Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By / Circus of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

Jeff Alexander (Composer), Ruth Lowe (Composer), Victor / Young, Joseph / Washington, Ned Young (Composer), Henry Creamer (Composer), John [Composer] Green (Composer), Sigmund Romberg (Composer), Jule Styne (Composer), Mischa Spoliansky (Composer), Tony Hatch (Composer), Franz Reizenstein (Composer), Jeff Alexander (Conductor), Muir Mathieson (Conductor), Tony Hatch (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Tony Hatch
• Conductor: Jeff Alexander, Muir Mathieson
• Composer: Jeff Alexander, Ruth Lowe, Victor / Young, Joseph / Washington, Ned Young, Henry Creamer, John [Composer] Green, et al.
• Audio CD (March 13, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000MM1EYC
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,122 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Music to Be Murdered By, for orchestra (for the series "Alfred Hitchcoc

2. I'll Never Smile Again, song

3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You, song

4. After You've Gone, song

5. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, television series theme (after Gounod)

6. Suspicion, for voice & ensemble (for the series "Alfred Hitchcock Prese

7. Body and Soul, song (from the movie "Three's A Crowd")

8. Lover Come Back to Me, song (from "The New Moon")

9. I'll Walk Alone (from "Follow the Boys")

10. L' heure bleue, song

11. Look for a Star, song (for the film "Circus of Horrors")

12. Thunderer

13. Russian Dance

14. Waltz

15. Stillness

16. Circus Mystery

17. Circus Of Horrors

18. Look For A Star

19. Look For A Star

20. The Kill

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lounge music for the gallows, March 22, 2007

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Mark Schildberg "Renaissance Person" (Webster, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By / Circus of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

When Alfred Hitchcock was at the peak of his popularity, thanks to his TV series, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," someone came up with the wonderful idea of Hitch narrating an easy-listening album filled with black humor. Now DRG has reissued this grim but sly gem on CD for the first time. Hitch provides his usual droll commentary while his musical director, Hollywood veteran Jeff Alexander, conducts creepy arrangements of old standards like "After You've Gone" to underline the album's homicidal tendencies. It's great fun if that sort of humor appeals to you. That album has been paired with the soundtrack to the British film "Circus of Horrors," which is less interesting but may appeal to film-score buffs. But Hitchcock fans are urged to pick this one up.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, December 5, 2008

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Eric (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By / Circus of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

The only reason I gave this four stars and not five is because there isn't more "Music to be Murdered By". "Circus of Horrors" is interesting and nostalgic of an era, but the core of this release is timeless Hitchcock and it should either stand alone or include even more of his narration to fill out the time. His dark humor weaved into mysterious and suspenseful music is campy and obvious, especially nowadays, but still pretty cool any time of year.

NOTE: The "Circus of Horrors" segment of this CD doesn't contain any narration from anyone...strictly music.

Get this one if you can, folks.

5.0 out of 5 stars HEY! HERE IS ONE!, October 5, 2011

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Lawrence Loftin (West Monroe, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By / Circus of Horrors [Original Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

First saw a picture of this album on a site I was visiting. And thought, "Hey, I didn't know about this Hitchcock record!". And what with it being on a site of things from the past I thought fat (no disrespect to Alfred) of me finding or getting one. But Amazon came through again. And thought not the actual record a CD. Good enough for me. This album is full of Alfred Hitchcock's wit and dark humor. He speaks before each track. The music chosen fits the mood of the album title. So it is a prefect blend. Also thrown in is a album I heard of but never seen for sale. The Circus Of Horrors. A good companion album to go with the Hitchcock one. There is only one song on it the rest is music. Enjoyable music. Several years ago Scarlet Street put out a CD with resung songs from various horror movies. The song Look For A Star was on it. It was nice to hear the original version as remembered from the movie. I don't think you have to be familiar with the movie to enjoy the Circus Of Horrors part. Also the back side of the original record covers are reproduced. Get the written wit of Alfred. So good product and good price. Especially for fans but others can appreciate it too,