This
website was created to give tribute to one of most underrated film and TV composers:
Frank DeVol. After working with big bands and producing a series of
recordings, he went into film composing creating such masterpieces such as Dirty
Dozen, The Happening, Guess Who's Comming to Dinner and many more. TV themes include My
Three Sons and The Brady Bunch.
On
the left side you will see the options of the site, with small biographies, a
listing of soundtracks with cover and track listings, some
arrangements,
lyrics, films, and
links.
There
are still many covers and track listings that it is needed in order to have a
decent discography. I'm placing those that I could find at this time. If
you have any information that could help enhance this site, please submit it to
the email address at the left side.
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News |
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August 22th, 2008
Many updates on recording with Frank DeVol and his Orchestra backing up different artists, such as Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Margaret Whiting and George Roberts. Check the Arrangements section. |
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June 20th, 2008
Intrada has a magnificent release: Emperor of the North and Caprice. Thank you Intrada!
Also, added Doris Day songs for Lover Come Back, and a western movie and TV song compilation that includes the main song from The Ride Back. |
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March 4th, 2008
In my blog about
Rare and
Obscure Soundtracks, this month I am sharing
Frank DeVol's soundtracks ripped from DVDs / videos. I am
starting with
The Frisco Kid, and there would be others too. Get it while you
can because the files are deleted after some time without downloads. |
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September 17th, 2007
The
Filmography section has mp3 samples for
Cat Ballou |
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June 21th, 2007
There is a new release by Film
Score Monthly of The Dirty
Dozen, this time with 24 tracks plus bonus tracks, as they
called it "a Definitive edition", limited to 3000 copies. |
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May 29th, 2007
The
Filmography section has some mp3 samples for
Guess Who's Coming to
Dinner, The Longest Yard
and McLintock!. All of them,
taken from the DVDs, not from the vinyl recordings. |
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December 10th 2006
There is a new section: Lyrics, where I
have placed some of the lyrics that were composed by Frank DeVol and
some others that appeared on movies where he composed the score but not
the songs. |
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December 10th 2006
In the
Filmography section, I have added some screenshots from
Herbie Goes to Montecarlo
and Herbie Goes Bananas, and an mp3
excerpt. No soundtrack available for any of these movies. |
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December 9th 2006
Just a small message to wish you all a merry Christmas! |
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November 15th 2006
In the
Filmography section, I have added some screenshots from
The Frisco Kid and an mp3
excerpt. Since there is no soundtrack available, I think you might like
it. |
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October 21th 2006
There is a new section on the site:
Filmography. In this section you will find a listing of movies
and TV series where Frank DeVol composed the theme or the incidental music. It
includes DVDs as well VHS releases. |
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September 20th 2006
Thanks to Tom Pfeiffer and
Andres Chamuris for the lyrics to
I've written a letter to Daddy
from the movie What Ever Happened to
Baby Jane? |