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May 9, 2022 - 2:33 AM
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Amer Zahid
(Member)
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BANANAS
Music by Marviln Hamslich
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, presents the premiere vinyl release of the infectious score by Marvin Hamlisch (THE WAY WE WERE, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, SOPHIE’S CHOICE) for Woody Allen’s hilarious classic BANANAS (1971)
The second film directed by Allen was a crazy comedy about a bumbling New Yorker who is dumped by his activist girlfriend and travels to a tiny Latin American nation where he becomes involved in its latest rebellion. As with his previous film, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, it’s a film based more on non-stop gags than on plot. Both were huge successes that launched one of the most prolific and unique careers of the last five decades.
As with TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, the score was composed by the talented Marvin Hamlisch, two of the rare occasions that Allen has used original music for any of his films. Hamlisch provides one of his most elaborate and memorable comedy scores. It gives us fresh, dynamic catchy tunes dominated by Caribbean rhythms – including a beautiful love theme, some action music, ironic suspense cues and two memorable songs: “Quiero la noche” and “Cause I Believe in Loving”
This limited LP edition, pressed on audiophile 180 GM yellow banana vinyl, features all the music written by Hamlisch for the film in beautiful, pristine stereo. It has been specially mixed, restored and mastered for vinyl by Chris Malone.
SIDE A
Main Title (Quiero la noche) (1:47)
Hey Ralph, how much is a Copy of “Orgasm”? (1:46)
Fielding and Nancy (3:40)
Fielding and the Frozen Dinner / Fielding the Rebel / Training Camp (4:04)
Kidnapping gone awry (2:14)
Cause i Believe in Loving (Demo version) (2:29)
SIDE B
San Marcos / Harp in the Closet / Dinner with el Presidente / Chased (2:31)
Cause i Believe in Loving (2:29)
Fielding Mellish-el Presidente / 1500 Dinners to go / Food and Sex (3:10)
Rocky Subway Ride (1:42)
The Cia, the Uja, the New Ruler / Firing Squad (2:40)
El Presidente and Nancy (1:06)
The Wide World of Sports / End Title (1:55)
https://quartetrecords.com/product/bananas-lp/
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"Why only on vinyl ?" I guess they didn't want to make everybody happy. ?? Too bad !
Why, do you not have the Kritzerland CD?
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How amusing - using my track titles - I do hope I'm credited for them somewhere.
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Great release !
But still waiting for 'Take The Money And Run' ....one day ?
I'd like that too. I wonder how much music is in the film? Seems like the main title is reused alot. Could it have fit on Bruce's BANANAS - EVERYTHING ABOUT SEX cd?
Could it have fit? Of course. Our CD was licensed from MGM/UA. I think you know that Take the Money and Run was and is not owned by that entity so, no, it could not have been included.
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Great release !
But still waiting for 'Take The Money And Run' ....one day ?
I'd like that too. I wonder how much music is in the film? Seems like the main title is reused alot. Could it have fit on Bruce's BANANAS - EVERYTHING ABOUT SEX cd?
Could it have fit? Of course. Our CD was licensed from MGM/UA. I think you know that Take the Money and Run was and is not owned by that entity so, no, it could not have been included.
I don't follow who owns what. I was mainly wondering how much music was in "Take the Money and Run." And wouldn't it have been nice, running time-wise, if all 3 scores could fit on one CD.
Oh, don't be disingenuous - you know exactly what I mean. Can't put three scores on one CD when a) one of them isn't owned by the entity that owns the other two, and b) no tapes exist.
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This one on cd too would had made me happy 
