the "rebels" (complete with funky tamtam drums), the sweet love theme, the arrangements of the James Darren song throughout (esp. over the main titles) and an absolutely gorgeous theme for the relationship between Clark and his orphan nephew Erik. And a hilarious waltz (used as counterpoint?) for the brawl between two fiery high school guys."
Mary’s James Darren Fan Site – James Darren – Because They’re Young (http://www.celebhost.net/jamesdarren/because.html)
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