Well would not be a month of the Show without something from Command and/or Enoch Light. Celebrating half of this month’s theme of movies with this release from 1962. I paid $1 for this. Why do I love Light so much? Well, no just because his records are great. At this point, I have nothing left to say about the artist and that contributes to short posts.
Recorded on magnificent 35mm magnetic film, this record features that Command magic on such film themes as Never On A Sunday, El Cid, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Exodus, and The Hustler. A little bit more bland as compared to some of Light’s work but none the less, still a very interesting record.
For a sample, we have the theme from the Italian film, La Dolce Vita, which borrow heavily from “Mack the Knife”. We also have one of my favorites, “Tonight” from West Side Story. Was a bit on the fence with this one since it was a musical first but eh, here we go anyway. Both films won Oscars, LDV for Best Costume and WSS, 10 out of the 11 it was nominated for. Pretty good haul.
Satisfactory.