I'm doing an on-line radio show of movie music but, to cater to the non-aficionados, I'm trying to intersperse songs as opposed to thematic material.
Things as diverse as Whale of a Tale, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Charro, by Elvis, A Certain Smile even, or especially, the like of Blazing Saddles. Stuff like that. possibly even hit songs which were not featured in the film but associated with it.
"The Way We Were" - Marvin Hamlisch "Goldfinger" - John Barry "Moon River" - Henry Mancini "The Look of Love" - Burt Bacaharach "More" - Riz Ortolani "The Shadow of Your Smile" - Johnny Mandel "Born Free" - John Barry "Alfie" - Burt Bacharach "Come Saturday Morning" - Fred Karlin "Gonna Fly Now" - Bill Conti "Nobody Does It Better" - Marvin Hamlisch "9 To 5" - Dolly Parton "Against All Odds" - Phil Collins "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" - Dimitri Tiomkin "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" - Sammy Fain "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será)" - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans "Days of Wine and Roses" - Henry Mancini
Bob has named most of the good ones. I have added a few older classics to it as well as my favourite songs from UK cinema.
UK
Georgy Girl/Alexander Faris The Seekers Born Free/John Barry Matt Monroe To Sir With Love/Mark London Lulu Interlude/Georges Delerue Timi Yuro
Bond films
Goldfinger/John Barry Shirley Bassey We Have All The Time In The World/John Barry Louis Armstrong Nobody Does It Better/Marvin Hamlisch Carly Simon Moonraker/John Barry Shirley Bassey All Time High/John Barry Rita Coolidge
US
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing/Sammy Fain The Four Aces (album) Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)/Jay Livingston Doris Day Tammy/Jay Livingston Debbie Reynolds Moon River/Henry Mancini Chorus The Shadow Of Your Smile/Johnny Mandel Chorus The Look Of Love/Burt Bacharch Dusty Springfield Mrs. Robinson/Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head/Burt Bacharach B.J. Thomas The Windmills Of Your Mind/Michel Legrand Noel Harrison Where Do I Begin/Francis Lai Andy Williams (album) Theme From Shaft/Issac Hayes Issac Hayes The Morning After/Al Kasha Joel Hirschhorn Renee Armand (film version) Speak Softly Love/Nino Rota Andy Williams (album) Blue Balloon/Joseph Brooks Robby Benson Free As The Wind/Jerry Goldsmith Englebert Humperdinck (album) The Way We Were/Marvin Hamlisch Barbara Streisand I Got A Name/Charles Fox Jim Croce
European
Never On Sunday (Never On Sunday)/Hanos Hadjikadis Melina Mercouri Chanson de Lola (Lola)/Michel Legrand Jacqueline Danno Canto D'Amore (Divorzio All'Italiana)/Carlo Rustichelli Pino Ferrara Plagio (Che Vuole Questa Musica Stasera)/Roberto Murolo Peppino Gagliardi Le Passager De La Pluie (Le Passager De La Pluie)/Francis Lai Severine Un Amico (Revolver)/Ennio Morricone Daniel Beretta Manon (Jean de Florette)/Jean-Claude Petit Serge Lama Despierta Ya (Il Postino)/Luis Bacalov Alma Rosa
Some terrific, off-the-wall suggestions here as expected.
I'm trying in vain though to find a recording of Frankie Laines' title song to Gunfight at the Okay Corral which includes the Paramount/VistaVision opening logo.
Any ideas where I might purchase this either as a CD Track or MP3 please?
