Ira Newborn - The Naked Gun Trilogy (3CD set from La-La Land July 15)

[Jay 37,373]

This July La-La Land Records Gets NAKED!

Coming Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 12 pm pst:

THE NAKED GUN TRILOGY – 3 disc set

Music by Ira Newborn

LLLCD 1303

Limited Edition of 2000 units

Retail Price: $34.98

Produced for La-La Land Records by Dan Goldwasser and Neil S. Bulk

Mastered by Doug Schwartz at Mulholland Music

Liner Notes by Daniel Schweiger

Art Direction by Dan Goldwasser

La-La Land Records and Paramount Pictures are proud to present a 3 disc set of Ira Newborn’s classic scores to THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!, THE NAKED GUN 2 ½ THE SMELL OF FEAR, AND THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3 THE FINAL INSULT. Jam packed with fantastic heroic themes, action packed, heart pounding tunes and sultry, sexy film noir cop thriller music circa 1978, Mr. Newborn’s diversified score is right up there with AIRPLANE! and TOP SECRET as some of the best music this genre has ever offered. While only some of the first 2 films scores were previously released, the third film in the series is making its world debut in this set! Also featured in this collection are songs from the various films, including “I’m Into Something Good,” “I Guess I’m Just Screwed,” the Academy Award’s show-stopping number “This Could Be the Start of Something” performed by Pia Zadora, and, arguably the greatest rendition of “The Star Spangle Banner” ever sung, performed by the great Enrico Pallazzo (a never-before-heard prerecorded performance)!

Naked Gun and it’s sequel, 2 ½, have been completely remastered and expanded greatly. Mike Matessino had the opportunity to go back and remix the first film’s score to its original glory! The 36 page booklet features extensive liner notes by Daniel Schweiger that take you behind the scenes of the funny films and their magnificent scores. Composer Ira Newborn and the magical film making team of ZAZ (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker) also lend some insight into these comedy classics. Dan Goldwasser’s art direction bring the zaniness altogether in one attractive looking package.

This 3 cd set goes on sale next week July 15, 2014 at 12 pm pst. This is our only new release for this week.

PLEASE NOTE: We MIGHT have a limited amount of signed copies autographed by Ira Newborn available at the time of the release. There is a 50/50 chance of us having them, though, there's only a 10 percent chance of that.

Keep watching our facebook page for updates.

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[Sharkissimo 1,973]

Great news! I love these scores.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I have the old (ancient) Varese CD with selections from the first 2 films.

Very good music in the films, but i could not even get through that 30+ minute release.

[Jay 37,373]

THE NAKED GUN TRILOGY: LIMITED EDITION (3-CD SET) LLLCD 1303

Music by Ira Newborn

Limited Edition of 2000 Units

STARTS SHIPPING JULY 15

RETAIL PRICE: $34.98

ORDER “THE NAKED GUN TRILOGY: LIMITED EDITION (3-CD SET)” on 7/15 starting at 12pm (PST) at www.lalalandrecords.com and get your copy autographed by composer Ira Newborn at no additional charge. NOTE: Autographs are available while supplies last and are NOT guaranteed. Only at www.lalalandrecords.com

La-La Land Records and Paramount Pictures proudly present acclaimed composer Ira Newborn’s (DRAGNET, UNCLE BUCK, MY BLUE HEAVEN, INNOCENT BLOOD) original motion picture scores to THE NAKED GUN TRILOGY (THE NAKED GUN, THE NAKED GUN 2 ½: THE SMELL OF FEAR and THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3: THE FINAL INSULT) starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley and George Kennedy, and directed by David Zucker (NAKED GUN, NAKED GUN 2 ½) and Peter Segal (NAKED GUN 33 1/3). This 3-CD set features the original scores to all three NAKED GUN films, with the scores to the first two films remastered and greatly expanded beyond previous releases and the world-premiere release of NAKED GUN 33 1/3.

Mr. Newborn’s robust orchestral scores to this classic comedy franchise, (created by the legendary ZAZ team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker), are a wondrous explosion of thrills, suspense, high-octane action and passionate romance – and then there’s that iconic big-band-swing NAKED GUN theme, as iconic, indelible and bigger-than-life than Lt. Frank Drebin himself. This collection features bonus tracks and songs from the films as well, including “I’m in to Something Good,” “I Guess I’m Just Screwed,” the Pia Zadora-performed Academy-Awards show-stopper “This Could be the Start of Something” and quite possibly the greatest rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” ever recorded, sung by opera great Enrico Pallazzo (in a never-before-heard prerecorded performance).

