The Blob (Beware of the Blob). From the Paramount Picture The Blob starring Steve McQueen.
New York: Famous Music Corp. 1958. Folio sheet music, 4 pp. (including cover). Fine copy. Item #List3652
The surprisingly uncommon sheet music for the theme song from the cult science-fiction horror film The Blob (1958), issued the year of the film’s release. The music was composed by the young Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Mack David, and the song was recorded by the vocal group The Five Blobs as the film’s title theme. Unlike the ominous orchestral themes typical of horror films of the period, the song presents the story with playful novelty humor, warning listeners to “Beware of the Blob” as the amorphous creature descends on a small Pennsylvania town. The film itself, produced by Paramount Pictures and starring Steve McQueen in one of his earliest leading roles, became a drive-in theater sensation and later a staple of late-night television. Its distinctive theme song, with Bacharach’s catchy melody and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, helped establish the film’s lasting cult reputation.
An appealing example of mid-century movie tie-in sheet music associated with one of the best-known science-fiction horror films of the 1950s. Scarily uncommon in OCLC, with only two copies held, at BYU and University of North Texas.
Price: $250.00