The Randy Newman Orchestra - Original Music From Peyton Place (1965)

Enthusiasm for music composed especially for televison programs has never been greater. Just as background music is indispensable for the fullest enjoyment of motion pictures, music written for today´s exciting television fare enormously increases the pleasure we find in our favourite dramatic programs.
But Whether you are an original-music buff, a regular television fan or just enjoy good music for its own sake, Original music from the hit television show “Peyton Place” is certain to thrill and delight you. Many times we can recall a program by its score, a haunting theme, an unusual instrumentation or intriguing music creatively used to enchance the drama on the home screen. From his immensely popular dramatic show, Randy Newman and his orchestra present a dozen selections that will stimulate memories of incidents depicted in Peyton Place, or provide musical moods to match your own. Inspired by Grace Metalious best-selling novel set in a small New England town, the television series retains many of the book´s characters while introducing completely new Peyton Place personalities. The music in this album brilliantly reflects the serialized drama´s events and personal relationships, all of which are as fascinating and richly complex as life itself.

Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordant (and often satirical) pop songs, and for film scores.
Once he settled in, Newman began to write some cues and rock and roll themes for a few Fox television productions, most notably for the popular TV soap Peyton Place. To capitalize on the show's success, an album of primarily Newman-penned instrumentals was issued in 1965 under the windy title The Randy Newman Orchestra Plays “Original Music From Peyton Place” (Epic 24147). Newman professes to have been oblivious to the album's existence at the time; that he would burden his blossoming career with such dated elevator-ready organ muzak as "Let's Dance", "Blue Watusi", "The Slurp", and "Randy's Riff" lends his disavowal some credibility. .

Track listing

01.  Theme From Peyton Place  - 3:14 
02.  Pot Shot  - 1:43 
03.  The Inn  - 1:59 
04.  Yea, Yea, Yea  - 2:33 
05.  Blue Watusi  - 2:29 
06.  Dust Storm  - 1:14 
07.  The Slurp  - 3:15 
08.  Full Boat  - 1:30 
09.  Strong  - 1:30 
10.  A Smoky Room  - 2:30 
11.  Do You Know  - 1:22 
12.  Randy's Riff  - 2:04 

Credits
Producer – Manny Kellem

Notes
Genre:  Stage & Screen, Soundtrack
Length: 25:47
Label:  Epic Records

© 1965