AFOS: "Bottomless Party" playlist

Airing this week on the Fistful of Soundtracks channel is the 2008 Fistful of Soundtracks: The Series episode "Bottomless Party" (WEB95), in which I compiled my favorite selections from comedic film and TV scores. jim.aquino.com is no longer online, as are all the pre-WEB97 playlists I posted on that site, so I'm reposting each playlist as each pre-WEB97 ep reairs.

1. George S. Clinton, "The Merkin Medley," Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Lakeshore
2. George S. Clinton, "Soul Bossa Nova" (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery & The Spy Who Shagged Me: Original Motion Picture Scores, RCA Victor
3. Hans Zimmer, "Release the Hounds," The Simpsons Movie, Extreme Music
4. Craig Wedren, "Stella Theme," www.craigwedren.com
5. John Barry, "Main Title," The Knack... And How to Get It, Rykodisc
6. Henry Mancini, "Party Poop," The Party, RCA
7. Henry Mancini, "A Shot in the Dark," Trail of the Pink Panther, EMI-Manhattan
8. Quincy Jones, "Main Title," The Hot Rock, Prophesy
9. John Morris, "Titles (Main Title and Credits)," The Producers, Razor & Tie
10. Kid 'n Play, "Kid vs. Play (The Battle)," House Party, Motown
11. Michael Giacchino, "The Glory Days," The Incredibles, Walt Disney
12. Michael Giacchino, "100 Mile Dash," The Incredibles, Walt Disney
13. Elmer Bernstein, "Stripes March," Stripes, Varèse Sarabande
14. Elmer Bernstein, "I Respect You," Ghostbusters: Original Motion Picture Score, Varèse Sarabande
15. Shary Bobbins, Bart, Lisa, Wiggum, Apu, Homer & Marge, "Cut Every Corner," Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons, Rhino
16. Saddam Hussein, "I Can Change," South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Atlantic
17. Theodore Shapiro and Craig Wedren, "Higher and Higher" (from Wet Hot American Summer), www.craigwedren.com
18. Lyle Workman, "SuperWhat?," Superbad, Lakeshore
19. Michael Giacchino, "End Creditouilles," Ratatouille, Walt Disney

Repeats of A Fistful of Soundtracks: The Series air Monday night at midnight, Tuesday and Thursday at 4am, 10am, 3pm, 7pm and 11pm, Wednesday night at midnight, and Saturday and Sunday at 7am, 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm.

Bonus new AFOS episode: "Bottomless Party"

And there you have one of the reasons for the R rating that's been stamped on Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay--the bottomless party sequence.

I'd hate to be at the bottomless party where they serve bean dip.

Austin Powers series composer George S. Clinton--his slinky, atmospheric Wild Things score doesn't receive enough praise--wrote the Guantanamo Bay score, and an excerpt from Clinton's new score will be included on the next AFOS episode, "Bottomless Party" (WEB95), which will begin streaming tomorrow (Thursday, April 24 at midnight, 4am, 10am, 3pm, 7pm and 11pm).


Not much of the original music from the Harold & Kumar flicks has been made available to us fans of the H&K series--there wasn't enough in the first movie to fill an entire CD--so the rest of WEB95 contains selections from several of my favorite original scores that were written for comedies (The Hot Rock, Stripes, Ratatouille).

Also on the WEB95 playlist: some classic Henry Mancini joints, plus an amusing fake '80s movie anthem co-penned by former Shudder to Think member Craig Wedren, who regularly collaborates with alumni from The State (Wet Hot American Summer, Reno 911!) and is a film/TV composer to watch.


Some clickworthy articles about Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, the first H&K movie:
"Bathroom humor and stoner jokes aside, this teen-pleasing, stereotype-challenging road movie has a lot to say about race in America today." [Salon]
"The film's vision of what it really means to be a second-generation immigrant is downright sardonic." [Flak]
John Cho: "I imagine the second one, set as it would be in Amsterdam would be even funner... I can see the tag line now--'more funner than the first one.'" [DVD Talk]
"White Castle and Church's Chicken, Manhattan, New York" [Dancing Blue Seal] (actually, this blog post doesn't have much to do with Harold & Kumar--it just contains some great food porn pics of those luscious White Castle Slyders)

Next AFOS episode: The title of WEB96 will be "The Inmates Are Taking Over the Asylum," and it will feature selections from scores to movies released by United Artists, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary with a 90-disc DVD box set and UA retrospectives at both the Film Forum in New York and the Nuart in L.A. This ep will contain my favorite themes from UA movies (From Russia with Love, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three), as well as selections from some out-of-print soundtracks to UA cult favorites (The Landlord, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka).