Search - Neal Hefti :: Harlow (Original Soundtrack)

Finally!!!

R. Gonzales | Denver, CO United States | 11/12/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This soundtrack tops the list of my favorite soundtracks of all time! Thank God its now on CD with beautiful crystal clear sound. It comes from a much hyped movie at the time HARLOW which was competing with another Harlow staring Carol Lynley, but this one starring Carroll Baker eventually won out. All of the tracks are pure "sixties" arrangements provided by Neil Hefti, and contains bouncy fun tracks such as Carroll Baker A Go Go, and slower dramatic renditions such as Lonely Girl (Bobby Vinton released his version as a 45 in 1965 and also sang it in the movie)Girl Talk is reason enough to buy this CD though, it is the best arrangement of the song I have ever heard! THANK YOU DRG for this series!!!!"

Nice work by neal hefti

Darryl K. Clark | springfield, missouri | 05/10/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"levine's 'harlow' was a problematic film. it starred a miscast carroll baker as harlow who was all nerves and no humor. and it had bizarrely anachronistic production details, even though many of the people that were involved knew harlow and the period of films she enlivened with her beauty, carefree sexiness and distinctive speaking voice.



the soundtrack is chock full of all those anachronisms that sink the film, yet on its own, it's fun light jazz 1960s style.



the best track is the arrangement of 'girl talk'; and the second best is 'blues for jean'. it's not a blues, but don't let that stop you from listening."

Good of kind - a great main theme

L. S. Slaughter | Chapel Hill, NC | 07/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Yeah, thanks DRG. How nice to not have scratches, even though I dig the erotic smell of vinyl (oh face it, y'all do, too!)



I owned this score as a kid, growing up weird, and then staged a bizarre multimedia thing at Univ. of San Francisco in the mid-80s with a bald 6'5" African American Alvin Ailey male dancer in a strapless female white evening gown, with an orchid behind his ear dancing to "Lonely Girl - Main Theme". He brought down the house with his interpretation of men's favorite images of women... the images of women that men fall in love with. It brought down the house, they loved it, and thanks to the music, no one confused it with camp or drag.



HARLOW'S a very dated, very cool score, probably Hefti's best, and "Girl Talk" is simply over the top in that bluesy mid-60s John Barry 'Petulia'style. Def worth the ten bucks!!!



thanks DRG!"