From 1960, please enjoy the greatest movie title sequence of all time. Spartacus.
Music by the brilliant Alex North, visuals by the equally great Saul Bass.
Incidentally, North's score for the entire movie is equally brilliant, particularly in the fight scene between Kirk Douglas and Woody Strode, which is practically a concerto for gladiators and orchestra. In any case, I'm posting that sequence for a variety of reasons, starting with the fact that my 13 year old self was totally blown away by this when I saw it on a big screen in six-track stereo in New York City back in the day; I still consider it the greatest mating of kinetic art and music in history (I had the soundtrack album and probably played it more than any LP I had until the arrival of The Beatles). The other reasons I'm posting it mostly involve a certain moron and anti-Semite I occasionally make fun of on-line, but I won't bore you with the details of that.
In any event, some absolutely fabulous music that is far more relevant to the mission statement of this here blog will be up on Monday.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
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Alex North also co-wrote the oft-covered (Righteous Brothers, Al Hibbler, Les Baxter) and much beloved song "Unchained Melody"
CHRIS E.
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