Professor Fate: Leslie escaped? General: With a small friar. Professor Fate: Leslie escaped with a chicken?

"Leslie will lose, your automobile will lose, I SHALL WIN!" (Prof Fate dives out window, Max drives off, Fate falls down manhole) "Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaax!"

Sadly nobody in my age knows that movie anymore😢 I‘m 18 and it’s one of my all time favorites🥰

One of the greatest movies of all time. I remember at one of our local cinemas' anniversary the projectionist was allowed to choose the program for the celebrations. He chose this as one of the films. I was the only person in the theatre, apart from staff. Ice cream in the interval and everything. It was wonderful. "Push the button, Max!"

Not only is The Great Race my favorite film of all times...I've had the joy of working with Tony Curtis, knowing Larry Storch, meeting Jack Lemmon and spending time (and photos) with both film cars, the Leslie Special and Hannibal Twin-8! All cherished moments.

Enter Professor Fate is my fav tune.

This film is truly magnificent, the pie fight is by far my favourite part.

One of my favorites too. Found it on tv by accident years ago. Loved it since.

Such a great movie with such wonderful, perfect music.

One of my all time favorite films, so overlooked. Jack Lemon is brilliantly funny. Also, one of the best sword fights I've seen in a film.

I was five years old when this movie came out. I love this movie and have seen it dozens of times but could watch it every month and still enjoy it. Thanks for the soundtrack.

When the friendship between director Blake Edwards and composer Henry Mancini began in 1958 with a little TV series called “Peter Gunn”, they surely couldn’t have imaged that they would walk on a winning-streak from then on, continuously. In 1965, after the successes of “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”, “Days Of Wine And Roses” and “The Pink Panther” the colorful comedy spectacular “The Great Race” would be released in cinemas around the globe. Although it had a certain “Those Magnificent Men And Their Flying Machines” feel to it (both came out the same year), it stands as its own. The acting of the main cast (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood and Peter Falk) is great, the plot is funny, the imagery is superb and the music - fantastic. Mancini composed a lengthy score of which just 30 minutes found their way on a soundtrack album but thanks to La-La Land Records the entire film score (plus the original album) has been given a delightful and generous 3-CD release and presents not only some of the known material but the entire and colorful original film score, including various arrangements of the lovely waltz “The Sweetheart Tree”, which appears in this video as instrumental in the Main Titles, as a solo-vocal interpretation and as the heartful album-esque recording with orchestra and choir in the Exit Music. Enjoy!

we need more movies like these, funny and a bit slapstick. I was fortunate to see the cars at Warner Bros when the movie was about to premier. I'm not sure how my Aunt got tickets, but was great fun. My favorite song is now is, He Shouldn't Outta Swang on Me. The words are hilarious, and then there's pie fight. What a mess! Jack Lemmon and Peter Faulk where great! Sad that it wasn't a box office success and that they never did a sequel, Paris to New York. It was really our loss that we couldn't watch this ensmble once again. In the words of Professor Fate, Push the button, Max!

Prof.Fate: "Push the button Max!" BOOM!!!!! Prof.Fate: AAAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!

They say there's a tree in the forest A tree that will give you a sign Come along with me to the Sweetheart Tree Come and carve your name next to mine They say if you kiss the right sweetheart The one you've been waiting for Big blossoms of white will burst into sight And your love will be true evermore

This brings back a train-load of memories from my childhood and youth! First saw it in a theater in North Dallas at it's '67 release (the place was packed). Mancini is a genius; as is Black Edwards. "Professor" Lemmon, Jail-window bar Falk, Tooth-sparkle Curtis and drop-dead gorgeous in a Corset Woods are classic! And, the "Leslie Special" (like Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang) is the icing on the cake of this movie! Thanks for posting!

The Pie-In-The-Face Polka would be worth the cost of the record. Thank you

I remember this film as a kid. A rollicking and fun soundtrack by Mancini. How you manage to distill the essence of the OST in fifteen minutes is beyond me. Good work as always.

This is one of the funniest movies they ever made Jack and Tony are so good together

Another one of Mancini's masterpieces. I feel like this one is more forgotten, but just a blast to listen to nonetheless! Thanks for sharing.

Lively and joyful performance of this finely composed and somewhat parodic suite with colorful and perfectly united sound of all the instruments. The awesome composer/conductor leads the perfectly trained orchestra in a rhythmical tempo and with utmost effective dynamics. Simply wonderful!

Thank goodness for Turner Classic Movies or I wouldnt know this movie existed. Its not shown on regular tv ever. Great Score By Henry Mancini

I've been looking for an extended version of The Sweetheart Tree for decades. Never understood the sporatic piano version... until now. It was for the ending credits! It's such a beautiful melody and he did one of the greatest piano solo's over the whole dang thing. But I want a version of Natalie singing it and it should be no less than 100+ hours long. Beautiful work this, all around. Thank you!