Produced by Dan Goldwasser and Neil S. Bulk and mastered by Doug Schwartz, this 3-CD limited edition release of 2000 units features a 36-Page Booklet with exclusive liner notes by writer Daniel Schweiger, including comments from the composer and filmmakers. Crime-stoppingly fun art design is courtesy of Dan Goldwasser. A must-have-listen for the home, the car, at work, and extended stays at Statesville Prison.

TRACK LISTING:

DISC 1: THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! (1988)

1. Beirut Vacation* 0:56

2. Drebin the Hero 1:34

3. Main Title* 2:02

4. Dock of the Nordberg/Murder by Cake 2:14

5. Drebin Takes a Snoop/To Ludwig’s 0:45

6. Our Miss Spencer*/Air Bag Drebin 1:31

7. Sting/Beeper Mom/Anyone Can Be an Assassin 0:54

8. Beeper Doc/The Exciting Chase* 3:24

9. A Lonely Drebin 0:47

10. Drebin Acrobat*/Meat Miss Spencer* 1:38

11. The Seduction 3:55

12. Frank Goes Bump-Bump/Somebody Killed My Scene 2:55

13. Out on the Ledge* 1:39

14. Over the Shoulder Boulder Holder/The Slaughterhouse 2:06

15. Drebin’s Haze/I’m a Lucky Woman/Sting (alternate) 0:34

16. The Third Out Beep/Frank, Frank, Frank 3:24

17. I Must Kill Frank* 3:12

18. I’m Into Something Good (End Credits version) 3:03

Performed by Peter Noone

Written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI)

SOURCE CUES & THE BASEBALL GAME

19. Cocktails for Five 3:50

20. The Star-Spangled Banner (studio pre-record) 1:24

Performed by Leslie Nielsen

Written by John S. Smith & Francis Scott Key

21. God Save the Queen (organ) 0:30

22. Blooper Vision 1:10

23. Baseball Medley (organ) 0:43

24. Las Chapanecas (organ) 0:50

25. La Raspa (organ) 0:50

BONUS TRACKS

26. The Seduction* (album version) 3:56

27. Out on the Ledge* (album version) 1:39

28. I Must Kill Frank (alternate) / Main Title (w/ alternate ending) 5:15

29. Main Title (w/ second alternate ending) 2:09

* previously released

TOTAL DISC TIME: 59:47

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DISC 2: THE NAKED GUN 21∕2: THE SMELL OF FEAR (1991)

1. Drebin - Hero!*/Main Title 3:06

2. Thinking of… Him!*/There’s Been a Bombing* 3:19

3. Hey Look at These*/We Don’t Have Any Kids/Transition to Blue Note Bar 1:54

4. Transition to Wharf/Bad Boys & Meinheimers* 2:48

5. We Got Work to Do/Nordberg Plants the Bug 2:24

6. Frank Tank/Trumpet Fanfare 1:40

7. The Date*/Ba Ba Ba Again 1:06

8. Jane Stalker 1:30

9. His Water Broke 1:46

10. A Raisin Nutbread/Hexagon Oil Sting/Frank Swims in Sewage 0:56

11. Frank Moves In/Frank’s Bust Is Busted 3:34

12. Hotel Sting/Hapsburg Moves on Jane 1:37

13. Introducing Dr. Meinheimer/He Can Walk/I’m Tired of Being the Sting King/We’ll See About This 2:36

14. Roof, Roof!* 4:15

15. Staying Here With You/A Real Bomb 1:18

16. Intro to Ozone Layer/I Want a World*/End Credits* 6:30

SOURCE CUES

17. Celebrated Minuet 0:54

Composed by L. Boccherini

18. Hail to the Chief 1:19

Traditional, arr. Don Nemitz

19. I Guess I’m Just Screwed 1:46

Performed by Colleen Fitzpatrick

Lyrics by David Zucker and Robert LoCash

Music by Ira Newborn

Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP)

