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Yesterday it took the HE readership 90 minutes to identify the main-title music from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. I thought someone would nail it right away, but nope. Here's today's main-title clip. (Yes, this is going to be a little game for a while until the tank runs dry.) If someone doesn't identify this within 30 minutes or less, HE readers are going to have to take a long hard look into the bathroom mirror and ask him or herself, "How much of a hard-core film buff am I?" Because the clip is not obscure. At all.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 1, 2008 at 2:38 PM

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berg says ...

give up ... there are a couple of guys who I see at screenings who teach high school music and have a website called filmlords.com ... and these guys know every composer and soundtrack and how it was recorded and when and where, and own every soundtrack every made plus the ones not released they have booklegs of ... these guys would get this in a second

Posted by berg at August 1, 2008 2:57 PM

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D.Z. says ...

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2008-07-31-movietranslations_N.htm?se=yahoorefer

Posted by D.Z. at August 1, 2008 3:00 PM

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oranthal james says ...

Xanadu?

Posted by oranthal james at August 1, 2008 3:06 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

OCEAN'S ELEVEN, the original.

Posted by The Hoyk at August 1, 2008 3:10 PM

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person812 says ...

The music is from the original Ocean's Eleven.

Posted by person812 at August 1, 2008 3:14 PM

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Mr. Peel says ...

Couldn't place it until it got to the melody but yup, OCEAN'S 11.

Posted by Mr. Peel at August 1, 2008 3:19 PM

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bmcintire says ...

A truly irritating piece of music. It's astounding that the first 45 seconds were ever actually committed to paper and recorded.

Posted by bmcintire at August 1, 2008 3:24 PM

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Pinko Punko says ...

That's funny. I was thinking Sinatra. I haven't seen the original Oceans 11, but thought it would be some Saul Bass-title type deal- did Bass do the Oceans 11 titles?

Posted by Pinko Punko at August 1, 2008 3:48 PM

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nemo says ...

Late 50s to early 60s finger-snapping swinging hipster hijinks . . . My Favorite Martian? Bachelor Father?

Posted by nemo at August 1, 2008 4:31 PM

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Mgmax says ...

B-deh b-deh b-deh b-deh-- Nikita!

Posted by Mgmax at August 1, 2008 4:52 PM

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D.Z. says ...

I'm betting Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Posted by D.Z. at August 1, 2008 7:12 PM

comment #12

The Hoyk says ...

"Hey you crazy beatniks, there's gonna be a HEIIIIST!"

Posted by The Hoyk at August 1, 2008 10:15 PM

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Miss Daisy says ...

Manhattan?

Posted by Miss Daisy at August 2, 2008 5:01 AM

comment #14

Mgmax says ...

It's Ocean's 11 already! Or Maudlin's 11, as you choose.

Posted by Mgmax at August 2, 2008 6:21 AM

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