It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

by Ernest Gold

Overview

This score to one of the last great 1960s epic comedies is a lighthearted effort by composer Ernest Gold, who chose to impart a circus-band atmosphere to the music. Unfortunately, this is the sort of thing that can work very badly against a film of this type -- the music often seems as though it's attempting to be funnier than the film itself (in the case of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World it's a fact that the music is often a lot funnier than the events onscreen). The music is fun to listen to, however, and with the programmability of most CD players, the dialogue excerpts can be evaded, as can the interview at the end of the disc. The disc is a fine example of remastering, with noise reduced to a minimum, and a great dynamic range. MGM has had a well-deserved reputation for treating their music library well, unlike many studios (United Artists, not always part of MGM, managed to lose a large portion of its music masters over the years, with record keeping so poor that no one even knows where the tapes might have been sent) and it shows in the sound here. The disc also has a CD-ROM portion with the film's trailer. ~ Steven McDonald

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/1997
Label:	Rykodisc
UPC:	0014431070426
Rank:	166754

Tracks

1. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Overture
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~It's a Fact
3. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Main Title
4. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Every Man For Himself
5. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Follow The Leader
6. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~A Staring Contest
7. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Away We Go
8. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Oh, I Couldn't
9. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Gullible Otto Meyer
10. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~What's Wrong With America
11. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~The Living End (Act 1)
12. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~You Satisfy My Soul
13. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~The Only Way to Fly
14. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Thirty-one Flavors
15. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~You're Bugging Me
16. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Adios Santa Rosita
17. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Instant Chase
18. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~At the Big W
19. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~The Big W
20. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~The Great Pursuit
21. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Retribution
22. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
23. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Just Desserts
24. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World~Interview with Ernest Gold & Stanley Kramer

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ernest Gold   Primary Artist,Conductor

Technical Credits

William E Brittan   Engineer
Andrea Troolin   Release Production,Re-Release Producer
Ph.d   Design,Art Direction
Jeff Rougvie   Release Production,Re-Release Producer
Bobby Helfer   Production Assistant
Al Woodbury   Production Assistant
Andy Dursin   Liner Notes
Edie Adams   Dialogue
Ethel Merman   Dialogue
Mack David   Composer,Lyricist
Ernest Gold   Composer
Lukas Kendall   Production Assistant
Marvin Kaplan   Dialogue
Sid Caesar   Dialogue
Toby Mountain   Mastering
Jim Backus   Dialogue
Phil Silvers   Dialogue
Mickey Rooney   Dialogue
Buddy Hackett   Dialogue
Dick Shawn   Dialogue
Jonathan Winters   Dialogue
Milton Berle   Dialogue