Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

[edmilan1]

This music is quite evocative and full of sensuality. Wonderful music theme and great movie intro.

[dennisusetorace]

I remember being so fasinated by the intro that i never really got into the movie.

[aplantage3]

Fantastic! I've always loved Bernstein and Bass, but didn't know of this until I recently saw the movie. Not bad, but the theme music and title sequence are definitely the best thing about it.

[leoseries]

50 years ago and there still hasn't been a better opening sequence! Weird film - Laurence Harvey gets beaten up by a man with no legs.

[JubalCalif]

Heavens to Murgatroid! One of the BEST title sequences in cinema history! Saul Bass was a true genius! In fact, the opening & closing portions of this film are better than the rest of the movie! Someone once told me he recalls a scene where Babs Stanwyck gives Capucine a spanking, but I don't recall any such scene. In any case, THANKS so much for posting this! Wonderful stuff! :-)

[Gail940]

great theme, trash film

[djyoungk]

my dad used 2 play this song with the voiclas like in the end of the moive

[momcat44]

aaahhhhhh... always loved this opening for a film- many years gone by but still grabs me!

[listentome94]

this is from 1961 the film itself says so....but it wasn't released until february 1962

[Skidhblanir]

Reminds me of Jimmy Smith - Walk on the Wild Side

[mackb909]

@Skidhblanir The godfather of jazz organ's version of the original composition, which was written by Elmer Bernstein for the movies.

@TheJoMoGoGo: I agree, but usually in combination with Elmer Bernstein's evocative jazz scores. My favorite opening credits are still the metamorphosing and intersecting line segments for "The Man With the Golden Arm." "Anatomy of a Murder" was good too. Bass worked well also with Hitchcock's favorite musical collaborator, Bernard Herrmann, especially "Psycho."

[recovering16]

I'm glad you posted this. As someone else said, the movie itself was rather anticlimatic after this spectacular beginning!!

[savageactor7]

Holy Cow! That's pretty incredible how they filmed that cat and worked it into the music ... very artistic imo.

[JubalCalif]

@savageactor7

I second that emotion!!!

[paulbrouns]

To me these opening credits are among the most impressive ever! In fact the movie could not live up to its high standard and was (as said before) an anti climax. Too bad the video quality could have been better...

Great work from the MASTER Saul Bass (who did the opnening title designs for many classic movies).

[TheCatJoker]

I love this. I used this music once for a jazz dance I did in a beauty pageant. Are there any reminisces by Saul Bass about how he filmed this or anything about the cats?

[effyleven]

Hmmm...... the movie itself was just a LITTLE bit of an anti-climax, after this.

[effyleven]

Hmmm... still impressive, innit?

[ConanyKull]

El titulo de esta pelicula en España es" LA GATA NEGRA".

[williamherbert]

anyone know where I can get an MP3 version of this? the only other version I have is the Jimmy Smith rendition (which is AMAZING by the way). private msg me.

[stellarblue51]

I remember seeing this intro as a teen in the about 60's something....left and impression on me that never left. Cool isn't it?

[freereason]

Funny, same here. Recalled how the intro impressed me too.

[MosesAron2]

La Gata Negra!!!!

[ABigOneLikeDaddys]

Is this cat looking for a rat, or some such ... oh, Wow; that cat is a bitch!

cheers.

[TheJomogogo]

Saul Bass made movie intros into an art form, did a lot of great openings like this.

[flaphead619]

That rocks! Hard to track with a cat.

Big ups to Spinners Wellington NZ

[Gatorgal615]

Awesome intro to a GREAT movie!!! Brings back great moments. in movie history.