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What's New Pussycat? (1965 Film)

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I ENJOY THIS MUSIC BECAUSE AS CRAZY AS THE MOVIE IS, WHEN IT CAME OUT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT, AND MY MEMORIES ARE FUNNY ONES.

Screenplay By Woody Allen
Music By Burt Bacharach And Lyrics By Hal Davis
Songs Include :

What's New Pussycat - Main Title - By Tom Jones
School For Anatomy - Bookworm - Medley
High Temperature Low Resistance
Downhill And Shady
Stripping Really Isn't Sexy Is It
Marrage French Style - Here I Am - Medley
Here I Am - By Dionne Warwick
Marrage French Style
My Little Red Book - By Manfred Mann
Pussy Cats On Parade
A Walk On The Wild Wharf
Chateau Chantel
Catch As Catch Can

This is one of the MGM series of movie soundtracks that Rykodisc has recently released on CD.It features 13 songs written by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David.This film score fits the movie perfectly.There are 3 songs with vocals and 10 instrumentals.The highlight of the CD is the great vocal performance by Tom Jones on the title track.Other highlights are Manfred Mann's version of "My Little Red Book",which is vastly superior to Love's version that came a year later.The best instrumental is "Downhill And Shady",featuring some great electric guitar in the "British Invasion" style.This enhanced CD also has a funny 3 minute film clip from the beginning of the movie,where Peter O'Toole has his first therapy session with the deranged shrink played by Peter Sellers.I recommend this CD for anyone who liked the movie or the early days of the glorious British Invasion.

Note: this review is for the SOUNDTRACK, not the video!

This is a great 1960's score from composer Burt Bacharach. The main title song sung by Tom Jones and composed by Bacharach and Hal David is a classic. Bacharach's music perfectly goes with the story of Peter O'Toole, as a troubled fashion editor, who visits psychiatrist Peter Sellers for help with his fanciful and complicated love life (Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss and Capucine). However, Sellers has problems of his own and at time the roles become reversed. Ursula Andress also drops into the fray. Woody Allen is present in what I believe is his first film as both actor and writer. The film shifts back and forth from sophisticated comedy to slapstick, as does the music. I always liked this funny and outlandish album and movie. The original artwork was retained for this CD. Bacharach's companion score for Peter Sellers and "AFTER THE FOX" is also equally good if not better.

When Mike Myers wrote the first Austin Powers script, surely he had to be thinking of two films of the 60s: "Casino Royale" and "What's New Pussycat". They're overwhelmingly silly, just a bit risque for the times, and make no sense whatsoever. Yes, there's always the suggestion of some sort of a plot, but nothing that would get in the way of the action. Whatever the story, pretty soon everyone is running around in circles chasing everyone else, great quantities of soap bubbles are coming out of womewhere, girls are losing bikini tops and a Bacharach and David song is playing in the background. What makes "What's New Pussycat" better than most is of course the contribution of a rather young Woody Allen to the script and the cast. It's inspired silliness and great fun.

This is a great 1960's score from composer Burt Bacharach. The main title song sung by Tom Jones and composed by Bacharach and Hal David is a classic. Bacharach's music perfectly goes with the story of Peter O'Toole, as a troubled fashion editor, who visits psychiatrist Peter Sellers for help with his fanciful and complicated love life (Romy Schneider, Paula Prentiss and Capucine). However, Sellers has problems of his own and at time the roles become reversed. Ursula Andress also drops into the fray. Woody Allen is present in what I believe is his first film as both actor and writer. The film shifts back and forth from sophisticated comedy to slapstick, as does the music. I always liked this funny and outlandish album and movie. The original artwork was retained for this CD. Bacharach's companion score for "AFTER THE FOX" is also equally good if not better.