It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown [Complete Soundtrack] - Ed Bogas and Judy Munsen

Описание: Original Score By Ed Bogas and Judy Munsen
Original Broadcast October 24, 1977

"What good is it to do anything, Linus, if you can't remember what you did?"
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SYNOPSIS
It is homecoming at Charlie Brown's school, and Charlie Brown and Linus are among the escorts for the Homecoming Queen and her court. During the Homecoming Parade, Linus tells Charlie Brown that he will be the escort for the Queen, but Charlie Brown is shocked when he sees the Queen, and it is, the Little Red-Haired Girl.

The game begins with Charlie Brown as kicker and Lucy as his placekick setter. But even in a real football game, Lucy still humiliates Charlie Brown, pulling the ball away four times during the game as he tries to kick it, including a crucial field goal attempt in the last thirty seconds.

The team loses by one point, and Charlie Brown is wrongly blamed by team captain Peppermint Patty. Despite the indignity, Charlie Brown remains faithful to his duty and escorts Queen Heather to the middle of the dance floor, and then summons the courage to kiss her on the cheek.
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THE SOUNDTRACK
Unfortunately a "use" sheet for this episode is not available, so all track names are attributed to action on the screen. This was the first Peanuts special produced after the sudden, tragic death of Vince Guaraldi in 1976 (and the second overall, after the feature film, "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown", released the same year); in his place were Ed Bogas, who would also score the Garfield specials and shows, and Judy Munsen, and rather than imitate Guaraldi's style, they would bring their own musical flavor to the specials.

In fact, the only familiar theme here is a nicely done, soulful piano version of the main Linus and Lucy theme, which plays during both of the flying sequences with Snoopy and Woodstock. In any case, Bogas and Munsen really managed to do their own thing and make it fit with the Peanuts style. With the parade and football game in the story, they were able to create a lot of big, memorable fanfares, as well as a fun, funky theme for the scene where the football game is underway and a country-esque, banjo piece for some of Snoopy's antics on the field.

As for the scenes at the Homecoming Dance, they come up with some energetic dance music, a royal-sounding march for the escort, and a lovely string piece that goes fully orchestral during Charlie Brown's dream of flying through the clouds after he kisses Heather.
Along with the work Bogas created for Race for Your Life, this score went over well enough to ensure that he and Munsen would continue working on the specials for well over a decade. (courtesy codysfilmandtvblog)
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YOUTUBE TRACKLIST
00:00 01 Linus and Lucy, First Kiss Opening Theme (02 : 29)
02:29 02 Football Strategy (02 : 15)
04:45 03 Kick Off (00 : 42)
05:27 04 Touch Down (00 : 47)
06:14 05 Patty's Team Gets The Ball (01 : 14)
07:29 06 Chance To Be A Hero (00 : 06)
07:35 07 Field Goal Missed (01 : 32)
09:08 08 S-N-O-O-P-Y (01 : 55)
11:03 09 I Think We Found Out Who Our Zero Is (01 : 17)
12:21 10 Lets Get Em (00 : 14)
12:36 11 Patty Runs With The Ball (03 : 21)
15:58 12 Field Goal Missed Again (00 : 23)
16:21 13 Linus and Lucy2 (00 : 40)
17:02 14 I'm The Escort For The Queen (01 : 40)
18:42 15 This Is It Charlie Brown (fanfare) (00 : 07)
18:50 16 Charlie Brown Kisses Her (02 : 26)
21:17 17 That Game Was A Heartbreaker (02 : 02)
23:19 18 First Kiss Closing Theme (00 : 35)
23:55 END
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ADDITIONAL NOTES
In the special's initial broadcast, Charlie Brown was blamed by most of his teammates (especially Peppermint Patty) for bungling kicks and losing the game, though it was clearly obvious that Lucy was the culprit.

Many viewers protested; while they could accept Lucy pulling the ball away, they could not accept Charlie Brown's being blamed for the loss.
As a result, in all subsequent broadcasts, the offending lines by Peppermint Patty "Okay, Chuck, you really goofed up on that play!" (at about the 7 : 30 mark) and "Chuck, you can't do anything right!" (at about the 15 : 30 mark.) were made lower and backmasked.

The scene where Charlie Brown kisses the Little Red-Haired Girl on the cheek and then flies around was spliced into the "Poor Sweet Baby" scene in the TV version of Snoopy!!! The Musical.