Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2025 September 08 • Monday

The 873rd Soundtrack of the Week is another collection of film theme interpretations. This one is Screen Mood '62 by The Sharps and Flats Orchestra.

It's a fairly dizzying selection of titles, all from the years 1961 or 1962.

That's Suzanne Pleshette on the cover because one of the numbers is "Al Di La" from the movie Lovers Must Learn.

The small screen is represented as well as the large, silver screen, by the themes from Ben Casey and Surfside 6.

No surprise to find "Moon River" or "Tonight" here. Sequencing this record could have been a challenge, I suppose, having to connect El Cid and Blue Hawaii, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Parent Trap.

The arrangements and the sound of the orchestra smooth everything over. The general feel is like Glenn Miller's orchestra playing different material and throwing in a twist once in a while.