Some Like It Hot [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

Adolph Deutsch (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0002KQO58
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,442 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Runnin' Wild

2. Sugar Blues / Runnin' Wild

3. Down among the Sheltering Palms

4. Randolph Street Rag

5. I Wanna Be Loved by You

6. Park Avenue Fantasy

7. Down among the Sheltering Palms / La Cumprasita / I Wanna Be Loved by Y

8. I'm thru with Love

9. Sugar Blues / Tell the Whole Darn World

10. Play It Again Charlie

11. Sweet Georgia Brown

12. By the Beautiful Sea

13. Park Avenue Fantasy

14. Some Like It Hot

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack songs minus adequate liner notes, May 29, 2007

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D. Bakish "ProfDave" (New York City and Tucson, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Some Like It Hot (Audio CD)

This 2-CD set from the obscure label Rajon, first published in 2005, contains what I think are 31 soundtrack songs by Marilyn Monroe, plus the famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President," sung to President John F. Kennedy, with his brief, amused thank you. The collection kicks off with "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953), written by Leo Robin and Jule Styne. Not in chronological order the songs covered come from the early LADIES OF THE CHORUS (1949), RIVER OF NO RETURN (1954), THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (1954), SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959), LET'S MAKE LOVE (1960), among others. The last mentioned, LET'S MAKE LOVE, has a few interesting songs with the film's co-star Yves Montand and Frankie Vaughan: the title song as well as "Incurably Romantic" and "Specialization." The sound quality is acceptable but the lack of adequate liner notes is not. Aside from the song titles and composer credits, the liner notes give no information except a short, superficial biography. The running times of each disc: 55:57 and 39:46. The cover has a luscious black and white photograph of Marilyn.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Curtis, Lemmon, Monroe, Wilder ~ Adolph Deutsch", October 1, 2004

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Some Like It Hot [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Varese Records presents the soundtrack to Billy Wilder's classic comedy "Some Like It Hot", featuring Tony Curtis as Joe, Jack Lemmon as Jerry a couple of musicians on the lamb, George Raft as Spats Columbo the mob boss, Pat O'Brien as agent Mulligan and what was one of her best performances Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane lead singer of Sweet Sue's Band ~ but the scene stealer in this film is vaudevillian Joe E. Brown as millionaire Osgood Fielding, who has fallen in love with Daphne (Jack Lemmon in disguise) ~ the score by composer and conductor Adolph Deutsch skillfully captures the times of the late '20s.

Many tunes of the period are outstanding ~ but the fun begins with solos by Miss Monroe, the songs "RUNNIN' WILD", I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU" and "I'M THRU WITH LOVE", her performances in this film have become legendary,she was at the peak of her career in 1959. Just close your eyes and listen to each cue, you can still see the charm, comedy and the cross-dressing humor that made us laugh then and remains so fresh today...gotta love it!

Total Time: 30:59 on 14 Tracks ~ Varese Records 66595 ~ (8/03/2004)

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a rip off!, September 20, 2004

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San Fran Gruuv Fan (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Like It Hot [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

In the original CD release from Rykodisc, we got music aplenty but sloppy sound quality. In this brand new rerelease under a new label, we get better sound quality but less tracks! ARRGH!!

And as if to add insult to injury, the new cover art is terrible--this does NOT look like Marilyn Monroe is the least! It may seem a slight complaint to some, but I loved the cover art of Rykodisc's release much better.

Looks like we'll all have to wait for the next label to pick this one up to do a better job. Better luck next time, I suppose... hopefully the old saying about three being a charm is correct...