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Post by sepiatone on Jan 24, 2023 18:57:00 GMT
I guess I'll post one my favorite soundtracks. Even thought I'm not listening to it at the moment.  Sepiatone |
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Post by Unwatchable on Jan 24, 2023 22:54:19 GMT
Maurice Jarre's score for Ryan's Daughter. Light and airy yet a bit melancholic at the same time. Not as well known as his music for other David Lean movies like Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 25, 2023 5:42:02 GMT
One I've brought out a lot is this compilation of the soundtrack recordings Glenn Miller did for Twentieth Century-Fox for his several films there. I bought it in high school; my mother was a big Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman fan so the music was always in the house. Sound recording for film was equally advanced as and in some ways superior to then contemporary recording technology, so these recordings have an especially full-bodied sound. Oh wow - this was wonderful. And it triggered a long lost memory... I had totally forgotten one of the first LPs I ever bought was Glenn Miller.  |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Jan 26, 2023 15:29:02 GMT
I mentioned before that I'm getting stuff ready for sale or donation (and digitizing what I "need" to keep), and I've just been dealing with a couple of interesting soundtracks which are distinguished by the fact that they aren't really all they claim to be. We all know (I'm brazenly assuming) the ultra-lush theme sung by Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls, but Dionne was under contract to Scepter Records, so contractually Twentieth Century-Fox Records couldn't use her on their soundtrack album, so the writer, Dory Previn, got the honors. Dionne released an album, Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls, with an entirely different re-recorded version, so technically there was never a release of the song as heard on the film soundtrack, which is what we all fell in love with. (Again, brazenly assuming.) Dory Previn: In Dionne's version on Scepter you can actually feel the hand of Burt Bacharach, who produced the session. Again, not what we heard in the movie. The ultimate switcheroo I've come across was in the soundtrack album for There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which was released on Decca Records. The problem was that their big drawing card, Marilyn Monroe, had a separate recording contract with MGM Records at the time so, surprise, no Marilyn on the album. (I think something similar happened with the original White Christmas soundtrack album and Peggy Lee did Rosemary Clooney's songs.) Dolores Gray was called in for Marilyn's three big songs, Heat Wave, Lazy, and After You Get What You Want. I personally love Dolores Gray, but I can't have been the only disappointed buyer when Marilyn failed to materialize. I think Twentieth learned a lesson because before the decade was out they had their own record label, though the soundtrack to Marilyn's Fox movie Let's Make Love was released on Columbia, so who knows what happened there. It's all been worked out years ago and now Marilyn's songs appear on subsequent soundtrack releases and have been licensed to many compilations. I've made files of Dolores' versions from the soundtrack album but I'm a bumpkin and don't know how to share them here and they aren't on YouTube. Here's the album cover. Notice anybody missing?  I did find this unrelated snippet of Dolores Gray doing Heat Wave. Somebody needs to give this choreographer a serious talking-to because this is nonsense. |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 27, 2023 7:44:42 GMT
I really can't believe sending albums off to new homes could be so funny and informative. You are going to have a tough time topping this one. You even squeezed in a couple of Disappearing idioms. And I loved dealing with...
So interesting that the There's No Business Like Show Business LP actually says Dolores Gray (not in film). An above board switcheroo but somehow still sketchy.
>Somebody needs to give this choreographer a serious talking-to because this is nonsense.
WHOA! That is bonkers. I wonder if I even would have noticed? I think I would have been too busy watching Dolores but because of your set-up I was like a deer in the headlights. We've got the shimmie, some jazz hands, bat-tusi - and is that guy PETTING a ladies back? This one is a keeper it is so out there.
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Post by Guest on Jun 30, 2023 15:12:57 GMT
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Feb 18, 2024 17:37:28 GMT
Four White Shirts
(Latvian: Četri balti krekli) or Breathe Deeply (Elpojiet dziļi)
A 1967 romantic drama film directed by Rolands Kalniņš.
The film centers around a telephone repairman named Cēzars Kalniņš, who writes music for his friend's rock band “Optimisti” (The Optimists). Culture worker Anita Sondore reports Kalniņš’ lyrics to the authorities due to their criticism of prevalent social values.
FOUR WHITE SHIRTS (1967, Rolands Kalniņš) trailer The film's music was written by Imants Kalniņš and lyrics by the poet Māris Čaklais. The music was sung by actors Līga Liepiņa, Pauls Butkevičs, and Juris Strenga.
In 2014, music publisher ''Upe tt'' released Māris Čaklais' book ''Stikla saksofonists'' with two CDs. On the first CD, the writer reads his poetry, and the second CD includes original music from the movie. This is not only the film's first full-length movie soundtrack, but also the first music album.Fragments no Rīgas kinostudijas 1967. gada filmas «Elpojiet dziļi» The film has been included into the Latvian Culture Canon as one of 99 elements in recognition of its historical and cultural value, one of just twelve films.
Latvijas kultūras kanons - Film
kulturaskanons.lv/en/list/?l=7#movies
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Oct 27, 2024 21:41:49 GMT
Absolute chills.
Something about Plummer’s version truly delivers. he plays it as written; a man unsure of himself who hasn’t sung or performed since losing his wife. A man reluctant to show the slightest vulnerability to anyone in that room who, swept up in emotions of love both old and new, plays his favorite piece.
"Edelweiss" ft. Christopher Plummer's Original Vocals | The Sound of Music Super Deluxe Edition
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