What is the title, who is the composer, and where can I buy the
recurring background music in the Movie "One, Two, Three".  I think it
is the same music as the PEE WEE Herman theme song, but not sure.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 09 Feb 2004 12:36 PST

Please listen to this midi file:

http://www.mortalwombat.com/Audio/music.mid

If this is the music you're interested in, I'll be glad to give you
more details about the composer and where you can buy orchestral
arrangements of it.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 09 Feb 2004 12:49 PST

I should mention that the music I'm referring to was also featured in
the film "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure."

I feel confident that I can identify the music you're looking for. I
have verified that excerpts from Aram Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance"
were used both in "One, Two, Three" and in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure."

"ONE, TWO, THREE features a fairly solid Dolby Digital monaural
soundtrack. For the most part, the track is clean sounding without any
serious evidence of background hiss or surface noise. Fidelity has
some age related limitations, but the film?s musical content, which
prominently features Aram Khachaturian?s The Sabre Dance, sounds
perfectly fine when a bit of amplification is applied."

The Cinema Laser
http://www.thecinemalaser.com/dvd_2003/ott-dvd.htm 

"Finally, Billy Wilder's breathless masterpiece is available on DVD...
you'll be hard-pressed to get Andre Previn's arrangement of the
Khachaturian Sabre Dance out of your head when it's all over."

Video DVD Shop
http://www.videoeshop.com/631/vhs_6301971744.htm

"Actually, it's a piece of 20th Century classical music: 'Sabre Dance'
by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), a piece from his
ballet Gayane (1942). And yes, it was used in Peewee's Big Adventure
as well as scores of commercials and TV shows."

AdTunes Forums
http://adtunes.com/forums/index.php?s=d40830b374001bb007633ff5acc3c6ce&showtopic=616

Here are several CDs which contain Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance":

Amazon.com: Thunderous Classics
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000058IJ/

Amazon.com: 25 Classical Dance Favorites
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000058IQ/

Amazon.com: Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003QWH/

Amazon.com: Simply the Best Classical Anthems
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SUVI/

Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "sabre dance" "one two three"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22sabre+dance%22+%22one+two+three%22

Google Web Search: "sabre dance" + "pee-wee's big adventure"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22sabre+dance%22+%22pee-wee%27s+big+adventure%22

If, by any chance, this is not the music you want, please request
clarification before rating my answer; I'll be glad to resume the
search.

Best wishes,
pinkfreud

Very well done.  I searched and searched and couldn't find any leads.  Thanks

This piece of music was used for almost every juggler and plate
spinner on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Here's a recent documentary on the life of Aram Khachaturian narrated
by Eric Bogosian:
http://www.offoffoff.com/film/2003/khachaturian.php