Bell, Book and Candle was a 1958 film starring Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs. The soundtrack music was written and conducted by George Dunning. The music has been released several times through the years, beginning with an album in 1958 (Colpix CP-502).
The tracks were:
Main Title
Pyewacket-Queenie-Gil
Send Me Nicky
Way Out Calypso
Stormy Weather Polka
The Spell-Shep Hooked etc.
The Herb Shop
I Wish I Could, etc.
Shep Shook
Where’s Pyewacket
Pyewacket Returns
Zodiac Serenade
Zodiac Blues
Only Human & End Title
The album received a review in Billboard magazine on January 5, 1959, but failed to chart:
Here is Bell, Book and Candle (Main Title):
A single by Morris Stoloff was also issued at the time of the soundtrack’s release (Colpix 103):
It was reviewed in the December 22, 1958, edition of Billboard, but like the album, failed to chart:
A very sought after Italian EP was also issued in 1959 by the trumpet playing Candoli Brothers, Pete and Conte, who portrayed musicians at the Zodiac Club in the film.
The songs included on the EP were:
Way Out Calypso
Send Me Nicky
Stormy Weather Polka
Zodiac Serenade
Zodiac Blues
The record label also credits Jack Lemmon as playing bongo drums. However, it does not give credit to Elek Bacsik, the guitar player in the Zodiac band.
In 1979, the album was re-issued by Citadel (CT-6006):
The tracks were the same as those on the original album and also like that album were in mono.
The following year, Citadel found the stereo masters for the soundtrack and issued them (CTV-7006-S):
The first CD issued came in 2006 (Film Score Monthly FSMCD Vol. 9, No. 1):
Music from another Dunning soundtrack, 1001 Arabian Nights, was also included on the CD.
The following are the tracks on this CD:
Main Title
Pyewacket/Queenie/Gil
Send Me Nicky
Way Out Calypso
Stormy Weather Polka
The Spell/Shep Hooked
The Herb Shop
I Wish I Could/Gil’s Whammy/All Right Shep
That Cat Again/Shep Whammied/You’re a Fool
Shep Shook
Where’s Pyewacket?/Naughty Cat/Gil’s Tears
Pyewacket Returns
Zodiac Serenade
Zodiac Blues
Only Human and End Title
In 2013, the soundtrack was released digitally by Soundtrack Classics:
With this release, you could purchase the entire album and any individual track.
Finally, sheet music featuring photos of the film’s stars was available:
