What is your favorite Elvis movie soundtrack.

[curtis simpkins]

mine are.

blue hawaii
G.I blues
loving you
jailhouse rock
spinout
wild in the country

theres more but these are my most favorite soundtracks for right now.

[Albert]

I also need a list of favourite soundtracks, because I can't narrow it down to just one:

(in no particular order):

1) Harum Scarum
2) Roustabout
3) Change Of Habits (!)
4) Fun In Acapulco
5) Frankie And Johnny

[londonflash]

In no particular order:

Harem Scarum - cool songs in an unusual style.
G.I. Blues - a great pop album.
King Creole - a fantastic record!
Fun In Acapulco - some splendid, timeless classics with the title song and I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here.


Personally, I like at least a few songs from each soundtrack. I made a tape of my favourites which is a fun listen.

[Lonniebealestreet]

Live A Little, Love A Little (short but sweet)
The Trouble With Girls (ditto)
(Those two could be made into a Double Features FTD!)
Clambake
King Creole
Viva Las Vegas

[NightRider]

I'd go for...again not in any particular order
King Creole
Viva Las Vegas
Live A Little Love a Little
Change Of Habit
Kid Galahad
Follow That Dream
Charro....only kidding - I do realy dig the song though :D

[KiwiAlan]

My turn! In no particular order

Loving You
King Creole
Fun In Acapulco
Roustabout.

just noticed that my picks all stem from Hal Wallis productions.

[Sonny]

In no particular order:

GI Blues (always makes me happy and reminds me of the good old days)

Fun In Acapulco (He does those Spanish songs like no one, except for Julio Iglesias maybe :D )

Charro! (no, just kidding)

Viva Las Vegas (because of some nice rockers and I Need Somebody To Lean On, which is i.m.o. his most jazziest recording)

Sonny

[LisaMarie]

Phew, I was a little afraid to say "Clambake", but since Bobby did already, I know I'm safe, lol! I love the songs from that movie! And besides, Elvis looks really cute with chubby cheeks, lol!!! :oops:

Lisa :wink:

[Jungleroom76]

GREAT QUESTION!! My list would contain (in no particular order)...

* CLAMBAKE (thanks for breaking the ice on that one Bobby!!) :wink:
* PARADISE HAWAIIAN STYLE (just a neat soundtrack)
* FUN IN ACAPULCO (right on Sonny!)
* LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE (like Bobby said...short but sweet!)
* CHANGE OF HABIT (have always loved the title track)
* DOUBLE TROUBLE (I know 'Old McDonald' is on there, but 'City By Night' is just TOO cool)
* HARUM SCARUM (see below...)

I think some of Elvis' soundtrack material is VERY underrated!! And some of the great songs he did in the movies are often overlooked because of some of the lesser-quality songs featured in the movies/on the soundtracks. A PERFECT example is "The Girl I Never Loved" from CLAMBAKE. That is just such a pretty song...one of the best movie ballads, in my opinion. But because of some of the other lesser quality songs on the soundtrack like "Confidence" and "Hey, Hey, Hey" which are often badly criticized (and unjustly so, I may add), the beautiful songs from that film like "The Girl I Never Loved" are overlooked!

Another soundtrack which is often looked down upon is HARUM SCARUM...but there are some really great songs on that album! Although that is one of Elvis' movies that I don't usually watch too often as it is not a favorite of mine, I think the soundtrack is MUCH better than many people give it credit for. But because many people feel the movie is sub-par, I think they automatically assume the soundtrack is sub-par as well, and I think if those people would listen to the soundtrack and separate the music from the movie, they would probably have a different opinion of the music from that film!

What a GREAT question to ask Curtis!

TCB!
Mike

[curtis simpkins]

Thank's mike.

Some Elvis movies are really good, and some are bad to the bone,

like "Easy come,Easy Go" is really bad movie for Elvis, imo

[Sonny]

I always thought Easy Come Easy Go was a bad movie, but since I've watched the dvd I'm not so sure anymore...

Agreed, it features Yoga Is As Yoga Does (an absolute low in his singing career) but - call me a fool - it does make me laugh when I see it during the movie.

Easy Come even has some sort of story and it even has some suspense, if that isn't a too big a word for that diving and bomb searching stuff.

