Sleep Safe and Warm
| "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Mia Farrow | |
| from the album Rosemary's Baby (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) | |
| Published | 22 May 1968 by Famous Music Corporation[1] |
| Released | July 1968 |
| Recorded | 12 June 1968 |
| Studio | Annex Recording Studio, Hollywood, California |
| Genre | |
| Length |
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| Label | Dot Records |
| Composer(s) | Krzysztof Komeda |
| Producer(s) | Tom Mack |
"Sleep Safe and Warm", also known as "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby", is a musical composition by Krzysztof Komeda, written for Roman Polanski's 1968 psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby.[3] In the original version, vocals were performed by Mia Farrow, who also played the lead role in the movie.[4]
"Lullaby" is the main theme of the film's score which was nominated to the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score in 1969.[5] Released as a single, it reached No. 33 on the American Easy Listening chart.[6] Recorded by numerous, especially Polish jazz artists, the composition is sometimes considered a jazz standard.[7]
Background
[edit]Krzysztof Komeda, though still relatively unknown in the United States at the time, he was already regarded as one of the most important jazz musicians and film music composers in Europe, scoring films such as Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960) and most of Polanski's previous works, most notably Knife in the Water (1962) and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). Being his regular collaborator, Komeda was once again hired by the director to score his first American-produced film.[8]
The composer wrote lullaby for Rosemary's Baby in the early 1968 in Sunset Marquis, a hotel he was staying in. According to Polanski, Komeda composed two different themes, one of which was more commercial, the other less so. Since the director was unable to help him decide which one was better, it is unclear which of them was ultimately used.[8] When the composition was completed, it was shown to the fellow Polish composer living in Los Angeles – Henry Vars, who gave Komeda some unspecified instructions regarding it.[8]
Release
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Different versions
[edit]Excluding many variations, two main versions of the composition can be found on the original soundtrack album. Both of them serves as an opener of their respective sides of the record and both of them features Mia Farrow singing the lead part. The first version is a George Tipton’s easy listening arrangement called "Lullaby, Part 1", released later (along with "Lullaby, Part 2" on the B-side) as a single record, while the second one on the album is the original Komeda's film version arrangement, named there "Main Title".
George Tipton's arrangement with Farrow's vocals reached No. 33 on the American Billboard Easy Listening chart.[6]
Lyrics
[edit]Though not used in the film in any form, the lyrics for "Sleep Safe and Warm", written by Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder were released with the official sheet music release.[9] Claudine Longet is among very few artists to include them. The lyrics for the composition run as follow:
Sleep safe and warm.
From my arms no power can take you.
Sleep safe and warm.
Till my morning kisses awake you.
In the softness of the night,
Like a silver colored kite,
All your fears will fly and disappear
By morning's light.
Loving you as I love you,
Ev'ry night your whole life through,
I'll be gently watching over you
Sleep safe and warm.
Notable recordings
[edit]The "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby" has been recorded by many artists, including Stan Kenton, Duke Pearson, Chet Atkins, Tomasz Stańko and Jan Lundgren.[10] The composition is especially popular among jazz musicians.
- Arif Mardin and his Orchestra – "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby" (single, 1968)
- Stan Kenton – Finian's Rainbow (1968)
- Floyd Cramer – Plays MacArthur Park (1968)
- Gerald Wilson Orchestra – California Soul (1968)
- Chet Atkins – Solid Gold '68 (1968)
- Billy Vaughn – A Current Set Of Standards (1968)
- The Brass Ring – Only Love (1968)
- Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra, Eddie Heywood – Classical Gas (1968)
- Doc Severinsen – Doc Severinsen & Strings (1968)
- Charlie Byrd – The Great Byrd (1968)
- Claudine Longet – "Sleep Safe and Warm" (single, 1968)
- Roger Williams – Happy Heart (1969)
- Hugo Montenegro – Good Vibrations (1969)
- Harvey Averne – The Harvey Averne Dozen (1969)
- Tomasz Stańko – Jazz Studio Orchestra of the Polish Radio (1969)
- Marek and Vacek – Concert Hits (1973)
- Michał Urbaniak, Tomasz Stańko, Attila Zoller, Urszula Dudziak – We'll Remember Komeda (1973)
- Fania All-Stars – Delicate and Jumpy (1976)
- Simple Acoustic Trio – Komeda (1995)
- Jarek Śmietana – Songs and Other Ballads (1997)
- Duke Pearson – I Don't Care Who Knows It (1998)
- Anna Maria Jopek – Szeptem (1998)
- Morte Macabre – Symphonic Holocaust (1998)
- Ian Svenonius – Play Power (2001)
- Fantômas – The Director's Cut (2001)
- Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski – Real Jazz (2005)
- Jan Lundgren – European Standards (2008)
- Jasper van 't Hof, Bob Malach – Pseudopodia (2008)
- Adam Pierończyk – Komeda. The Innocent Sorcerer (2010)
- Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles, Alan Pasqua – Movie Music (2010)
- Leszek Możdżer – Komeda (2011)
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Easy Listening[6] | 33 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1968). Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Part 5: Music Jan-June 1968: Vol 22 No 1 Sec 1-2. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ a b c d e Lanza, Joesph (November 10, 2020). "Sleep Safe and Warm". Easy-Listening Acid Trip - An Elevator Ride Through '60s Psychedelic Pop. Port Townsend: Feral House. pp. 175, 180.
- ^ "Sleep Safe and Warm". National Library of Australia. 1968. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Rosemary's Baby – Soundtrack". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ "The 26th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Mia Farrow chart history". billboard.com. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ Piątkowski, Dionizy. "Review of Fantômas' Director's Cut". Era Jazzu. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ a b c Grzebałkowska, Magdalena (2018). Komeda: A Private Life in Jazz. Kraków: SIW Znak sp. z o.o. pp. 409–414. ISBN 978-83-240-5365-0.
- ^ "Sleep Safe and Warm Sheet Music". Tredwell's Music. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "Lullaby, Part I". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved January 14, 2021.