Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording
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Performer: Jaqueline SchwabPerformer: Harvey Hindermyer
Performer: Dodworth Saxhorn Band
Performer: Bobby Horton
Performer: Lester Young
Performer: Les Brown & His Orchestra
Performer: Duke Ellington
Performer: Natalie Cole
Performer: Mabel Scott
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1994-09-06
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Walt Whitman
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game - VonTilzer, Albert
- The Star Spangled Banner - Smith, John [04] St
- Hurrah for Our National Game - Neville, Walter
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game - VonTilzer, Albert
- Gee, It's a Wonderful Game - White, Doc
- Sol White /Dark Was ...
- Steal Away - Traditional
- Clubhouse Stomp - Colby, John
- If You Can't Make a Hit at the Ballgame, You Can't Make a Hit With Me - Held
- Pound Cake - Edison, Harry "Swee
- The Minstrel Boy - Moore, Thomas
- Joltin' Joe Dimaggio - Courtney, Alan
- Kansas City Call
- The Star Spangled Banner - Smith, John [04] St
- The New Black and Tan Fantasy - Ellington, Duke
- Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - Johnson, Buddy
- Baseball Boogie - Williams, Bill
- Bobby Thompson's Shot Heard 'Round the World
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game - VonTilzer, Albert
- Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) - Segall
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game - VonTilzer, Albert
- Henry Aaron Radio Call/When You and I Were Young, Maggie/The New ... - Johnson, George
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game - VonTilzer, Albert
- Eulogy for Jackie Robinson/Steal Away - Jackson, Reverend J
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game - VonTilzer, Albert
- The Sporting News
- The Star Spangled Banner - Smith, John [04] St
Free Music Notes for Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording
Free Music Review: A Jaunty, Rousing Score
Hit: 5 Stars
As with all the soundtracks to a Ken Burns documentary, this score can also be broken down into two sections:
First, there is the period music. I did not buy the CD for this purpose, but its focus on classical jazz/swing tunes will have old-timers walking down memory lane.
What I found especially compelling about this soundtrack is its background music, consisting primarily of soulful vocals, solo piano, and wailing violin. Whether trying to illustrate the lighter side of baseball, or drive home an emotional point, Burn's soundtrack is always adept at suiting its purpose. Overall, this CD is a great mix of period (mostly jazz) music and light little instrumental/vocal ditties that will have you nearly in tears when remembering them in correspondence with the film.
Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns - Original Soundtrack Recording Poster
Hailed as perhaps the greatest filmed document in the history of the sport, Ken Burns's epic series chronicled more than a century's worth of baseball lore. The producers paid nearly as much attention to the audio as the stunning visuals, but this soundtrack is slightly uneven. Baseball errs on the side of good taste a bit too often, what with contributions from Bruce Hornsby, Carly Simon, and Natalie Cole peppered amid classics by the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. The well-chosen historical material--including calls spanning five full decades--should interest die-hard fans, though. --David SpraguePop Music CDs
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