The real lowpoint i.m.o is Captain Jack...

Sonny

By the way, the title track is a real rockin' tune, with that nice guitar solo. Too bad the setting is strange, to say the least...

[LisaMarie]

Agreed, it features Yoga Is As Yoga Does (an absolute low in his singing career) but - call me a fool - it does make me laugh when I see it during the movie.

Sonny

Sonny, I have to agree with you on that one. He looks so funny doing those yoga moves! Kinda sexy though too, lol.

Lisa :wink:

[P.S. Annie]

Agreed, it features Yoga Is As Yoga Does (an absolute low in his singing career) but - call me a fool - it does make me laugh when I see it during the movie.

Sonny

Sonny, I have to agree with you on that one. He looks so funny doing those yoga moves! Kinda sexy though too, lol.

Lisa :wink:

Yes I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this dvd. It also gave a pretty good feel of the 60's.

[circa1956]

I will always love the soundtracks for the 4 movies he did in the 50s and right now I'm in love with Spinout's - when they do all those "butt angles" :) Never saw parts move like that before... ;) , Flaming Star, and Viva Las Vegas. I clean my room to "C'mon Everybody."

I think the only bad song in an Elvis movie was "Your Groovy Self". And that was sung by Nancy Sinatra. "He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad" was way better than that one...

- Stace

[Joe Lightcloud]

King Creole is my favourite probably, but when I was a kid I always loved Roustabout, there again I really love 'em all



ROCK ON

[Jungleroom76]

You are very welcome Curtis!!

GREAT QUESTION!!

TCB!
Mike

[LeMond]

Definitely, the soundtrack for Speedway but that's maybe because it was one of the first soundtracks I bought.

I like the songs he did in Change of Habit very much too.

[P.S. Annie]

In no particular order:

Viva Las Vegas
Girl Happy
King Creole
Jailhouse Rock
Frankie and Johnnie

[JerryNodak]

Blue Hawaii
Fun In Acapulco
Girl Happy
It Happened At The World's Fair
Harum Scarum
Roustabout

[quinn53]

King Creole

[Deke Rivers]

King Creole
Jailhouse Rock
Kid Galahad
Roustabout
Viva Las Vegas
Follow That Dream
Wild In The Country
Girl Happy

[nashville cat]

King Creole
Viva Las Vegas
Change of Habit

[MysteryTrain]

King Creole
Live a little love a little
Girls Girls Girls!
Loving You
Viva Las Vegas

[Elena/The Russian EP Fan Club]

My favorites

King Creole
G.I. Blues
Kid Galahad
Viva Las Vegas
Fun In Acapulco
Harum Scarum
Frankie and Johnny

(y)

[jbgude]

The ice has not been broken on this one but: among my favorites are in no particular order :

Kissin Cousins:very underated Tender Feeling /One boy two little girls, Anyone :D
Rousatabout
Fun in Acapulco
King Creole
GI Blues

[KingCreole74]

I am so tremendously gratified to see so many people chosing King Creole! :clap: Havind said that, my list, in chronological order is:

King Creole
GI Blues
Blue Hawaii
Follow That Dream
Kid Gallahad
Fun In Acapulco
Viva Las Vegas
Easy Come, Easy Go
Spinout
Speedway

[elvis1970nl]

Mine are:

1. Fun In Acapulco (Just love the mexican feeling in the songs)
2. Harum Scarum (Most people hate it but I love the diffrent sound)
3. Frankie and Johnny (Elvis goes Dixieland)
4. King Creole (Elvis goes Dixieland)
5. Roustabout (Not a bad soundtrack at all)

[NEA]

1. Loving You
2. King Creole
3. G. I. Blues
4. Viva Las Vegas
5. Jailhouse Rock
6. Live A Little, Love A Little
7. Spinout
8. Change Of Habit
9. Tickle Me
10. Blue Hawaii

The other soundtrack I rate that would probably be number 11 in my list is "Kissin' Cousins". Plus, "Wild In The Country" hosts a nice few numbers too. I don't have any other real favourite soundtracks only favourite songs that stand-out from a lot of the dross and non-sensical tunes that appear with them in the movies and on the albums.

