October 16 & 17 1963

(+ means you need both    ~ means same material    °° means stereo or binaural    ° means mono) (SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

MGM Sound Stage - Hollywood, California

Scoring Sessions for MGM's Viva Las Vegas

Musical Director for MGM : George Stoll

Engineer : NA

Musicians:
35 Piece Orchestra (October 16 1963)
Small Scoring Orchestra (October 17 1963)

Vegas Nightclub Montage					2503	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:23		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:14)

You Stepped Out Of A Dream					2504	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	1:33		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (1:26)

Thunderbird					2505	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:28		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:24)

Temptation					2506	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:30
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:25	(bar 2 on)

Temptation (composite)
Spliced	(M)	0:23	Composite of 2506-01 & 2506-03	Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Twist (downbeat of 2nd bar)					2507	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:05	(used for composite with 2546-02)

Tropicana (Blue Moon instrumental)					2508	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:33		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:27)

Show In Progress					2509	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	(M)	0:27		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Water Skiing					2510	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:37		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:28)

Bride And Groom					2511	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 5	(M)	0:31		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:10)

End Title					2512	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 5	(M)	0:12		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:10)

Don't Torture Me					2513	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:39		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:33)

The Tree					2514	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	(M)	0:42	(not used)

That's Entertainment					2515	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:20		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Mechanical Clock Effects					2516	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:30		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Skeets Basic					2517	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:22		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Motorcycle					2518	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4	(M)	0:25		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:22)

Checkered Flag					2519	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:29		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:15)

Appreciation Sweetener #1					2520	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:26		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

My Rival - Tag					2521	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:16		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Appreciation Sweetener #4					2522	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4	(M)	0:08		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Appreciation Sweetener #3					2523	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:03		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Helicopter (The Lady Loves Me instrumental)					2524	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5	(M)	1:15		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Appreciation Intro					2525	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:05		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Flamingo Flag Sweetener					2526	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:08		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:05)

Idea					2527	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:04		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Main Title (sweetener)					2528	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8	(M)	0:14

Viva Las Vegas (1st movie version)
Overdub	(M)	2:28	2528-08 overdubbed to 2004-07	Soundtrack°~Bluray°

Bongos					2529	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:05	(not used)

Tymp (Sweetener)					2530	October 16 1963 (Wed)
Take 1	(M)	0:05		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

All Wet					2538	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8
Take 9	(M)	0:40		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:25)

When The Saints Come Marching In					2539	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:17		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Love In The Park					2540	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	2:45	(not used)

Casino Craps					2541	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	1:00		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:52)

After Contest					2542	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	1:22		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:52)

Hi-Nooner					2543	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	0:38		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Beautiful Naples					2544	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	2:58		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Vibes Sweetener Tenor Sax Obligato					2545	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:59		Soundtrack°+Bluray°

Twist					2546	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:32

Twist (composite)					2546	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Spliced	(M)	0:28	Composite of 2507-01 & 2546-02	Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Ending C'mon Everybody					2547	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:19		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Gym Dance					2548	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	1:03
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6
Take 7
Take 8	(M)	1:03

Gym Dance (composite)
Spliced	(M)	1:02		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Rusty's Legs					2549	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	1:25
Take 2	(M)	1:25

Rusty's Legs (composite)
Spliced	(M)	1:25	Composite of 2549-01 & 2549-02	Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Rusty's Gimmick					2550	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	1:30		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:31)

Last 2 bars of #22					2551	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:10	(not used)

Church Wedding March - Organ only					2552	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:27		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:07)

Intro C'mon Everybody					2553	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:28		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:26)

Someone To Lean On					2554	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3	(M)	1:11		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:21)

Slide Whistle					2555	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:13		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:02)

Drum Rolls & Cymbals					2556	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:09		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

3 Xylo Glisses					2557	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1	(M)	0:15		Soundtrack°+Bluray°° (0:08)

Appreciation Sweetener #2 - Xylo					2558	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:10		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

If You Think (guitar sweetener)					2559	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2
Take 3
Take 4
Take 5
Take 6	(M)	0:26

If You Think I Don't Need You (movie version)
Overdub	(M)	0:44	2559-06 overdubbed to 2003-13	Soundtrack°~Bluray°

Guitar Plunks					2560	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	0:05		Soundtrack°+Bluray°°

Tenor Sax Obligato					2561	October 17 1963 (Thur)
Take 1
Take 2	(M)	2:35		Soundtrack°+Bluray°

I Need Somebody To Lean On (movie version)
Overdub	(M)	3:16	2545-1 & 2561-02 overdubbed to 2402-01 & 2403-1	Soundtrack°~Bluray° (longer fade & prominent saxophone)

The movie version of 'I Need Somebody To Lean On' has a prominent saxophone throughout, that is not present on the record version and is compiled as such: 0:00 - 1:18 = 2402-01 (2005-20 with added reverb on vocals) and overdubbed saxophone (2561-02 & 2545-01) 1:19 - 3:14 = 2403-01 (2005-20 with upfront vocals) and overdubbed saxophone (2561-02 & 2545-01) The 1st movie version of 'Viva Las Vegas' has an extra instrumental intro, and the 2nd movie version has overdubbed bongos throughout. Despite various rumours over the years, musician James Burton only contributed to the soundtrack for Viva Las Vegas at the scoring session on October 17 1963. All timings in the 'Musical Breakdown' below are taken from the DVD release of the movie.

Movie Scene Sheets Viva Las Vegas Musical Breakdown Viva Las Vegas Daily Music Report October 16 & 17 1963