The Odd Couple theme song film soundtrack original music score
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2015
- The original soundtrack album for The Odd Couple (which can be heard elsewhere on TH-cam) is noticeably different from the recordings used in the 1968 film, so I've assembled all of the music that you actually hear in the film. I've eliminated any dialog, although you can hear sound effects in a few places. It adds up to only 12 minutes of music, and yet composer Neal Hefti (who also wrote the Batman theme) gives us about 6 distinctly different arrangements of the title theme. At the end, I've tagged on a version from The Odd Couple II (1998). In addition to the iconic theme, a version of the cue beginning at 10:11 is heard in every episode of the 70s TV series.
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I love how they make the 'Odd Couple' theme gently swing and the strings add a subtle lushness, which gives it an atmosphere and character that captures both the era and the location. It will stay with me until I expire.
"Told you 158 times I can't stand little notes on my pillow. 'We're all out of cornflakes. F.U.' Took me three hours to figure out F.U. was Felix Ungar!"
Mike Nichols recalled in an interview that no laugh was expected from those lines during rehearsal. In fact, the audience laugh was so big that Matthau would have to read the newspaper while waiting for the laugh to die down.
thefrankonion totally the funniest thing I've ever seen
To The Frankonion:That's funny!
Corn flakes is TWO words. :) :)
The best lines of the film after, “Now, it’s garbage.”
Most people don't know that the title theme had lyrics:
No matter where they go
They are known as the couple.
They're never seen alone
So they're known as the couple.
As I've indicated
They are never quite separated,
They are peas in a pod.
Don't you think that it's odd.
Their habits, I confess
None can guess with the couple.
If one says no it's yes
more or less, with the couple.
But they're laugh provoking;
Yet they really don't know they're joking.
Don't you find
When love is blind
It's kind of odd.
By Sammy Cain and Neal Hefti.
source: www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/theoddcouplelyrics.html
I am in the UK and I have watched this movie so many times, never get tired of it because the actors and music are just class; Lemmon and Matthau are two of my favourite actors....my favourite scene is in the restaurant when Lemmon has an allergy attack...snoughhh...snoughhh...snoughhh, think this is so funny!
If Manhattan had a theme song, it would be this.
RIP Neil Simon, 1927-2018.
Creator of "The Odd Couple."
And Carole Shelley, (Gwendolyn Pigeon)
1939-2018.
Just a bit of trivia: One of the exotic dancers (The blonde in the purple outfit) was Angelique Pettyjohn who played "Shahna" in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion"
As of 2022, there are 2 surviving cast members from the movie version: Monica Evans (Cecily Pigeon) and David Sheiner ("Roy" one of Oscar's poker buddies)
This so reminds me of my childhood being born and raised in the heart of Manhattan. This movie came out when I was 5. My grandfather would take me for long strolls throughout the city and to play at Central Park or roller skating at the Rockefeller Center. I recall my grandparents going out to see this movie. Brings back great memories. Thank you for taking the time to put this great original score together. Excellent editing work.
I know you commented three years ago and I am not from New York but I love this movie for the outside scenes of the City. It certainly was a different time. I was just talking about this movie at work today and the vintage New York scenes. What wonderful memories you have shared! Thank you - I loved reading this.
Damn that must’ve been awesome!
Meanwhile I grew up in in the Canadian bush in the middle of nowhere haha.
@DEK33019 - Boy were they the Glory-days!!🙌 - "Strolling in Central Park" - what an incredible experience!! - thank you for sharing your personal memories of a by-gone era!! - As for this show, I Loved it!! Jack Klugman & Tony Randall were Born for this show❣
I miss the sixties in NY, just a cool time 😎
This movie is a classic! The dialogue, the cinematography, this awesome score all came together in a great and memorable way!
I agree, I hope I get to do a version of the play one day.
And the English ladies...
"Betty Boop and her sister."
Could have been nominated for Best Picture of 1968,it was such a good year for films! Oliver won and was terrific so were all the others including this as well !!!!!
I can't get enough of this film, and listening to the soundtrack is just as great. Thanks!
"Life goes on even for us who are divorced, broke and sloppy.(Oscar picks up the phone.) Hello! Divorced, broke and sloppy?!" -- Oscar Madison, "The Odd Couple" (1968).