Excellent !

One of the many wonderful scores Henry Mancini did for the films of the legendary director Blake Edwards! Just about the perfect balance between composer and director-Mancini always seemed to capture the spirit of Edwards’ films every time! PS-one of the few Blake Edwards films NOT scored by Henry Mancini was the underrated 1974 film “The Tamarind Seed” starring Julie Andrews(Mrs.Blake Edwards) and Omar Sharif-one of the dramas from Mr.Edwards plus a score by the equally legendary composer-the incomparable John Barry! Worth seeing!!PS-it sometimes appears on TCM!!!

The Great Race airs Wed morning (12:35am CT, Oct. 12, 2022) on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Prior to it at 7pm (CT), "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines" (1965), then at 9:30pm (CT) is the funniest film I've ever seen: "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963). Followed by The Great Race at 12:30am. At 3:30am (CT) is "The Fortune Cookie" (1966) starring Jack Lemmon and his great friend Walter Matthau.

Lebhafte und erfreuliche Leistung dieser fein komponierten und etwas parodischen Suite mit farbenreichen und perfekt vereinigten Tönen aller Instrumente. Der geniale Komponist/Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im rhythmischen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Einfach wunderbar!

Does bring back childhood fond memories - this film is from the golden age of mega productions of films where creativity reigns, with OST music performed in natural instruments and vocals...rather than the plastic soul - less Star Wars and the awful comics heroes trash of films. To think that none of the stars here are still with us, neither the composer, brings a tear to the eye - thanks for this uploading!

Thank you, Fred, Mancini is one of my favorite composers; i play his music all April long. We share the same birthday: April 16th.

One of the best recordings I ever heard. Can hear every instrument. Music should be delivered like this every time! Thank you FRED!

This movie was fun & cute. I loved Natalie Wood in this

thx for uploading this!! Such a great movie & music!

This is outrageous you can't really listen to other tracks, since the CDs were very limited and have been sold out. So far, this video is the only source for me to listen to some tracks that's been never released before. I wish I could find a place to listen to the rest of the tracks.

Thank you for the upload! Mancini has such amazing compositions! The only one I missed was the Royal Waltz. My personal favorite :)

Very beautiful wonderful but it is a little bit different from the one i ve listenened since 1965

Up and at 'em. Up and at 'em!

Just needed to include the waltz.

Up Max, UUUUUPPPPP!!!!!!!

Excelente !!!!

in 2025, this movie will be 60 years old. Waner Bros should celebrate the 60th anniversary of this movie!

I am convinced that the character, Professor Fate was losely based upon aviation pioneer and mitorcycle builder and the 1907 speed record holder, Glenn Curtiss.

There are great deam,and great life.

Divertente e romantico

hello Fred, already a big thank you to have uploaded part of this unknown version of this mythical soundtrack. I wanted to know if you were going to upload the other tracks (I'm thinking about "Fates Again" which is my favorite track and which I can't find even in disc format).

I'm curious where you found these alternate lyrics from "He shouldn’t-a, hadn’t-a, oughtn’t-a swang on me" They're not in the final cut of the film and they clearly prefigure the gender-bending comedy of Victor / Victoria. Wherever you found them, good job!

I REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE but I can’t I can’t find the dvd and it’s not on Netflix.😢

Do you think you could please upload the full version of “Enter Professor Fate”? That is one of my favorite songs from this soundtrack but unfortunately it’s cut short in the video and I can’t find it anywhere else, the only full soundtracks released were the re-recordings of only a handful of songs from the film. Like “Push the Button Max!” was re-released but I like how “Enter Professor Fate” sounds like a waltz version of his theme and it played whenever he was performing his stunts. So far you’re the only person I’ve found who has even slightly acknowledged it.

Always liked Dorothy Provine...

Papelazo de jack lemmon

Hallo Fred. Echo hier. Solche Filme wurden früher in den ÖRR gezeigt. Leider kenne ich den Film daher nur aus dem TV aus einer Zeit als es nur 3 TV-Sender in Westdeutschland gab. Henry Mancini hat ja bei dem Film Condorman gezeigt das er auch Bombast ala Goldsmith oder Williams liefern kann. Eine der wenigen Rollen bei denen man wirklich sehen was für ein toller Jack Lemmon Schauspieler war. Es ist richtig schade das Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis und leider auch Natalie Wood verstorben sind. Singt hier eigentlich Natalie Wood oder bringe ich da etwas durcheinander ? Dir schon mal ein angenehmes Wochenende. Bis denne. MfG Echo. P.S.: Du hast diesen Score ja zu zweiten Mal hochgeladen. Was war oder ist der Grund dafür ?

Didn't you upload this movie's music already?

Flying leathernecks

Un peliculon

Please

Fred i want you to upload john wayne's 1951 hell song in the clouds

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Maravilha. Só podia ser Mancini.