{"product_id":"mel-brooks-songbook-book-mel-brooks-9781540072412","title":"The Mel Brooks Songbook","description":"(P\/V\/G Composer Collection). The great comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks wrote a song for his first movie, The Producers (1967). \"It was the first real song I had ever written and I did it in a day.\" He would continue to write songs for The Twelve Chairs , Blazing Saddles , High Anxiety , To Be or Not to Be , The History of the World Part 1 , Spaceballs , and Robin Hood: Men in Tights . More songs were written for the Broadway musical versions of The Producers and Young Frankenstein . The composer\/lyricist personally chose the songs for The Mel Brooks Songbook , which includes several photo stills from movies. It marks the first time several songs have ever been published, including \"The French Mistake\" ( Blazing Saddles ), \"I'm Tired\" ( Blazing Saddles ), \"The Inquisition\" ( The History of the World Part 1 ), and \"Men in Tights\" ( Robin Hood: Men in Tights ). When making The Twelve Chairs Mel Brooks realized, \"it needed a title song for the opening credits sequence. I confessed to my wife, Anne Bancroft, that it was big stuff a grand emotional song that would capture the insanity, furor, and heartbreak of the film! I thought it was probably beyond me. 'Nonsense!' she yelled, 'Go up to the attic and write the title song and don't come back till you have it.' I dutifully went to the attic, sat down, and was blessed with 'Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst.' In my not-so-humble opinion, maybe the best lyrics I've ever written.\" The 23 songs in this collection have been arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49740677906705,"sku":"NGR9781540072412","price":19.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50389674262801,"sku":"CIN154007241XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50409130983697,"sku":"GOR013939323","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/154007241X.jpg?v=1771408726","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/mel-brooks-songbook-book-mel-brooks-9781540072412","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}