Alan Jay Lerner - Gigi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Artist: Alan Jay LernerComposer: Frederick Loewe
Composer: Conrad Salinger
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1996-02-27
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- Main Title
- Opening
- Interlude/And There Is the Future - Maurice Chevalier/M-G-M Studio Orch
- Thank Heaven for Little Girls - Maurice Chevalier/M-G-M Studio Chor
- Meet Gigi [Extended Version]
- Gaston's House [Extended Version]
- Armenonville/It's a Bore Prelude
- It's a Bore - Maurice Chevalier/Louis Jourdan
- After It's a Bore [Extended Version]
- Aunt Alicia
- Parisians Introduction
- The Parisians - Betty Wand
- Ice Skating Sequence [Extended Version]
- Dissolve Maxim's/Gossip [Extended Version] - M-G-M Studio Orch & Chor
- Introduction to Maxim's Waltz /Waltz at Maxim's [Extended Version] - Louis Jourdan/M-G-M Studio Orch
- It's a Bore (Reprise) - Maurice Chevalier/Louis Jourdan/John Abbott
- To the Inn [Extended Version]
- Goodbye Madame
- Bore Montage
- The Night They Invented Champagne - Leslie Caron/Betty Wand/Hermione Gingold,...
- Trouville [Extended Version]
- I Remember It Well - Maurice Chevalier/Hermione Gingold
- Panting Grandmama [outtake][Outtake]
- Lessons [Extended Version]
- Upset
- Gaston's Soliloquy - Louis Jourdan
- Gigi - Louis Jourdan
- Gaston with Flowers
- You Never Told Me
- I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore - Maurice Chevalier
- I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore (Reprise)
- Aunt Alicia's March [Extended Version]
- Bracelet [Extended Version]
- Say a Prayer for Me Tonight - Betty Wand
- Gigi's Big Moment
- Second Gossip [Extended Version/Vocal Outtake][Take] - M-G-M Studio Orch & Chor
- Waltz at Maxim's [Extended Version]
- Gaston's Decision
- Change of Heart (End Title) - Maurice Chevalier & M-G-M Studio Orch
- The Parisians [supplemental material] - Leslie Caron & M-G-M Studio Chor
- The Night They Invented Champagne [supplemental material] - Leslie Caron/Hermione Gingold/Louis Jourdan
- Say a Prayer for Me Tonight [supplemental material] - Leslie Caron
Free Music Notes for Gigi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Free Music Review: "when did your sparkle turn to fire, and your warmth become desire?..."
Hit: 5 Stars
GIGI is for me the ultimate movie musical from M-G-M. So many wonderful characters, and so many classic moments. The soundtrack album (newly-expanded and restored from the fine people at TCM), is a great new way to remember this fine film.
Based on the novella by Colette, the story centers around a headstrong young tomboy called Gigi (Leslie Caron), whose childhood friendship with eligible bachelor Gaston (Louis Jourdan) takes an unexpected twist. Tired of the constant stream of gold-diggers and debutantes who want to marry him, Gaston decides to ask Gigi. Her grandmother and aunt (Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans), two of the most noteworthy of courtesans in their youth, insist that Gigi shouldn't be tied down by marriage. Gigi is faced with the task of becoming a glamorous courtesan, but Gaston wants a wife...
The gilded, sweeping score of GIGI was provided by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, still riding high on the success of "My Fair Lady" on Broadway. With such wonderful, character-driven numbers like "She is Not Thinking of Me" (a devilish waltz for Gaston and his latest feather-brained partner); "The Parisians" (Gigi's plea for understanding the ways of love); and "I Remember It Well" (a comical duet for Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold).
This soundtrack album features the entire score, newly-restored in true stereo for the very first time, plus extensive incidental music and background scoring. Leslie Caron was never a good singer, and her vocals were dubbed here by Betty Wand. Included are three bonus tracks of Caron in rehearsals, performing her own renditions of "The Parisians", "The Night They Invented Champagne", and "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight". While the songs of Gigi aren't especially demanding, listening to Caron on these tracks gives you a clear understanding of why she was later dubbed (despite the fact that she gives Gigi the youthful innocence so befitting of the character).
GIGI was the final hurrah for the M-G-M movie musicals. It won the 'Best Picture' Oscar plus nods for the composers, and 'Best Song' for "Gigi" sung by Louis Jourdan. It remains to this day one of the most enjoyable - and joyous - movies of all time. The soundtrack album is a must for all fans, and the overall quality and standard here is superb.
[TCM/Rhino 7243 8 38115 2 6]
Gigi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster
A blockbuster movie in 1958, lovingly remastered and including of all the film's incidental music reminds us why modern Hollywood can at times be dismissed with the wave of a hand. This is a grand musical, with seeds sown for much of the movie music that would follow, with even hints of what John Williams would steal for Star Wars. Frederick Loewe's music is playful and engaging, but the highlight simply has to be Maurice Chevalier. His turns at "Thank Heaven for Little Girls," "It's a Bore" (with Louis Jourdan), and the hilarious "I Remember It Well" are timeless classics. The entire album has successfully incorporated a wonderful Parisian feel that lounge artists like Esquivel would go on to emulate. --Scott WilsonBroadway & Vocalists Music CDs
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