Name that tune - Casablanca

[TGWATY]

After Ugarte (Peter Lorre) is arrested, Bogie addresses the patrons, assures them all is well, then says, "All right, Sam," and Sam and the band begin to play ... what?

It's familiar but I can't recall anything past the opening notes we hear in the film. Name that tune.

[Ritter]

Could it be 'Avalon'?

[TGWATY]

Good guess. But I don't think so. Thanks.

[silenus]

Rio by Duran Duran.

[Fear Itself]

Shine

[Fear Itself]

Here is a better sample, from the movie:

Shine

[TGWATY]

Good try. But Sam sings that in another earlier scene. This one is an instrumental. And like I said, we only hear the beginning it.

[Fried Dough Ho]

Here are all the songs in the movie:

# "As Time Goes By"
(1931) (uncredited)
(From the 1932 Broadway show "Everybody's Welcome")
Written by Herman Hupfeld
Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal)
(Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter)
Hummed by Ingrid Bergman
Variations often in the score


# "La Marseillaise"
(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Arranged by Max Steiner
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Madeleine Lebeau and other Frenchmen at Rick's
Variations often in the score


# "It Had to Be You"
(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Isham Jones
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal)
(Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter)
Reprised on piano later


# "Crazy Rhythm"
(1928) (uncredited)
(From the 1928 Broadway musical "Here's Howe!")
Music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn
Lyrics by Irving Caesar
Performed offscreen while Rick is talking to Ugarte


# "Shine"
(1910) (uncredited)
Music by Ford Dabney
Lyrics by Lew Brown and Cecil Mack
Performed by Dooley Wilson (piano and vocal)
(Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter)


# "Knock on Wood"
(1942) (uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Played and sung by Dooley Wilson and band
(Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter)


# "The Very Thought of You"
(1934) (uncredited)
Written by Ray Noble
Played offscreen on piano twice


# "Baby Face"
(1926) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Benny Davis
Performed by Dooley Wilson and offscreen orchestra
(Piano dubbed by Elliot Carpenter)


# "Piano Improvisation"
(uncredited)
Music by Frank Perkins
Performer unknown


# "Tango Delle Rose"
(1928) (uncredited)
(Also called "The Song of the Rose")
Written by Filippo Schreier and Aldo Bottero
Performed by Corinna Mura (vocal and guitar)


# "Avalon"
(1920) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Rose (based on "E lucevan le stelle" from the opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini)
Played on piano by Dooley Wilson (dubbed by Elliot Carpenter)


# "Perfidia"
(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Alberto Domínguez
Played as dance music in the Paris flashback sequence
Danced by Humphrey Bogart with Ingrid Bergman and other couples


# "If I Could Be with You"
(1926) (uncredited)
Music by James P. Johnson
Performed by an offscreen piano at Rick's


# "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Performed by an offscreen piano at Rick's


# "Die Wacht Am Rhein"
(1854) (uncredited)
Music by Karl Wilhelm (1854)
Lyrics by Max Schneckenburger (1840 poem)
Arranged by Max Steiner
Sung a cappella by Germans at Rick's


# "German National Anthem (Das Lied der Deutschen)"
(1841) (uncredited)
(Also called 'Deutschland Über Alles")
Music by Joseph Haydn (1797)
Lyrics by August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben (1841)
Arranged by Max Steiner
Sung a cappella by Germans at Rick's


# "Heaven Can Wait"
(uncredited)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Played when Rick is introduced to Major Strasser


# "Dat's What Noah Done"
(1942) (uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Performed by Dooley Wilson with piano accompaniment
(cut from the released print)

[Sigmagirl]

OK, I just whipped out the DVD and watched the scene. It's none of the above. It might be a popular song I just don't know (and I know a lot), or it may be just an incidental composed for the score. I'll try to find out.

[TGWATY]

I'm still curious about this question. The tune can be heard in the last few seconds of this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKijgiqkcg

The same melody is heard in Laura at 4:42 of this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8

[kcor1953]

Originally Posted by TGWATY

I'm still curious about this question. The tune can be heard in the last few seconds of this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgKijgiqkcg

The same melody is heard in Laura at 4:42 of this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8

Only soundtrack listing for "Laura" at IMDb is "You Go To My Head"

Youtube says: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGNc1yLGPug

[moriah]

Originally Posted by TGWATY

The same melody is heard in Laura at 4:42 of this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIWTqMoTUM8

In the comments:

tpellman 15 hours ago

What is the tune that shows up at 4:42? I'm pretty certain the band in Rick's place plays it in Casablanca. I haven't confirmed yet.
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Frederik5495

i just see that i have forgotten to put the playlist in the description, now its done :-)

the track called just 'theatre lobby'. there isnt more information!

all the best! :-)

Fred

[TGWATY]

Thanks. That's me. I'm tpellman. "theatre lobby" is likely referring to the scene in Laura during which that music plays.

[kcor1953]

Originally Posted by TGWATY

Thanks. That's me. I'm tpellman. "theatre lobby" is likely referring to the scene in Laura during which that music plays.

And it's not "You Go To My Head"?

I'm not musical but it sounds like it to me.

[TGWATY]

I think we have a winner! You can hear the similarity better maybe in this version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYqO5ZpK2Dw

Well done, everyone.