High Anxiety: Mel Brooks' Greatest Hits

by Mel Brooks

Overview

While this set has looked lopsided ever since the Wounded Bird label reissued it 2012, High Anxiety: Mel Brooks' Greatest Hits was originally released in 1977. That explains why that year's Brooks film, High Anxiety, is over-represented with five tracks that also comprised the original "side one" of the album, including the incidental music of John Morris, which isn't so much funny as fun. Side two is where the old-school classics reside, as The Producers is represented by the great "Springtime for Hitler" while Blazing Saddles gets not just the great theme song, not just Madeline Kahn's fantastic "I'm Tired," but the glorious ode to the "The French Mistake" as well, all delicious 31 seconds of it. Young Frankenstein's "Puttin' on the Ritz" caps off the undisputed highlights, and while that's a hilarious EP's worth of music for the Brooks faithful to cherish, fans should be warned that many of these cuts are straight from the films with dialog, sound effects, and other distractions left in. Still, there will be a time when you just need to belt out those Blazing Saddles tracks, so for romantic picnics, family car trips, and chorus-line practice with all the "gals," High Anxiety: Mel Brooks' Greatest Hits is all the schnitzengruben you'll ever need. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	06/18/2021
Label:	Wounded Bird
UPC:	0664140550124
Rank:	42226

Tracks

1. High Anxiety~Main Title  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
2. High Anxiety~High Anxiety  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
3. High Anxiety~Anxious Theme  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
4. High Anxiety~If You Love Me Baby, Tell Me Loud  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
5. High Anxiety~End Title  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
6. The Producers~Springtime for Hitler  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
7. The Producers~Prisoners of Love  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
8. The Twelve Chairs~Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
9. The Twelve Chairs~Vorobyaninov's Theme (The Walk Through Russia)  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
10. Blazing Saddles~Blazing Saddles  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
11. Blazing Saddles~The French Mistake  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
12. Blazing Saddles~I'm Tired  - Mel Brooks  - John Morris
13. Young Frankenstein~Main Title  - John Morris
14. Puttin' on the Ritz  - Irving Berlin
15. Silent Movie~Burt Reynold's House  - John Morris
16. Silent Movie~Silent Movie March  - John Morris

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mel Brooks   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

John Morris   Composer
Mel Brooks   Composer,Additional Music
Lawrence Weschler   Liner Notes
Max Hellweg   Photography
Tony Lane   Design,Art Direction
Irving Berlin   Composer