Editing The Bad and the Beautiful (section)

==Theme song==
[[File:Walter Pidgeon in The Bad and the Beautiful trailer.jpg|right|thumb|180px|{{center|Trailer image}}]]
[[David Raksin]] wrote the theme song "The Bad and the Beautiful" (originally called "Love is For the Very Young") for the film. Upon first hearing the song, Minnelli and Houseman nearly rejected it, but were convinced to keep it by [[Adolph Green]] and [[Betty Comden]].<ref name=raksinobit>{{cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |date=2004-08-11 |title=David Raksin, The Composer of 'Laura', Is Dead at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/11/arts/david-raksin-the-composer-of-laura-is-dead-at-92.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2016-01-13 }}</ref> After the film's release, the song became a hit<ref name=tcm>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=190980%7C190968&name=Behind-the-Camera-The-Bad-and-the-Beautiful |title=Behind the Camera on The Bad and the Beautiful |last1=Miller |first1=Frank |date=2016 |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113145021/http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article.html?isPreview=&id=190980%7C190968&name=Behind-the-Camera-The-Bad-and-the-Beautiful |archive-date=2016-01-13|access-date=2016-01-13 |quote=As a result, he insisted that the love theme from The Bad and the Beautiful be released strictly as an instrumental. It became a hit[.]}}</ref> and a [[jazz standard]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-8/badandthebeautiful.htm|title=The Bad and the Beautiful|publisher=Jazzstandards.com|access-date=13 December 2012}}</ref> and has been widely covered.<ref name=phillips>{{cite news |last=Phillips |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Phillips (critic)|date=2011-08-26 |title=Anatomy of a Great Movie Theme |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/08/26/anatomy-of-a-great-movie-theme/|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=2016-01-13 }}</ref>

A number of film music experts and composers, including [[Stephen Sondheim]], have highly praised the theme.<ref name=raksinobit /><ref name=phillips /> In a ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' article about the theme entitled "Anatomy of a Great Movie Theme", critic [[Michael Phillips (critic)|Michael Phillips]] wrote, "Its hypnotic way of combining dissonance with resolutions that never quite resolve when, or how, you expect them to, keeps a listener perpetually intrigued. The bittersweet quality proves elusive and addictive. It's perfect for the Douglas character, and for what Minnelli called the Hollywood-insider script's alternately 'affectionate and cynical' air."<ref name=phillips />