[TCE]

Great question! I love all the Elvis movies, even the bad ones like: Harum Scarum (although I like the songs in this movie.) My fav. are:


1. Blue Hawaii.
2. Change of habit.
3. Charro (No kiddin'!)
4. King Creole.
5. Spinout.
6. Jailhouse rock.
7. Viva Las Vegas.
8. Speedway.
hmmm, To be honest I like all the songs in all the movies. :blush:


Be safe and take care,


Christel (TCE)

[iloveelvis05]

My favorite soundtracks albums are (no particular order):

Blue Hawaii
Viva Las Vegas
Girl Happy
Jailhouse Rock

[Lindnet]

Hey, Iloveelvis05, which one did you see? From what I understand, there are two of them there. I'm going in August and plan to see the museum and also visit the Hilton.

[Marty]

I will try to narrow it as much as possible.

Jailhouse Rock (Just A Classic)
King Creole (At the top of his game)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (The first soundtrack I bought)
Fun In Acapulco (I love those Spanish flavoured recordings. My all time favourite)
Viva Las Vegas (Yet another Classic)

[iloveelvis05]

In no particular order, these are the soundtracks that I love:

~Jailhouse Rock
~Blue Hawaii
~Girl Happy
~Frankie and Johnny
~Viva Las Vegas
~Clambake

(y)

[Albert]

In no particular order:

* Harum Scarum
* Change Of Habits
* Fun In Acapulco
* GI Blues
* Blue Hawaii


I have to admit that I love the soundtracks. Although many are silly and some even uninspired or plain bad, they offer so different and lighthearted moods.

[Wendy56]

Hi!

I really like all soundtracks (and movies!!!) but my favorites are (order is not important):

King Creole
Love Me Tender
Fun in Acapulco
Jailhouse Rock
Viva Las Vegas

Wendy

[Jumpsuit Junkie]

In no order: -

Charro
Viva Las Vegas
Girls, Girls, Girls
GI Blues
Roustabout
Easy Come, Easy Go

Songs within the movies themselves: -

Edge O f Reality
Stop, Look & Listen
Hard Headed Woman (King Creole)
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (Trouble with Girls)

Matt

[Glenn]

Mine are.
Harem scarum.
Change of habit.
Clambake.
Roustabout.
Kissin cousins.
Stay away joe.
Easy come,Easy go.
And Charro( The only song in the movie :D :clap: )

[geordie]

1- king creole

2- g.i. blues

3 blue hawwai

4- roustabout

got to say im a little surprised theres so many harum scarum fans out there:lmfao:

[kingkelo74]

:king:
1. Fun In Acapulco
2. Blue Hawaii
3. Live A Little, Love A Little
4. King Creole
5. Frankie And Johnny
6. Paradise Hawaiian Style
7.G.I. Blues

[debtdbruno]

Loving You
JR
Live a little........

[The Everlasting Gaze]

Harum Scarum.

Kissin Cousins.

Wild In The Country.

[hounddog]

That's The Way it Is
King Creole
Loving You
Jailhouse Rock
Trouble With Girls

i like songs out his movies but not always the whole album. For example I love Return to Sender but hate Song of the Shrimp.

[Lisarose]

Viva Las Vegas
Roustabout (I love the sarcasm of Poison Ivy League!)
It happened at the World's Fair ( Relax - my new favorite!)

[Jimmy1966]

1. JAILHOUSE ROCK
2. G.I. BLUES
3. BLUE HAWAII
4. VIVA LAS VEGAS
5. FUN IN ACAPULCO
...And i have to have FOLLOW THAT DREAM...Cos Of The Song 'ANGEL'

[javierTCB]

That´s The Way It Is.
Fun In Acapulco.
Change of Habit.

[Wendy56]

King Creole and G.I Blues... and well, Fun In Acapulco too. lol. :D

[elvis1608]

My favorite's are
Fun in acapulco
King Creole
Kissin Cousin
Change of habit

[KPM]

King Creole
GI Blues
Loving You
Spinout
Viva Las Vegas EP

[The Everlasting Gaze]

Harum Scarum
Tickle Me
Change Of Habit
Kissin Cousins

[my boy]

VLV
Girl Happy
F&J
Double Trouble
Spinout

[Elisabeth]

King Creole
Change Of Habit
Gi Blues
Viva Las Vegas