| Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby | |
| Border: | yes |
| Caption: | US picture sleeve |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mia Farrow |
| Album: | Rosemary's Baby (Music from the Original Motion Picture Score) |
| Published: | 1968 by Famous Music Corp. |
| Released: | July 1968 |
| Recorded: | 12 June 1968 |
| Studio: | Annex Recording Studio, Hollywood, California |
| Genre: | |
| Label: | Dot Records |
| Composer: | Krzysztof Komeda |
| Producer: | 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.[2] In the original version, vocals were performed by Mia Farrow, who also played the lead role in the movie.[3]
"Lullaby" is the main theme of the film's score which was nominated to the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score in 1969.[4] Released as a single, it reached No. 33 on the American Easy Listening chart.[5] Recorded by numerous, especially Polish jazz artists, the composition is considered a jazz standard.[6]
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.[5]
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.[7] 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 disappearBy morning's light. Loving you as I love you,Ev'ry night your whole life through,I'll be gently watching over youSleep safe and warm.
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.[8] The composition is especially popular among jazz musicians.