20. I Should Have Been an Accountant (piano version) 1:19

21. Endzone Layer 1:49

22. Ye Olde Sex Shoppe 1:20

23. I Should Have Been an Accountant (Dance Band version) 0:59

24. Tangerine 1:46

Written by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer

Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP)

25. Satin Doll 1:41

Written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Duke Ellington Music (ASCAP) / WB Music Corp (ASCAP) /

Tempo Music Inc (ASCAP)

26. Lifespan 0:32

Written by Nikki Bernard

Ole Georg Music (ASCAP)

27. Tommy Two Tails 0:49

28. Besame Mucho 1:31

Performed by Leslie Nielsen

Written by Consuelo Velazquez and Sunny Skyler

Peer International Corp. (BMI)

* previously released

TOTAL DISC TIME: 57:32

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DISC 3: THE NAKED GUN 331∕3: THE FINAL INSULT (1994)

1. Drebin the Hero/The Touchable Untouchables 3:44

2. Midnight Romance§/Main Title 2:55

3. Mom Visits Rocco/Visit From Dr. Papshmir§ 2:12

4. Purse Snatcher°/Tearful Goodbyes§/Transition to Shrink’s Office/Make Tonight Something Special 1:31

5. Undercover Sperm Bank 0:49

6. You’ll Be Called°/Searching Through File/Back to Work/Rosenblatt Sting§/Transition to Frank’s House§ 1:58

7. Thelma & Louise Jane 1:20

8. Deciding to Go Undercover/Denver Jock Strap§/The Bighouse Yard/Entering the Bighouse/Letter to Jane° 4:34

9. Shower Intro/The Shower Song°/Shower Scene° 1:50

10. Prison Fight° 2:59

11. Jane Cries/Trucker Tries/Jane in Phone Booth 1:46

12. Frank’s Escape§/Trucker Jane/Frank’s Escape Part 2§ 2:21

13. Frank Meets Mom° 0:56

14. Tanya/Do I Know You? 1:42

15. Semi Truck°/Pigeon°/Your Bishop Is Exposed 1:42

16. Who’s the Skirt?/Let’s Bump Her Off/Rocco’s Crowning Achievement1:25

17. Very Impressive/Copter Schmear#/Gang to the Shrine 1:25

18. Rocco & Tanya Backstage/Tanya’s Sexy Leg/Ma in Sunroof§/Tanya’s Tassels 1:26

19. Foreign Taxi Drivers/Tanya Bubble Wrap°/Stupid Copper Punk° 2:53

20. Code Red Alert#/Frank Fights Raquel#/Police Squad Arrival 1:55

21. Tanya, Tanya, Tanya 1:10

22. Best Picture Award#/It’s the Bomb/The Final Straw/Give Up Rocco/Happy Ending to Awards§ 6:11

23. The Delivery Room§/End Credits 5:41

24. This Could Be the Start of Something 2:56

Performed by Pia Zadora

Written by Steve Allen

Meadowlane Music Inc. (ASCAP)

BONUS TRACKS

25. Deciding to Go Undercover (alternate) 0:29

26. Trucker Jane (alternate) 0:29

27. Ma in Sunroof° (alternate) 0:47

28. The Delivery Room§ (alternate) 0:29

SOURCE CUES

29. Soap Opera Source§ 0:48

30. Lotto Music° 0:10

THE ACADEMY AWARDS

31. Hooray for L.A.§/Ext. Awards Show§/Lifetime Achievement Award/Heart Attack Awards Music/Margaret Standswithafistupherbazooky§/Mariel and Elliot§ 2:38

32. Timpani Roll/Fatal Affair/Raquel Intro Theme Music 1:44

33. The Food Song (no vocals) 0:34

Written by Ira Newborn, Peter Segal and Harvey Cohen

Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP) / Sony/ATV Melody (BMI)

34. Geriatric Park° 0:26

35. Best Picture Presenters§ 0:36

36. This Could Be the Start of Something (instrumental) 2:18

Written by Steve Allen

Meadowlane Music Inc. (ASCAP)

§ co-composed with Donald Nemitz

° co-composed with Bruce Babcock

# co-composed with James Stemple

TOTAL DISC TIME: 70:57

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[Richard Penna 3,695]

Verrry tempting. Part of me thinks I'll start remembering bits I never knew I wanted from the films. Another part thinks it's a lot of music

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Forgot about this today while I was out. Oh well, can't snag an autograph every time! Ordered.

