"After Hours" soundtrack

Here's the third and final of my Martin Scorsese film soundtracks that were never released.

“After Hours” is one of my favorite Scorsese movies. The dark comedy is about as wacky as the director has ever done. If you haven’t seen the film, a man (Griffin Dunne) goes across town to meet a girl (Rosanna Arquette), loses his money, and has to deal with one crazy character after another in his attempt to get back home.

Howard Shore’s eerie electronic music adds to the bizarre atmosphere, while the collection of oldies is somewhat typical of Scorsese soundtracks. I still laugh every time I see the scene where Teri Garr’s character asks, “Hey, you like the Monkees!?”   

SIDE A

1. Symphony in D Major "No. 45" K. 95 I. Allegro (Mozart) – The Academy of Ancient Music and Jaap Schroder

2. 9 PM – Howard Shore

3. En La Cueva – Cuadro Flamenco

4. Sevillanas – Manitas de Plata

5. You're Mine – Robert and Johnnie

6. We Belong Together – Robert and Johnnie

7. Angel Baby – Rosie and The Originals

8. Midnight – Howard Shore
9. Last Train to Clarksville – The Monkees

SIDE B

1. Chelsea Morning – Joni Mitchell

2. I Don't Know Where I Stand – Joni Mitchell

3. Over the Mountain, Across the Sea – Johnnie and Joe

4. One Summer Night – The Danleers

5. 3 AM – Howard Shore

6. Pay to Cum – Bad Brains

7. Is That All There Is? – Peggy Lee

8. 6 AM – Howard Shore
9. Air Ouveture No. 3 in D Major (Bach) – Collegium Aureum

As with the previous two Scorsese soundtracks I have covered, you really have to do some searching to track down all of these songs. The Howard Shore music can be found here:

https://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/766-howard-shore-collector-s-edition-vol-1-after-hours-heaven.html

I had a terrible time tracking down the two classical works and ended up using different versions for my album for now.

The rest of the songs can be easily found on iTunes or Amazon. For the cover, I used a DVD cover I found online and cropped and altered it.

UPDATE: As noted in the comments below, I missed a song when I originally posted this: "You're Mine" by Robert and Johnnie. I've now added it above. But in checking on this, I discovered that I'm actually missing four other tunes: "Night and Day," "Body and Soul," "Quando, Quando, Quando" and "Someone to Watch Over Me." The film credits don't list who performs these, only that they're "courtesy of Warner Bros. Music." My guess is that they're all instrumentals from Warner Bros.'s vast music library that can be used as incidental music in films. So, you have choices here: 1) Ignore them; 2) Include versions of the songs (since they're all standards you'll find lots of them available); or 3) Track down the Warner Bros. library versions (and good luck with that). They should appear in the order listed above between "Sevillanas" and "You're Mine."

"Mean Streets" soundtrack

Here's my second of three Martin Scorsese film soundtracks that haven't been released. The film Mean Streets came out in 1973 and gave notice to the film world that a young filmmaker was on the rise.

SIDE A

1. Be My Baby -- The Ronettes
2. Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -- The Rolling Stones
3. I Looked Away -- Derek and The Dominos
4. Jumpin' Jack Flash -- The Rolling Stones
5. Desiree -- The Charts
6. I Met Him on a Sunday -- The Shirelles
7. Florence -- The Paragons

SIDE B

1. Those Oldies But Goodies -- Little Caesar and The Romans
2. Please Mr. Postman -- The Marvelettes
3. You -- The Aquatones
4. Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) -- Betty Everett
5. I Love You So -- The Chantels
6. The Ship of Love -- The Nutmegs
7. Rubber Biscuit -- The Chips

SIDE C

1. Pledging My Love -- Johnny Ace
2. Baby Oh Baby -- The Shells
3. Mickey's Monkey -- The Miracles
4. Steppin' Out -- Cream

SIDE D

1. Addio Sogni di Gloria -- Giuseppe di Stefano
2. Canta Per' Me -- Giuseppe di Stefano
3. Munasterio di Santa Chiara -- Giuseppe di Stefano
4. Marruzella -- Renato Carosone
5. Scapricciatiello -- Renato Carosone
6. Ritmo Sabroso - Ray Barretto
7. Malafemmina -- Jimmy Roselli

A lot more songs were included in Mean Streets than Scorsese's debut, Who's That Knocking at My Door? But like that previous film, Mean Streets includes a lot of doo wop songs. This soundtrack also includes two Rolling Stones songs, as do many of Scorsese's films. Side C has the fewest songs because the Cream song is over 13 minutes long.

There are seven songs in Italian. While they work throughout the film for various scenes, I didn't think they worked on the soundtrack mixed among rock and pop tunes. So I included all the Italian songs on the fourth side of the album.

You have to do a fair amount of searching for some of these songs, but they're out there. For a cover, I found this image on the web and cropped it. I think it was originally for a DVD cover.

"Who's That Knockin' on My Door?" soundtrack

This is my first in a series of soundtrack albums for three Martin Scorsese films that were never released.

Who's Knocking on My Door? was Scosese's first feature film, released in 1967. Not only was no soundtrack album released, but the songs in the film weren't even credited in the film.

Using the Independent Movie Database website, I found a full list of the songs used in the film to build the album.

SIDE A
1. Jenny Take a Ride -- Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
2. I've Had It -- The Bell Notes
3. El Watusi -- Ray Baretto
4. Shotgun -- Jr. Walker and the All-Stars
5. Our Love is a Vow -- The Victorians
6. Don't Ask Me (to be Lonely) -- The Dubs
7. Ain't That Just Like Me -- The Searchers

SIDE B
1. The End -- The Doors
2. The Closer You Are -- The Channels
3. The Plea -- The Chantels
4. Who's That Knocking -- The Genies

The song selection is heavy on doo-wop. Whether this was because Scorsese really liked doo-wop or because getting the rights to use them in his film was cheap, I don't know.

I am a little surprised he got the rights to a Doors song. I wouldn't think that would be very economical for a low-budget film since the band was a very hot commodity in 1967. Due to the length of "The End," only four tracks are on the second side.

I used a picture from a DVD to make an album cover.