BREAKS & BITS 24
THE SOUND OF SOUNDTRACKS
BERNARD HERRMANN - Psycho theme >< BUSTA RHYMES - Gimme Some More
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1960
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The soundtrack for Alfred Hitchcck's 1960 masterpiece Psycho was composed by Bernard Herrmann - he is considered one of the all-time great film composers. He composed several of Hitchcock's films. His incredible list of composition credits includes The Twilight Zone. In 1998, Busta Rhymes heavily sampled the Psycho theme for Gimme Some More - the lead single off his third album.
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1998
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HENRI MANCINI - Police Woman >< OUTKAST / RAEKWON - Skew It On The Bar-B
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1976
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Police Woman was a popular TV series starring Angie Dickenson that ran 4 seasons, airing between 1974-1978. The show inspired a massive influx of women in law enforcement careers. In 1998, Outkast sampled the show's theme song, written by Henry Mancini, for the Skew It On The Bar-B - the lead single off their third album. The song features Raekwon, and was produced by Dirty South pioneers Organized Noize.
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1998
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QUINCY JONES - Ironside >< DR DRE / GROUP THERAPY - East Coast West Coast Ki..
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1967
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Ironside was a classic San Francisco crime drama starring Raymond Burr, running from 1967-1975. Quincy Jones composed the show's iconic theme song and the score the first eight episodes. The show's theme was the first synthesizer based TV theme song ever. In 1989, Jones resurrected the song when he sampled it on the title track off his all-star Back On The Block album. Since then the song has been sampled over 100 times, including the 1996 hit East Coast West Coast Killas by Dr Dre.
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1996
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LALO SCHIFRIN - Danube Incident >< PORTISHEAD - Sour Times
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1968
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Danube Incident was one of the many compositions scored by Lalo Schifrin for the Mission Impossible TV series. In 1968, Schfrin was awarded two Grammys for the shows theme song. In 1994, UK trip hop group Portishead used a sped up sample of Danube Incident for their massive hit Sour Times. The song was their biggest hit, and their only song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100.
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1994
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JAMES RADO - Where Do I Go? (Hair) >< RUN DMC - Down With The King
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1968
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Where Do I Go is the last song from the first act of the 1968 rock musical Hair. The score from the show was composed by Galt MacDermot, and the lyrics were written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado. In 1993, Run DMC used a sample from Where Do I Go on the title track off their sixth album. The Pete Rock produced song became their second biggest hit, and it earned the album certified Gold status within two months of the albums release.
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1993
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GALT MACDERMOT - Space (Woman Is Sweeter) >< BUSTA RHYMES - Woo-Hah!!
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1969
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American/Canadian composer Galt MacDermot is best known for composing the music for the musical Hair. In 1960, he won a Grammy for Cannonball Adderley's recording of his song African Waltz. Since the 1990's, many of MacDermot's songs have been sampled by hip-hop artists. In 1996, Busta Rhymes sampled the song Space from MacDermot's 1969 soundtrack recording of Woman Is Sweeter for his 1996 hit Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check.
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1996
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LALO SCHIFRIN - The Human Fly (Enter The Dragon) >< SCARFACE - Game Over
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1973
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The film score for the Bruce Lee classic Enter The Dragon was composed by Lalo Schifrin in 1973. The Human Fly, track number 7 off the soundtrack, was sampled for over a dozen songs. In 1997, Scarface used a sample of the track for Game Over - a track off The Untouchable, his fourth studio album. The track was produced by Dr Dre, and featured Dr Dre, Ice Cube and Too Short. The Human Fly was also sampled in 1995 for Tha Alkaholics' Let It Out, and in 2000 for De La Soul's Oooh.
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1997
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QUINCY JONES - The Hot Rock (main title) >< EMINEM - Toy Solidiers
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1972
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In 1972, Quincy Jones composed the score for the Robert Redford comedy-drama The Hot Rock. The title track was sampled by Eminem in 2004 on Like Toy Soldiers. The song prominently samples from 1988's Toy Soldiers by Martika, and it also samples from the main title track from the film score of The Hot Rock. Eminem's powerful song addresses the feuds in the hop-hop industry in an attempt to, once again, diffuse violence.
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2004
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HENRY MANCINI - Two For The Road >< LEMON JELLY - His Majesty King Raam
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1967
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The theme song for 1967's Two For The Road is said to have been a personal favorite of composer Henry Mancini. In the UK romantic comedy and drama the song is performed by Mancini's daughter - Monica Mancini. In 1999, UK electronic music duo Lemon Jelly sampled the theme of Two For The Road on His Majesty King Raam. The song sampled from four different Mancini songs, and it appeared on the second of three limited edition 10" records that launched duo.
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1999
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HENRY MANCINI - Peter Gunn Theme >< THE B-52's - Planet Claire
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1959
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The B-52's 1979 hit Planet Claire was the second single off their debut album. The song was one of over two dozen songs that sample from the Peter Gunn theme song. Composer Henry Mancini has recorded several version of the song, which had been originally composed for the television show. The well-known composition earned Mancini an Emmy Award and two Grammys - Album of the Year and Best Arrangement.
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1979
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