[Jay 37,373]

Whole bunch of pictures of the booklet and packaging

http://warmbutter.com/cds/nakedgun.php

[fommes 153]

Ordered an autograph copy; I'm looking forward to this box. Addams Family and The Naked Gun - I guess all that's missing now is Austin Powers!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Spy Hard!

[Jay 37,373]

So has anybody received this and listened to it yet, and if so what do you think?

[fommes 153]

Yes, it's terrific stuff. You can keep playing the title theme, you never get tired from it (although the first disc's extras are weirdly sequenced - why not make track 29 track 26?). The Drebin hero theme is good, though it doesn't do as much for me as it used to, but it's more than compensated for by the love theme, the Nordberg murder by cake theme, and especially all the various homages - I love the Kamen-styled action music on the second disc. And the third disc provides enough variation, and clearly a different approach, so that three discs never become tiring as a listening experience. Very recommended, but I guess you have to be familiar with the films and their music though.

[Jurassic Shark 12,091]

Has the music to the Police Squad series ever been released?

[Jay 37,373]

Nah

[Jay 37,373]

Back in stock!

 

https://lalalandrecords.com/naked-gun-trilogy-the-limited-edition-3-cd-set/

[crumbs 14,319]

I love this set so much, and I've only had time to listen to disc 1!

 

Can't wait to get to the Oscars material on disc 3.

[Jay 37,373]

We recently re-watched these 3 films in the early months of the pandemic and boy does the first one hold up as a fantastic comedy.  The sequels have plenty of great moments but were overall really all over the place with tone and pacing and the third one had some really specific references to the politics of the time that would go over the head of anyone young watching now

 

The scores by Newborn, however, were all great!

[mstrox 6,651]

[crumbs 14,319]

That's a good summary of the trilogy @Jay. The first is an unbeatable gem, while the others have individual highlights but aren't as consistently brilliant. 

 

You do notice pop culture and specific film references start creeping in more and more with each film (though nowhere near as shameless as the garbage passed off in the "spoof movie" genre these days). 

 

"Best actor in a Columbus film?" is a good example. A joke that was probably only relevant the year the third film was released. Whereas every joke, sight gag and all the physical comedy in the first film is timeless.

[mstrox 6,651]

Same deal with Airplane/Airplane 2, iirc

[Jay 37,373]

1 minute ago, crumbs said:

That's a good summary of the trilogy @Jay. The first is an unbeatable gem, while the others have individual highlights but aren't as consistently brilliant. 

 

You do notice pop culture and specific film references start creeping in more and more with each film (though nowhere near as shameless as the garbage passed off in the "spoof movie" genre these days). 

 

"Best actor in a Columbus film?" is a good example. A joke that was probably only relevant the year the third film was released. Whereas every joke, sight gag and all the physical comedy in the first film is timeless. 

Yup, exactly!

Just now, mstrox said:

Same deal with Airplane/Airplane 2, iirc

 

Oh man, I haven't seen either of those in years - we were going to watch them next after the Naked Guns but never got around to it

[Thor 7,521]

These films are inextricably tied to my childhood/youth. Love them dearly, although I haven't seen any of them in decades. Ira Newborn was 'hot' name back then; haven't heard from him in probably two decades.

[crumbs 14,319]

I always laugh my ass off at the airbag gag in the first film. According to the audio commentary, that gag was actually some "dated" reference to concerns over cheap airbags back in the 80s. That context would be completely lost on viewers now but it remains hilarious simply because the visuals are so absurd. 

 

A great example of how the jokes are so layered that even if you don't know about that context, it's still funny for other reasons. Same with all the gags about cop movie cliches; you don't need to have seen any cop movies to understand the gags, but you'll have a deeper appreciation of the humour if you have. 

 

11 minutes ago, Thor said:

These films are inextricably tied to my childhood/youth. Love them dearly, although I haven't seen any of them in decades. Ira Newborn was 'hot' name back then; haven't heard from him in probably two decades.

 

Last I heard he was teaching! I read a post somewhere from one of his students who said he's always happy to discuss the scores.

