What is the name of the zany theme music from Wilder's ONE, TWO THREE? (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

I collect instrumental music -- mostly "pop" stuff
from the likes of Bob Crewe, Herb Alpert, Bert
Kaempfert, Henry Mancini, etc.

You get the picture.

Been a particular instrumental I have been searching
fyears for. It wasn't until I viewed One, Two,
Three today that I heard it. It's the zany
theme music that plays during the title credits and
then during every chase scene in the film.

I think it's called Firehouse something
or another. Not sure.

Anyway, if anyone has the title and/or artist
I'd appreciate knowing.

Regards

 

[Agee Bassett]

Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Agee is correct. It's also used - to great effect - in The Hudsucker Proxy during the Hula-Hoop montage sequence.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

You guys are great!

You won't believe this, but I own it on CD!

Now that I have the title, I did a search of
my CD database and found it in a DANCE collection
that I haven't even taken the shrinkwrap off of.

Quite amazing!

Thanks gents!

 

[Eric Peterson]

Ron,

What did you think of "One, Two, Three"?

Personally, it's one of my top ten comedies of all-time along with "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", "Airplane", "Some Like It Hot", & "The Big Lebowski".

 

[Peter Kline]

The film is exhausting in a good way!

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Excellent film! Lively dialogue and some
very funny slapstick. Never pictured James
Cagney in a role like this.

It was given to me by Robert Crawford who has
been regularly advising me on what classic films
I need to be purchasing.

The man hasn't been wrong yet.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Sabre Dance, by the way, is from the ballet Gayane (sometimes written Gayne) by Aram Khatchaturian. A particularly beautiful and haunting segment of this ballet is used to excellent effect during the Discovery sequences of 2001: A Space Odyssey. The entire ballet is wonderful, and I advise it to anyone seeking something new and interesting for their classical music collection.

 

[Ashley Seymour]

Have to agree with Ron, Eric, etc. that this is one of my favorite comedies.

When slapstick works, as it does well in ONE, TWO, THREE it has a major element of satire. It pokes fun at our human vanity and self interest while bringing the characters together in their embrace and recognition of their common needs.

Dr. Strangelove used the heavy handed version of satire to scare us with the realization that no plan or system could be put in place to foil the ability of humans to foul up any system.

One, Two, Three implies that even diverse cultures such as post war American, Russian, and German still are based on the same basic human motives.

Coneheads did a similar, though in a less frenetic way, when it poked fun at our preoccupation and self interest and missed seeing our value systems is the element that other - alien - cultures ultimately choose to emulate.