Editing Blazing Saddles (section)

=== Music ===
Brooks wrote the music and lyrics for three of ''Blazing Saddles''{{'}} songs: "The Ballad of Rock Ridge", "I'm Tired", and "The French Mistake". He also wrote the lyrics to the title song, with music by composer [[John Morris (composer)|John Morris]].<ref name=afi /> To sing the title song, Brooks advertised in the trade papers for a "[[Frankie Laine]]–type" singer; to his surprise, Laine himself offered his services. "Frankie sang his heart out ... and we didn't have the heart to tell him it was a spoof. He never heard the whip cracks; we put those in later. We got so lucky with his serious interpretation of the song."<ref name="libretto">From the libretto of the La-La Land Records soundtrack album</ref> In an interview with [[Terry Gross]], Laine said that he did not know at the time that ''Blazing Saddles'' was a comedy.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Big Voice in Theme Songs |url=https://www.freshairarchives.org/segments/big-voice-theme-songs |website=Fresh Air Archive: Interviews with Terry Gross |access-date=12 January 2025 |language=en |date=29 July 1987}}</ref>

The choreographer for "I'm Tired" and "The French Mistake" was [[Alan Johnson (choreographer)|Alan Johnson]]. "I'm Tired" is a homage to and parody of [[Marlene Dietrich]]'s performance of [[Cole Porter]]'s song "I'm the Laziest Gal in Town" in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s 1950 film ''[[Stage Fright (1950 film)|Stage Fright]]'', as well as "[[Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)]]" from ''[[The Blue Angel]]''.<ref name=afi />

The orchestrations were by Morris and [[Jonathan Tunick]].<ref name=afi />