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John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Here are some of them: 1. Street Scene by Newman in 1931 also used in Where the Sidewalk Ends-1950, in prelude to How to Marry a Millionaire-1953, Kiss of Death-1947, and several more films 2. Waxmans Objective Burma score-1945, reused in Up Periscope-1960, Merrills Marauders-1962, the Big Picture(TV series) in the 50s and others 3. the theme from Brigham Young-1940 reused in Yellow Sky-1948, the trailer for the Gunfighter-1950, and in Rawhide-1951 4. Rescue of Demetrius cue in the Robe(parts of it reused earlier in Hunchback of Notre Dame-1940 and in Prince of Foxes-1949-Alfred Newman 5. probably the most used of all Son of Frankenstein score by Salter and Skinner-1939 in tons of Universal and UI films in 40s and 50s, ie The Mummy's Hand, the Wolfman movies, the Frankenstein films that followed and many others, the Mummy sequels etc. and many more other reuse by Newman of some of his scores same theme in both OUr Daily Bread-34 and Les Miserables in 35 reuse of Stella Dallas music in Remember the Day in 41 and in In the Meantime Darling-43 and so on. J.
posted 10-15-2005 09:01 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Oh yes, BTW the Up Periscope film had lots of Waxman scores tracked in 1. Air Force 2. Task Force 3. Objective Burma 4. Destination Tokyo all used. J.
posted 10-15-2005 09:03 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	One of the most interesting re-uses of the Objective Burma music was in a US Army documentary I saw about the taking of Burma and the Philippines made in 1945 around the time Objective Burma was just coming out. The 50s Universal scores were pretty much library scores with music written for one film winding up in many later films. The detailed notes to the Monstrous Movie Music CDs discuss the provenances of scores, how 32 bars from a cue in a Western like Bend of the River wind up tracked into Revenge of the Creature, etc. With the change in the studio system away from Music Departments and staff composers the practice died out somewhat to be replaced in current days by copying the temp-track which leads to cues which sound like other cues but aren't actually those cues.
posted 10-16-2005 02:22 PM PT (US)

Adoy Standard Userer	Horner's "Battle Beyond the Stars" was recycled into two other movies. The first was "Sorceress" in 1982 and then "Space Raiders" in 1983.
posted 10-17-2005 10:23 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Yes Lou, You are right on that. UI did reuse many of those in many films too. Also the old cues from the Capitol library of stock cues has been plugged into a multitude of old TV shows back in 50s and 60s and in lots of old B films too. That music is so familiar that as soon as you hear it you recognize it. One of my favorites that makes me laugh is that in Redball Express, the war movie about the supply trucks, there is one short clip thrown in near end of movie from the old Frankenstein films that totally does not fit. You hear it and it makes you laugh. J.
posted 10-22-2005 06:55 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	One of the most ridiculous ones on reuse was a film made in the mid 40s with Bela Lugosi about a dumb robot running around and it was tracked with the Son of Frankenstein score and all the other Universal scores for Frankenstein and Salter etc for the Mummy, Wolfman etc. All mixed in there. It was so funny listening to all of that. It was full of constant action music over and over. Really ran it into the ground. The Inner Sanctum mysteries with Lon Chaney Jr. ie Dead Mans Eyes and Frozen Ghost etc used this music over and over too. Music from Ghost of Frankenstein really stands out in Dead Mans Eyes. Chaney got to do a little bit more straight acting and dramatic roles in these two rather than playing a monster for a change. J.
posted 10-22-2005 07:13 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Another snipet that made me laugh some was hearing a short clip of the old Ghost of Frankenstein score by Salter thrown into the middle of a scene near end of Creature from Black Lagoon. Its brief, but it cracked me up when I heard it. One short clip in the middle of all the other music. When he is getting ready to die at the end. J>
posted 10-25-2005 11:18 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Many serials also used the Salter/Skinner music such as Junior G Men of the Air(1942) with the Dead End Kids. Its tracked over and over with that Son of Frankenstein music. J.
posted 10-25-2005 11:21 PM PT (US)

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