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Fairly certain I bought this on day one - and I'm a little surprised it's not been a good seller. I'd have thought the Jerry Lewis association would have given it a little extra boost in the sales. Shows what I know.
In any event, I listened to it fairly frequently when I first got it, and found it really lovely, marvelously melodic, sensitive ("The Pitiful Parting" in particular is quite beautiful), and rather funny when it needed to be. This thread's rejuvenation inspired me to put it back on, and if you're at all interested in scores with charm, color and plenty of humor (both subtle and gross), then I really must recommend "The Geisha Boy." It's wonderful music that sounds great. Would certainly welcome more Scharf in my collection whenever the opportunity arises.
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Nice to hear the love for this score. There, of course, is a reason for the low sales and that's that this was a weird situation that required not only Paramount but Rhino in terms of licensing the original Jubilee album. The minimum we could do was 1500 units and the costs were far beyond what we normally spend on stuff - but I love the score and Mr. Scharf and I knew it would not be a financial winner under any circumstances. Had we not had the extra licensing costs and had we been able to do 1000 of them we'd have made a bit more profit, as it did sell close to 800 units and plugs along slowly. I'm just grateful that it JUST made its costs back so from here on out it's profit time.
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How did Jubilee ever get a soundtrack for a Jerry Lewis Paramount production? ... A bigger question is that the LP back cover states in big letters music by Walter Scharf, conducted by Muir Mathieson played by the Sinfonia of London Orchestra. The Kritzerland CD states Scharf composed and conducted at Paramount. The brief booklet notes give no clue.
Good questions, joec (and thanks for the LP scan).
FSM's Bob DiMucci is the go-to-guy for background information on LP soundtracks and their copyrights, studios, owners past and present, etc.
Mr. DiMucci hasn't been posting around here recently.
From what I recall (from reading various FSM threads), film studios "farmed out" their film music to other record labels on a case-by-case basis. Soundtracks from Paramount pictures typically surfaced onto DOT LPs during the 1950s and 1960s until Paramount established their own record label. Why was "The Geisha Boy" outsourced to Jubilee instead of DOT is anybody's guess (at this late date). Perhaps the situation was as simple as Jubilee 'out-bidding' DOT for this Paramount property.
As for the other question, the album master on "The Geisha Boy" could have been a re-recording done in England to avoid expensive re-use fees from the American studio musician's unions.
Also, sometime within the year 1958 there was a musician strike which forced Hollywood studios to record film music sessions in countries such as Germany, Mexico, France, England, etc.
Perhaps Scharf's "The Geisha Boy" occurred during the strike?
MMM's David Schecter would probably be the best source of information on that '58 strike, but he too seems to have stopped posting @ FSM.
I expect the reason why Kritzerland's CD notes are silent on these issues is that the information on such may no longer exist or else the amount of research required to learn the facts is not worth the effort to exert. 
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Mar 25, 2015 - 6:06 PM
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How did Jubilee ever get a soundtrack for a Jerry Lewis Paramount production? ... A bigger question is that the LP back cover states in big letters music by Walter Scharf, conducted by Muir Mathieson played by the Sinfonia of London Orchestra. The Kritzerland CD states Scharf composed and conducted at Paramount. The brief booklet notes give no clue.
Good questions, joec (and thanks for the LP scan).
FSM's Bob DiMucci is the go-to-guy for background information on LP soundtracks and their copyrights, studios, owners past and present, etc.
Mr. DiMucci hasn't been posting around here recently.
From what I recall (from reading various FSM threads), film studios "farmed out" their film music to other record labels on a case-by-case basis. Soundtracks from Paramount pictures typically surfaced onto DOT LPs during the 1950s and 1960s until Paramount established their own record label. Why was "The Geisha Boy" outsourced to Jubilee instead of DOT is anybody's guess (at this late date). Perhaps the situation was as simple as Jubilee 'out-bidding' DOT for this Paramount property.
As for the other question, the album master on "The Geisha Boy" could have been a re-recording done in England to avoid expensive re-use fees from the American studio musician's unions.
Also, sometime within the year 1958 there was a musician strike which forced Hollywood studios to record film music sessions in countries such as Germany, Mexico, France, England, etc.
Perhaps Scharf's "The Geisha Boy" occurred during the strike?
MMM's David Schecter would probably be the best source of information on that '58 strike, but he too seems to have stopped posting @ FSM.
I expect the reason why Kritzerland's CD notes are silent on these issues is that the information on such may no longer exist or else the amount of research required to learn the facts is not worth the effort to exert.
Thanks for your reply.
I too think the Muir Mathieson credit may be related to the 1958 strike.
However, the Kritzerland CD gives the impression that the LP selections are actual soundtrack session recordings conducted by Scharf supplemented by additional material located in the Paramount vaults. But if indeed the LP was a re-record done in UK, then it should be credited as such on the CD. In any case the CD is a fine presentation as it is. One which would probably never seen the light of day without out Bruce K's efforts.
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The Geisha Boy was recorded in the U.K. due to the 1958 musicians strike.
lk
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