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Austin Powers

posted 18 years ago by dodrade
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I'm amazed no one's mentioned the fact that the Austin Powers theme was lifted from this film. I couldn't help imagining Mike myers walking into the pawn shop and asking rod steiger how much he would give him for his penis pump!

[–] samuelsschwa 18 years ago

I noticed the same thing! I guess I had always trusted that the Austin Powers theme was original, and this was definitely not a film I was expecting to hear it in. Since it seems like in the scene in which it appears it was supposed to be playing on a radio and not part of the score, does anyone know where this tune actually originated?

Amen. And all that cal.

[–] Fanchmaster 18 years ago

It originated here. Quincy Jones made it for this movie, then heisted his own song for the score for Austin Powers.

[–] samuelsschwa 18 years ago

Ha, thanks, that makes a lot of sense!

Amen. And all that cal.

[–] maedhros2 18 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Bossa_Nova

According to Wikipedia, it came out on vinyl two years before the film.

[–] devojane-2 17 years ago

Quincy Jones didn't write the score for Austin Powers. George S. Clinton did.

[–] gribfritz2 10 years ago

Soul Bossa Nova wasn't made for The Pawnbroker. It appears on Quincy Jones' album Big Band Bossa Nova which was made in 1962.

[–] Mxdmeta4 17 years ago

The song was called:
"Soul Bossa Nova"
Written by 'Quincy Jones'
Performed by 'Quincy Jones' and His Orchestra

and it was then subsequently used as the opening track for AUSTIN POWERS.

Still the same song.

[–] GeoBQn 16 years ago

I was watching this in a class today and when the "Austin Powers" music came up I wanted to burst out laughing. However, I was watching this in a Holocaust in Film class, so I felt REALLY horrible for laughing. I managed to stifle it until someone said, "They're getting RANDY."

[–] mr_velvetvoice 16 years ago

Don`t even mention Austin in the same sentence as this film.

[–] starmarker 16 years ago

The song was also used as the theme for a game show. Anybody remember what that game show was?

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[–] dhmason6155 16 years ago

-I managed to stifle it until someone said, "They're getting RANDY."-

As a matter of fact, in that scene, they WERE getting randy!

It takes a big man to cry. It takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

[–] gkrupa73 16 years ago

Well, I cannot speak for the others, but the reason I did not notice it is simple. I turned off Austin Powers after about a quater of an hour because I found it to be almost as unfunny and idiotic as Ace Ventura.

[–] thatguy_78757 13 years ago

I think Mike Myers and the directora and composer wanted a song that would evoke a crefree goofy image of the 60s.

Ironic that its from this film which is anything BUT!