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Soundtrack - name that song

posted 20 years ago by anomalous99
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Can anyone tell me the name of the song & artist that is playing in the background during the bar scene? It goes something like "open up and let me in." Also, if you happen to know the album it's on, that would be really helpful as well. Any assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[–] srennie 15 years ago

The tune (both the slow number he's crooning at the beginning of that scene, and the jazzy, bossanova after), was Moon River, by Henry Mancini, and it was composed for Breakfast At Tiffany's. I don't know the name of the performer in the movie, but the song is a standard and a classic, and readily available everywhere. The songs and performers are listed in the opening credit sequence. I'm guessing you're fairly young....

[–] murph24 14 years ago

The tune (both the slow number he's crooning at the beginning of that scene, and the jazzy, bossanova after), was Moon River

I think the OP is asking about a different song, one that's playing in the bar/dance club scene later in the film when Robert Redford and Camilla Sparv have their ill-fated post-Christmas reunion ("Moon River" plays earlier in the film). The lyrics go like this -

Please won't you let me in the door, girl,
I ain't got much time.
It's not a crime to ask for more, girl -
Or do I have to stand in line?
Open up and let me in...

And here are the songs that are listed in the film's opening credits -

"You Got Me Climbing Up the Wall"
Written by Kenyon Hopkins
Performed by People

"Moon River"
Written by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini

"That Old Black Magic"
Written by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen

"Good King Wenceslas"
Traditional

"Olympic Hymn"
(Disques Erato)
Written by Spiro Samara & Kostis Palamas

By process of elimination, I'd say the song the OP is talking about is "You Got Me Climbing Up The Walls." I'm familiar with the other four songs, and we're definitely not hearing them during that second bar/dance club sequence.