"Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby"
Single by Mia Farrow
from the album Rosemary's Baby (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score)
Published1968 by Famous Music Corp.
ReleasedJuly 1968
Recorded12 June 1968
StudioAnnex Recording Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length
  • 2:22 (part 1)
  • 2:12 (part 2)
LabelDot Records
Composer(s)Krzysztof Komeda
Producer(s)Tom Mack

"Sleep Safe and Warm", also known as "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby", is a musical composition by Krzysztof Komeda, written for Roman Polanski's 1968 psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby.[1] In the original version, vocals were performed by Mia Farrow, who also played the lead role in the movie.[2]

"Lullaby" is the main theme of the film's score which was nominated to the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score in 1969.[3] Released as a single, it reached No. 33 on the American Easy Listening chart.[4] Recorded by numerous, espescially Polish jazz artists, the composition is considered a jazz standard.[5]

Release

Mia Farrow performed vocals in the original recording of the song.

Different versions

Excluding many variations, two main versions of the composition can be found on the original soundtrack album. Both of them serves as an opener of their respective sides of the record and both of them features Mia Farrow singing the lead part. The first version is a George Tipton’s easy listening arrangement called "Lullaby, Part 1", released later (along with "Lullaby, Part 2" on the B-side) as a single record, while the second one on the album is the original Komeda's film version arrangement, named there "Main Title".

George Tipton's arrangement with Farrow's vocals reached No. 33 on the American Billboard Easy Listening chart.[4]

Unused lyrics

Though not used in the film in any form, the lyrics for "Sleep Safe and Warm", written by Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder were released with the official sheet music release.[6] Claudine Longet is among very few artists to sing them. The lyrics for the composition run as follow:

Sleep safe and warm.
From my arms no power can take you.
Sleep safe and warm.
Till my morning kisses awake you.
In the softness of the night,
Like a silver colored kite,
All your fears will fly and disappear
By morning's light.

Loving you as I love you,
Ev'ry night your whole life through,
I'll be gently watching over you
Sleep safe and warm.

Notable recordings

The "Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby" has been covered by many artists, including Chet Atkins, Claudine Longet, Ian Svenonius, Leszek Możdżer, Emmanuelle Seigner and Tomasz Stańko.[7] The composition is espescially popular among jazz musicians.

Charts

Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Billboard Easy Listening[4] 33

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sleep Safe and Warm". National Library of Australia. 1968. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rosemary's Baby – Soundtrack". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The 26th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968)". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mia Farrow chart history". billboard.com. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ Piątkowski, Dionizy. "Review of Fantômas' Director's Cut". Era Jazzu. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sleep Safe and Warm Sheet Music". Tredwell's Music. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Lullaby, Part I". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
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