[Jay 37,373]

Totally agree.  The first film is much more timeless - as was the original Police Squad! show, from what I recall (I've only seen it once)

 

The sequels really went into pop culture references harder than I recalled them doing until the recent rewatch, perhaps because they used up all their more broad ideas in the first movie?

[Thor 7,521]

4 minutes ago, crumbs said:

Last I heard he was teaching! I read a post somewhere from one of his students who said he's always happy to discuss the scores.

 

I see, thanks. So he's gone the "Trevor Jones route". Good for him, I suppose, but I miss his voice.

[Jay 37,373]

I love his score to Ferris Bueller, too

[Jurassic Shark 12,091]

What other scores of significance has Newborn done?

[Jay 37,373]

The only ones I've heard outside the film are Ferris Bueller and the Naked Guns.  I'm not sure if any others ever got score albums or not.

 

He's scored many films I've seen - Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, Dragnet, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Caddyshack II, Uncle Buck, My Blue Heaven, Ace Ventura, Mallrats, and Baseketball - but I don't remember a thing about the score in those movies

[Jurassic Shark 12,091]

Anybody remember Sledge Hammer? 

[Jay 37,373]

Before my time

[Jurassic Shark 12,091]

Well, back in those days it was usually a delay of a few (or many) years before a show reached Norway. I think it ran over here in the mid 90s. I see that Don Davis scored two episodes!

[Thor 7,521]

4 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Anybody remember Sledge Hammer? 

 

Of course! Great Elfman theme too. But Newborn wasn't involved in that, AFAIK.

 

People often forget that Newborn was musical director of THE BLUES BROTHERS, even providing a few snippets of score inbetween the songs, if memory serves.

 

In general, the guy scored a bunch of the seminal movies of my youth - many of which are listed by Jay above - and I will always love him for it.

[Jay 37,373]

Why wasn't Sledge Hammer on Music For A Darkened Theater 1 or 2?

[Thor 7,521]

6 minutes ago, Jay said:

Why wasn't Sledge Hammer on Music For A Darkened Theater 1 or 2?

 

Don't know. Maybe some rights issues, which I tend to know very little about.

 

But a number of small Elfman themes didn't make the cut for either of those albums, beyond SLEDGE HAMMER. They remain unreleased to this day.

[Jurassic Shark 12,091]

9 minutes ago, Thor said:

Of course! Great Elfman theme too. But Newborn wasn't involved in that, AFAIK.

 

No he wasn't - I mentioned the show because the humour is kind of similar to Police Squad! / The Naked Gun.

[Thor 7,521]

Just now, Jurassic Shark said:

 

No he wasn't - I mentioned the show because the humour is kind of similar to Police Squad! / The Naked Gun.

 

Ah!

 

By the way, the SLEDGE HAMMER theme DID get a release, kinda. If memory serves, a "cover version" was released on one of those TELEVISION GREATEST HITS albums.

[Corellian2019 386]

1 hour ago, crumbs said:

Last I heard he was teaching! I read a post somewhere from one of his students who said he's always happy to discuss the scores.

 

On the Arrow Blu-ray of Sixteen Candles, there's an interview with Ira where it's revealed in the credits that he teaches at NYU. I'm also hoping that his Sixteen Candles score gets released eventually

[Jay 37,373]

Rusted Wave has reissued the first disc of this collection separately

 

 

 

In honor of its 35th anniversary, Rusted Wave and 1984 Publishing, in conjunction with Paramount Pictures, are pleased to release THE NAKED GUN score by renowned composer Ira Newborn, PLUS "The Star-Spangled Banner" (vocals by Leslie Nielsen) and "I'm Into Something Good" (vocals by Peter Noone / written by Carole King).

Starring the late, great Leslie Nielsen, THE NAKED GUN is a cult comedy classic and quintessential 80s flick. For the first time on vinyl, this LP is housed in deluxe gatefold packaging and pressed on hot pink opaque vinyl. LP also comes with a 7"x10" Japanese mini-poster! Limited to 500 copies. CD includes 4 bonus tracks not on the LP, plus a 12-page booklet with rare press stills of Leslie Nielsen and Priscilla Presley.

 

Preorder date at 1:00pm ET: November 20, 2023. Shipping begins 12/8!

 

https://www.rustedwave.com/product/the-naked-gun-music-from-the-motion-picture-cd