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Lullaby  performed by  Krzysztof Komeda & Mia Farrow  (1968)
Composed by Krzysztof Komeda
Arranged by Krzysztof Komeda & George Tipton
From: Poland/
USA
Mood: "You're in Dubrovnik - I don't hear you"
Recommended by jeanette [profile] on Friday 5th March 2004

And I am not just including this because it is from Rosemary's Baby, my very favourite film of all time. Well, maybe I am a little - the opening credits where Polanski guides us over the rooftops of the Bramford while Mia murmurs her "la la la"s sets up perfectly the movie heaven that is to come.

Actors usually make a hash of singing (and, of course, vice versa - Bjork is great in Dancer In The Dark but that's all I can come up with), although I've heard that Cybil Shepherd makes a decent stab. But Mia can't fail to impress with her innocent singing voice, keeping in the character of Rosemary even though she doesn't speak a word in this song. Komeda maintains his usual atmospheric wonder, with the sort of piano based joy that gave such a fruitful relationship with Polanski's films.

Lots of others have had a pop at this, usually with some degree of success as the melody is so strong (discounting a dodgy metal version of it by some chancers whose name escapes me). My favourites are Hugo Montenegro's (on Good Vibrations) and Claudine Longet's lyric-added version, Sleep Safe And Warm.

from Rosemary's Baby (Dot DLP 25875), available on CD (Tsunami)

Other Versions: Hugo Montenegro, Claudine Longet, Duke Pearson
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  03 Dec 05 ·Swinging London: I love this too! It seems to pull the whole movie into a class of it's own.

I've been trying to find the Claudine Longet version for years!



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