This tune gently presses a button in my subconcious that produces a carthatic relaxed response of melancholy,arousing
unhindered illusions of a place where time is of no consequence.
One of my favorite Comedy Movies. All Time Best's Matthau and Lemon !
I'm a big fan of both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau simply because of this movie. They have amazing chemistry and comic timing between the two! They're in a class all by themselves! 😎👍
7:13 is when the feeling of divorce really cuts like a knife. And I've never been married.
I recently read somewhere that Dick Van Dyke was considered for the role of Felix Ungar in THE ODD COUPLE (1968). If DVD had been Felix, it would have been a far different and less memorable motion picture. But, no matter who played F.U. in the movie, Tony Randall will ALWAYS be Felix Unger (with an "E") to me. Had he still been alive to this day, Tony would be over 100 years old!
My fav part when Felix leaves the F. U. note!!!
I remember watching the start of this movie, I was 14 on my lunch break from school I was enjoying the movie so much i too the rest of the day off 😂
If New York had an anthem...
So true, but it's a New York that we'll never fully know, unfortunately. A time and place with such interesting character that's passed. Makes me a little sad, but nice to get glimpses into it when we can.
Taxi Driver's theme too :))
One of the best comedys ever made. Period!
This is the best music of all time
Why do I dig this theme?
It’s jazz
Thanks....love the music and the movie. I was 8 years old when it came out and will never forget it!
i also love it both the movie and the track
i know it since, maybe 5 maybe ten years, now i'm 46 :-) cheers Cindy :-)
Really Love This Show and Play
The main theme is very good, but I've always really loved the separate little melody heard at 8:05. That one was also occasionally used in the TV series, usually as a bumper between scenes with exterior shots of East Side, to indicate that a few hours had passed.
This is the most catchy toon i ever heard. It's brilliant. I didn't know this was a movie. I remember the tv show a long time ago.
I saw this film when it came out at Radio City Music Hall on July 31, 1968. Hilarious would be an understatement. It didn't hurt that Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau were best friends in real life. Their comedic timing is impeccable.
That is so cool! I saw it in the summer of 68 too but in my neighborhood theater in PA. I got my first kiss ever in the movie theater that day, LOL.
Perhaps we were at Radio City Music Hall at the same time -- I was there and saw Felix and Oscar mega sized as we could only get seats up front.
@@MsBackstager Quite possibly. In those days, they'd start tings off with a performance on the Music Hall Grand Organ, followed by a stage show culminating with a performance by the Rockettes. Then they'd show the feature film. One showing per day. The year, before, I saw Up the Down Staircase there.
@@8avexp Great memories.
Thank you SO much for editing the music and posting it here for all to enjoy! I really appreciate all the effort you put into doing this. It is a frustrating thing that movie soundtracks as issued aren't always the same as the "score". This is a real treat! LOVE this score! Thanks again! :)
I love to put my Kramer Baretta or Les Paul standard on clean chorus setting and play along with this theme song, have probably practiced it 30 or 40 times this weekend. It’s hard to get all the different tones considering the wide variety of instruments and imitating on a guitar, but it’s fun trying, this is an excellent song to learn some good chops 👍🏻🎸
i was born the year this movie came out and i love the music of Neil Hefti and others such as henry mancini thanks for this upload
i love this track :-)
how does a composer capture the feel of the city in music ??
How did he do the same for the man of mystery the caped crusader?
Neal Hefti was a true MUSICAL GENIUS to have composed and arranged the soundtrack to THE ODD COUPLE!!!
Wow, the number of different arrangements to these songs is amazing. Different feel to each one, and then compare them to the different arrangements for the TV show. Classic!
The movie version sound track makes you want to walk in Central park on the west side and the original TV series makes you walk in Central Park on the East Side
Film perfetto in ogni suo aspetto creativo❤
Neil Hefti also wrote the theme for "It Takes a Thief". Very, very cool.
Christopher Gerety Actually the theme for "It Takes a Thief," was composed by Dave Grusin who also wrote the theme from the tv series, The Name of the Game.
You’re right.
@Deacon Davis: who composed the theme song for "The Prisoner"?
Neil Hefty from "Woody Herman and the Herd"! Was he a Big Band trumpeter, saxophonist...? COMPOSER of title music BATMAN (tv)! Composed film "How to Murder Your Wife" w/ Jack Lemmon and Terry Thomas! GREAT SCORE. I tape-recorded it from TV in the '80s!
