Film Musicals - The Last 50 Years
The Sound of Music with Julie Andrews is 50 years old - in the week of the release of Sondheim's screen version of Into The Woods, Matthew Sweet looks back on the last half century of the screen musical.
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Music Played
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Michel Legrand
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964): I Will Wait Forever
Performer: Danielle Lacari. Conductor: Michel Legrand. Orchestra: Ed Starink.- Sony Music : SM2K 62678.
- Sony Music.
- 16.
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Jule Styne
FUNNY GIRL (1968): Don't Rain on my Parade
Performer: Barbra Streisand.- Columbia : CK-3220.
- Columbia.
- 9.
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Lionel Bart
OLIVER! (1968): Who Will Buy?
Ensemble: Kathie Green and Ensemble. Conductor: John Green. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- RCA : 55012R.
- 10.
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John Kander
CABARET (1972): Tomorrow Belongs To Me
Ensemble: Cast.- MCA : 2504282.
- MCA.
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Mel Brooks
THE PRODUCERS (2005): Overture/Opening Night
Composer: John Morris. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer.- SONY CLASSICAL : 82876759802.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 1/2.
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Mel Brooks
THE PRODUCERS (1968): Springtime for Hitler
Ensemble: Cast. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- RAZOR & TIE : RE21472.
- RAZOR & TIE.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973): Overture
Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- MCA : MCAD211757.
- MCA.
- 1.
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Burke and Johnson
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981): Pennies From Heaven
Performer: Arthur Tracy.- 麻豆社 : 麻豆社CD2008.
- 麻豆社.
- 6.
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Georges van Parys
MOULIN ROUGE (2001): Complainte De La Butte
Performer: Rufus Wainwright.- INTERSCOPE : 4905072.
- INTERSCOPE.
- 13.
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Claude鈥怣ichel Sch枚nberg
LES MISERABLES (2012): I Dreamed a Dream
Performer: Anne Hathaway.- UNIVERSAL : 3724585.
- UNIVERSAL.
- 5.
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Stephen Sondheim
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (1977): Every Day A Little Death/Night Waltz
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra conducted by the composer. Singer: Diana Rigg. Singer: Lesley-Anne Down.- Sony : 72393.
- SONY.
- 5.
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Stephen Sondheim
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007): By The Sea
Performer: Helena Bonham Carter. -
Stephen Sondheim
INTO THE WOODS (2014): Finale
Ensemble: Teen Beach Movie Cast.- Walt Disney : 002124092.
- Walt Disney.
- 19.
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Henry Mancini
BLUES BROTHERS (1978): Peter Gunn Theme
Ensemble: Blues Brothers.- ATLANTIC : K250715.
- ATLANTIC.
- 2.
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ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965): Climb Every Mountain Reprise
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- RCA : ND90368.
- 16.
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