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| Rich and Famous/One Is a Lonely Number (1981/1972) |
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| Music by Georges Delerue, Michel Legrand |
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| Line: Silver Age |
| CD Release:
February 2011
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| Catalog #: Vol. 14, No. 2 |
| # of Discs: 1 |
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This Film Score Monthly “two-fer” brings together two scores for what might be called “women’s pictures” by two of the finest French composers ever to write for le cinéma: Georges Delerue and Michel Legrand. Although Rich and Famous and One Is a Lonely Number take vastly different approaches to women’s lives and relationships, their composers bring a common sensitivity and an intuitive aura of romance to both pictures.
Rich and Famous (1981) was a remake of Old Acquaintance (1940). It starred Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset as longtime friends who become successful writers—albeit of very different types. Their relationship weathers betrayal and loss until a poignant reconciliation brings them together again at the end.
Georges Delerue’s romantic and lyrical score (one of the first he composed after moving to Hollywood in 1980) anticipates the kind of music he would write for later female-centric American movies like Agnes of God, Crimes of the Heart and Steel Magnolias. In some ways, it works against the contemporary edginess of the story and dialogue, contributing old-fashioned heart and emotion to the film. The memorable main theme, for example, is a gentle siciliana in 6/8 time with sweet modal harmonies.
One Is a Lonely Number starred Trish Van Devere as a young wife who is shocked to learn that her husband is leaving her after four years of marriage. The film chronicles her pain, loneliness and heartbreak as she tries to win him back, although she ultimately concludes that she can make it on her own and willingly agrees to the divorce.
Michel Legrand’s score is based almost entirely on a wistful, yearning melody that is musically simple—but his sophisticated sense of orchestral color and his rich jazz-based harmonic palate assure musical variety and dramatic aptness throughout the film. The score also includes a seductive, bossa nova-flavored vocal sung by the composer himself.
Both scores—never before available in any format—are complete and mastered from the original ½” 3-track stereo studio recordings. FSM’s presentation includes film stills and detailed notes by Cary Wong, Alexander Kaplan and Frank K. DeWald. |
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| Track List |
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Click on track TIME for MP3 sound clip. Rich and Famous Music Composed and Conducted by Georges Delerue - Something Strange About You/End Credits (wild) 4:33
- Main Title 1:54
- String Quartet 1:21
- You Owe Me One/Into Him 2:13
- Reading the Script/3M2/You’re OK 1:29
- Some Years Ago 1:31
- Taxi/I Lied/Teddy Bear/Liz 2:16
- Eighteen 3:52
- Goodnight/Chris/Making Love/Very Still (alternate)/Very Still/Give Me 555/Slowly Read It/Crying Liz 3:55
- Something Strange About You (alternate) 0:56
- Something Strange About You/End Credits 3:59
Total Time: 28:29 One Is a Lonely Number Music Composed and Conducted by Michel Legrand Song: “Le Soleil, la Mer et les Bateaux” Music by Michel Legrand, Lyrics by Jean Drejac, Sung by Michel Legrand - 1M1 (Main Title) 2:10
- 1M2 (Alone in the City) 1:00
- 2M1 (The Dress) 1:33
- 4M1 (Sad Memories) 1:32
- 5M1 (Loneliness) 1:33
- 5M2 (Source Rock) 4:08
- Le Soleil, la Mer et les Bateaux 3:54
- 7M1 (The Diving Board)/Shakespearean Fanfare (Mel Stuart) 1:29
- 9M1 (Moving On) 3:44
- 9M2 (The Gift)/Fender Rhodes (The Chess Game) 1:37
- 10M1 (The Photo) 0:58
- 10M2 (Amy Hits Bottom) 1:58
- 11M1 (At the Morgue) 1:24
- 12M1 (Finale and End Cast) 1:58
Total Time: 29:29 Total Disc Time: 58:04 |
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| Instruments/Musicians |
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For more specific musician lists for the scores on this album, go here: |
| One Is A Lonely Number |
| Rich And Famous |
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Leader (Conductor):
Georges Delerue, Michel Legrand
Violin:
Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, George Berres, Harry Bluestone, Al Breuning, Stuart Canin, Shirley A. Cornell, Bonnie J. Douglas (Shure), Sam Freed, Jr., Endre G. Granat, Anatol Kaminsky, George Kast, Jacob Krachmalnick, Bernard Kundell, Kathleen Lenski, Brian Leonard, Marvin Limonick, Gordon H. Marron, Alexander Murray, Erno Neufeld, Irma W. Neumann, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Ralph Schaeffer, Daniel Shindaryov, Paul C. Shure, Marshall Sosson, Joseph Stepansky, Robert "Bob" Sushel, Polly Sweeney, Vickie Sylvester-Granat, Mari Tsumura (Botnick), Gerald Vinci, Dorothy M. Wade (Sushel), Miwako Watanabe
Viola:
Myer Bello, Samuel Boghossian, Alan B. DeVeritch, Allan Harshman, Roland Kato, Myra Kestenbaum, Janet Lakatos, Virginia Majewski, David Schwartz, David Stockhammer, Milton Thomas
Cello:
Robert Lee "Bob" Adcock, Selene Depuy-Hurford, Marie Fera, Paula Hochhalter, Armand Kaproff, Raphael "Ray" Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Nino Rosso, Frederick R. Seykora, Mary Louise Zeyen
Bass:
Raymond M. "Ray" Brown, Milton Kestenbaum, Peter A. Mercurio, Meyer (Mike) Rubin, Robert King Stone, David Henry Young
Flute:
Louise M. DiTullio (Dissman)
Oboe:
William Criss, Earle D. Dumler
Clarinet:
Dominick Fera, Dominic Mumolo
Bassoon:
Jack Marsh
Woodwinds:
Thomas W. Scott, C. E. "Bud" Shank
French Horn:
Vincent N. DeRosa, William A. Hinshaw, Arthur Maebe, Jr., James M. McGee, Richard E. Perissi, Henry Sigismonti
Trumpet:
W. Pete Candoli
Piano:
Artie Kane, Michael R. Wofford
Keyboards:
Ralph E. Grierson
Guitar:
Dennis Budimir, Joseph Robert Gibbons
Fender (electric) Bass:
Carol Kaye
Harp:
Catherine Gotthoffer (Johnk), Gayle Levant
Drums:
John P. Guerin, Sheldon "Shelly" Manne
Percussion:
Larry Bunker, Joe Porcaro
Orchestrator:
Georges Delerue
Orchestra Manager:
Martin Berman, Harry W. Lojewski
Copyist:
Dominic John Fidelibus, Robert G. Hartley, Harry W. Lojewski, Ray Mace, Donald J. Midgley
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