The best comedy i've ever seen! A classic,really,there's nothing that can be compared with this film,in my opinion.
The original theme song had lyrics which go like this:
No matter where they go/they are known as the couple
They're never seen alone/so they're known as the couple
As I've indicated/They are never quite separated
They are peas in a pod/Don't you think that's odd?
They're habits I confess/none can guess with the couple
If one says no it's yes/more or less with the couple
But they're laugh-provoking/yet they don't really know they're joking
Don't you find when love is blind/it's kind of odd!
Don't you think it's odd?
Don't you think it's odd?
Don't you think it's odd........
Listened to this while at a New York Mets game dedicated to Jack Klugman's character Oscar Madison's Met's ball cap
This is absolutely brilliant! I am forever hungover in my 70's gala. The Best of the Best. TV shows today WISH they had character, improvisation and talent like the incredible shows of yesteryear.
The film sound track is the best..thank you, your mastering is well done.
This is and always will be one of my fav movies I love jack and walter these 2 are so great very good movie and makes u laugh a lot
preferred Tony and Jack
Musik of good times
I love theme for the metro polis cafe.. makes me wanna get inside of a cafe or dance on my platform while the others watch!
The original and best.
Thank you so much, you're an angel for doing this
Great work! Always loved this soundtrack and the original material has never been made available.
Nice job editing this. Thank you for posting. Great score and the movie version trumps all others.
"they want to make a bundle out of you!"
This is one classic theme most every one knows, even if they don’t know the movie or show
You really did a great job on this and believe me, as an editor I know how much work went into it. I second the comment here that when a movie soundtrack is released, it should be the same music as in the movie. It's fine if you want to add selections but at minimum, it should contain the same tracks that were in the movie. Thanks again!
So So Frickin COOL .. my tiny mind is exploding !
Of the best comedys ever!
What a great audio edit, thank you so much !!!
The legendary Neil Hefti music! Incredible! This theme and the Bob Newhart Show Theme. Hefti Glory!
thanks so much for this i was 8 years old when this came out hell of a movie and a sound track
I really love dis theme❤❤❤👍👍👍
Love this...sincerely FU.
Great Neal Hefti Music.Mmmmmmmm
The original (film) arrangement and instrumentation (synthesizer, harpsichord, vibraphone, flute ensemble, etc.) was better than the TV version (which is most often played, even in orchestral ensembles). The original is quirkier, more "loungey."
I prefer the TV version because of the stand up bass jazziness, but a great score, just not long enough.
The 1968 movie version has more style and girlish innocence than the TV version when I listen to the harpsichord instrumentation. Though my favorite of the original ABC renditions is the opening of Season 2. That one has a lot of bounce to it.
I've been looking for the actual music from the movie...THANKS!!
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This film could NEVER, EVER have been conceived in the UK.
I have loved it ever since I saw it as a little Brit
Very elegant and smooth actually!
very nice , thank you
RJ
Nice compilation!
...amazing! :-)
Fantastic.
Jack Lemmon...
Walter Mathau...
In... THE ODD COUPLE
Why would this song pop into my head? I have not seen or heard this song or show in 10 years. Love this compilation / mix. Great work.
Mark ONeill That's Neal Hefti. That's why everybody know the 1966 Batman theme (also by Hefti), even those who didn't see the series. That's why Homer Simpson can't stop singing it.
So, Neal Hefti has at least two classic themes under his belt? Nice.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this! I just can't thank you enough for putting all of this together. You're the reason why I come to TH-cam 🙂 Bless you, my friend!
I just love those strings @1:16, 5:04 & 11:33 and the fade that comes shortly afterward! Such a special sound...
The strings are nice there!
Yeah, the lush strings have that big-city luxury flavor to them. And I think the marimba in the 16 beat opening rhythm is great orchestration. The tune for The Odd Couple really is like one of the characters in the story.
@@Russell_Huston "Big-city luxury flavor" Yes! 100% The first time I felt that was as a teen in Cincinnati when I was there for a wedding, and I'll never forget it. Thank you for pointing out that very specific feeling. I've never heard anybody articulate it before, but it's a very real sensation, and Neal Hefti managed to put it to music.
This is perfect!
