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I love his stuff.

His “Movie music” was great too.

[Publius]

When Pando Berman, producer of the Astaire-Rogers musicals at RKO, asked George and Ira to do the songs for the next musical, he told George not to worry about the incidental music. That would be handed off to one of the house composers.

George said, "But I want to worry about the incidental music. If my name is on the credits, I want to be sure that every note is mine. Hell, I'll write the incidental music for free!"

That last sentence was music to Berman's ears. As a result, every note in this film came form George's pen, to include this instrumental classic that was used as a long intro to a song.

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