DER FALL X701 (Frozen Alive) - Eric Spear- "I'm Laughing On The Outside" (1964)

Well, we don't know who is singing this song, but we do know he has a mask on, and stays mostly in the shadows, before moving into the background dead center between the two main principal characters in the scene, then he disappears. Hours of research, no answers, here's guessing we're on the outside too. Interesting piece of filmography to be sure, let's just chaulk it up to 1960's West Germany movie making at it's best, hell, maybe masked lounge singers were all the rage back then, an interesting concept to be sure, but if so, where's Tonto?? Composer Eric Spear sets the mood to perfection once again! Sehr gut!
Champagne

HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE - Merle Haggard - "Someone Told My Story" (1967)

It would be Saturday right about now, and it seems like a pretty good time to kick some scheiss around, and who would be better than anyone to do that than the one & only, and still kicking, Mr. Merle Haggard. Now this here movie, "Hillbillys In A Haunted House" catches a lot of flack for being a puffball piece of garbage and a waste of the talents of Mr. Carradine, Chaney and Rathbone, but where else can you get a vintage video of Merle Haggard in glorious living colour? Come on, it's a fair trade-off, Merle was pretty young and the other guys were ready to retire, enjoy it for what it's worth! And for all you people who have never figured it out, "Okie From Muskogee" was a song Merle wrote for his Dad, it wasn't His take on life! Merle is the real Boss, not Bruce! Amen!

UCHU KAISOKU-SEN (Invasion Of The Neptune Men) - Michiaki Watanabe - "The Jukebox" (1961)

Michiaki Watanabe had a career well into the 80's, but this might be the only one of his songs to play backwards in a film. The Neptune Men are affecting the music on the jukebox at the local club, and all the kids freak out & one of the dancers says one of our favorite lines, "Hey, what kind of a machine is this?" along with the other's assorted colorful comments. It's short, but what a great little bit! In all the excitement, don't forget to check out those Neptune Men costumes, Wow!!!

VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS - Jack Nitzsche - "The Last Race (Opening Credits)" (1965)

The more you watch this film, the more you appreciate it. Yeah, it's like a hip, whacked-out TV series, but despite the idiocy, let's give Bert I. Gordon some credit here, what a truly amazing cast of future gonna be's and an astounding killer soundtrack! The man truly had vision! The opening credits roll & this weird psychedelic dirge by composer extraordinaire Jack Nitzsche sets the scene to absolute perfection! Bask in the glory of magnificence!
Village Of The Giants

WAR OF THE SATELLITES - Walter Greene - "Mitzi & Jay's Scene" (1958)

Leave it to Roger Corman to throw in a comedy sketch at some random point in a film. Here we have the typical parked car, teens making out, see something weird in the sky, go & check it out scene, but this time it's just a little different because we've got comedienne Mitzi McCall as the girl. It's a little hard to explain, but very obvious when you listen to it. Mitzi went on to have an amazing TV and cartoon voiceover career. It seems Jay made one more movie & called it quits. Walter Greene, the composer of the soundtrack, also went on to have an equally amazing career creating music that helped shape millions of our lifes without us even realizing it, the man who did the music for cartoons including Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, Daffy Duck, Pink Panther & more. Here's a very strange scene from "War Of The Satellites" that sounds more like it's from a "Three Stooges" episode.

Mitzi & Jay

GOJIRA, EBIRA, MOSURA: NANKAI NO DAIKETTO (Godzilla Versus The Sea Monster) - Masaru Satô - "Ebirâ's First Appearance" (1966)

The first time that Ebirâ appears in "Godzilla Versus The Sea Monster," we're given this wild musical treatment from Masaru Satô, then, just like that, that Giant Lobster just serenely disappears, the proverbial calm after the storm. Pretty schizoid, but very interesting to listen to! A wild guitar lick with some blaring horns, in this corner, from way out deep in the ocean, weighing in at 173 tons, the Eastern Oceanic Super Heavyweight champion, here's Ebira!!! This DVD would make a great X-mas gift for that Godzilla freak in your life, it's a work of art to look at and listen to!


Ebirâ

DAS PHANTOM VON SOHO - Martin Böttcher - "Opening Credits" (1964)

This German Film, "The Phantom Of Soho" has a way crazy jazzy sleazy soundtrack by the amazing composer Martin Böttcher, who's career stretches from the 1950's all the way up to the present day. It's no wonder this stuff is so insanely cool! This movie takes place in a blue light district and a strip club in Soho, can't get much sleazier than that! Have a nice vicarious experience!
Phantom Von Soho