After three weeks of close, personal contact, I'M ABOUT TO HAVE A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN!!!
Good work! I can tell the difference!
This theme starting it off is noticeably faster than the formal "soundtrack" heard elsewhere, also doesn't have that MUZAK--sounding bass playing during the tracking.
Superb theme. Nice work,
ya, no words to describe the joy it gives to my heart :-) i agree with you Errol :-)
I've always wondered who the charming Woman was in the scene at 7:48 to 7:51...she was so very sweet. And I loved that music score right there too when Feliz was at the Grocery Store. :)
Personally, I really think that Bob Crane (HOGAN'S HEROES) would have made a rather nice Felix Ungar IMHO. :) :) :) :)
i love this song reminds me of my dad for some odd reason
The different versions really added the mood of the movie.
Agreed. One of the best film scores! Very catchy and jazzy!
I actually didn't realize how different the film & vinyl versions of the soundtrack were. Both make fine listens, though!
*Mai tema fu più azzeccato! Grande Neal! ☆☆☆☆☆
Neil Simon, RIP
thanks a great job on a great film
There is the coronavirus, everything is now gray. This song is able to put a little bit of colour.
"Well I have brown sandwiches or green sandwiches."
"What's in the green?"
"Its either very new cheese or very old meat."
"I'll take the brown."
Neil hefti had very intelligent musical mind. He wrote one of count BASIE'S greatest hits, that being little darlin.
And...BATMAN!
It has always been a dream of mine to play Oscar in a stage production of this show.
THIS IS A LADLE!!!
Josiah Bahuaud - "You got a lot to say Felix, the problem is I'm beginning to listen."
Felix: *Grabs Scissors* "You're not gonna hear another peep outta me."
"Now it's garbage"
"A SPOON?
Duh-ha-ha-ha, YOU DUMB IGNORAMUS THAT IS A LADLE, YOU DID NOT KNOW THATS A LADLE!!!
@shlibber *ding-dong*
"They're here, the dinner guests, I'll get a SAW to cut the meat!"
FNNNAAAAAAHHHHH!
Ffffnah... Phhhhfnah. FNAH. FNAH FNAH. FNAH!! 11 people haven't cleared their Eustachian tubes. How can you not like this??!!
7:12 my new walking song 🥰
I'm watching The Odd Couple on Blu-ray right now and even though I've seen it umpteen times over the years, I've only just noticed the production date in the opening titles is wrong. It says MCMXLVII (1947)
Someone at Paramount got their Roman numerals mixed up!
That's amazing you caught that. Interesting. So they put the X in front of the L instead of after it, making it 1947 instead of 1967.
OR... You're dislexic
@@jamespfitz Check it out yourself first, mate, before chucking reading disorder accusations about.
Oh, and it's spelled 'dyslexic' by the way.
Someone help me out. Back in the early 2000s, there was a commercial for ING I believe that had this soundtrack playing in the background. I thought it played during a super bowl and had like dollar bills physically moving around. Can anyone find this ad for me because I’ve looked for the past few years and can’t find it.
I hear a song in 79 it was the odd couple and the pink panther playing together. I was amazing. Like Row row row your boat.
Anyone heard it?
We're all out of Cornflakes F. U.
CLASSIC stuff, took me longer than 3 hours mind you to get the punch line a that joke LOL, Actually about 15 years as I'm sure I was about 10 when I first saw this film.
Just full of wee funny bits that only when ye get to a certain age ye appreciate the significance of it even back in the 60's, and I thought certain cliches were relatively modern but apparently they weren't.
Even being a Glaswegian this is different humor to ours but even some of our jokes crosses the boundaries and are very similar to what's in here.
Brilliant stuff and the soundtrack is the ballocks.
Oscar: They Broke up
The finest comedy movie in the american story
i wish I had the brilliance to construct this
where can I buy, or otherwise download this audio? It's absolutely brilliant.
+actionitem1 I just spent all morning pirating music. Arrr, matey.
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Smeh!...smeh!
Is that the harpsichord?! I love that instrument so much.
Indimenticabili ‼️‼️‼️
That guy on the left in the gray T-shirt at 4:52 looks like he has scoliosis (curvature of the spine).
"Now it's gah-bidge"
"You're crazy,
I'm a neurotic nut,
but you're crazy."