Paul Sawtell (3 February 1906 – 1 August 1971) was a Polish-born film score… Read Full Bio ↴Paul Sawtell (3 February 1906 – 1 August 1971) was a Polish-born film score composer in the United States.
Sawtell began his career with RKO, and eventually joined Universal Pictures. Sawtell worked on many western and horror films, and also scored the Sherlock Holmes films The Pearl of Death and The Scarlet Claw. In the late 1940s, Sawtell returned to RKO. He also worked for various independent producers, including Eagle-Lion Films' production of T-Men (1947). His also composed and arranged the uncredited music for the Venice, Italy sequences in This is Cinerama (1952). In the late 1950s, Sawtell struck up an alliance with fellow film composer Bert Shefter and they produced many film scores together. Most notably they provided the music to classic science fiction and horror films including Kronos, The Fly, Curse of the Fly, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (in cooperation with producer Irwin Allen), and It! The Terror from Beyond Space in 1958. In 1965 they composed some scores for the director Russ Meyer, such as the cult classic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Motorpsycho. The last score they provided was for the Mexican film Emiliano Zapata in 1970 shortly before Sawtell's death
Sawtell began his career with RKO, and eventually joined Universal Pictures. Sawtell worked on many western and horror films, and also scored the Sherlock Holmes films The Pearl of Death and The Scarlet Claw. In the late 1940s, Sawtell returned to RKO. He also worked for various independent producers, including Eagle-Lion Films' production of T-Men (1947). His also composed and arranged the uncredited music for the Venice, Italy sequences in This is Cinerama (1952). In the late 1950s, Sawtell struck up an alliance with fellow film composer Bert Shefter and they produced many film scores together. Most notably they provided the music to classic science fiction and horror films including Kronos, The Fly, Curse of the Fly, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (in cooperation with producer Irwin Allen), and It! The Terror from Beyond Space in 1958. In 1965 they composed some scores for the director Russ Meyer, such as the cult classic Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Motorpsycho. The last score they provided was for the Mexican film Emiliano Zapata in 1970 shortly before Sawtell's death
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Paul Sawtell Lyrics
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Lyrics:
Here am I, what a lucky guy
As the world goes floating by;
In the open air
Without a care
Five weeks in a balloon
I wouldn't trade my place today
With the King of Mandalay;
High and low
And away we go
Five weeks in a balloon
Now when I'm floatin' high up in the blue
There is nothing I cannot do;
I'm taller than an elephant
And twice as powerful too
So come with me and you will see
Why I'm happy as can be;
And you'll be too
When you've been through
Five weeks in a balloon
With the wonders of nature below me
And the limitless sky up above me;
I will touch the stars
And bow to Mars
Five weeks in a balloon
During the day
I will ride on a sunbeam,
During the night
I will rest on a moonbeam;
I'll be lulled to sleep
No counting sheep
Five weeks in a balloon
When I'm floatin' high up in the blue
There is nothing I cannot do;
I'm taller than an elephant
And twice as powerful too
So come with me
and you will see
Why I'm happy as can be;
And you'll be too
When you've been through
Five weeks in a balloon
And you'll be too
When you've been through
Five weeks in a balloon