The Music Man (1962 Film Soundtrack)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Main Title, Rock Island, Iowa Stubborn - Orchestra, The Traveling Salesman, The Ensamble
- Ya Got Trouble - Robert Preston & The Ensemble
- Piano Lesson & If You Don't Mind My Saying So - - Shirley Jones & Pert Kelton
- Goodnight My Someone - Shirley Jones
- Ya Got Trouble & Seventy Six Trobones - Robert Preston & The Ensemble
- Sincere - The Buffalo Bills
- The Sadder But Wiser Girl - Robet Preston
- Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little - Hermione Gingold & The Biddys
- Marian The Librarian - Robert Preston
- Being In Love - Shirley Jones
- Gary, Indiana - Robert Preston
- The Wells Fargo Wagon - The Ensemble
- Lida Rose & Will I Ever Tell You ? - Shirley Jones & The Buffalo Bills
- Gary, Indiana - Ronnie Howard
- Shipoopi - Buddy Hackett & The Ensemble
- Till There Was You - Shirley Jones
- Goodnight My Someone - Shirley Jones & Robert Preston/ The Ensemble
- Seventy Six Trombones - The Ensemble
Free Music Notes for The Music Man (1962 Film Soundtrack)
Free Music Review: Just the Way I Remember It!
Hit: 5 Stars
When I was a kid my family had The Music Man on video. I don't remember when I saw it last, but I got this soundtrack yesterday and played through it a couple times. I always enjoyed the movie and this CD captures all the fun I remember.
Robert Preston is excellent as the fast-talking con man Harold Hill (reprising the role he originated on Broadway) and Shirley Jones is good as Marian the Librarian. The songs (with some dialogue cues) are pulled right out of the movie, so the sound may not be as crisp and clear as a Broadway cast recording may be. But the sound is decent nonetheless and the music is wonderful.
The CD includes (as far as I can remember) all the songs from the movie. The first track is actually three songs back-to-back-to-back (the orchestral theme, the salesmen on the train, and the people of Iowa). I'm not sure why they couldn't separate these songs so they could be listened to individually, but it's not that big a deal.
The Music Man 1957 Broadway recording is also available, but the 1962 film version is the one I grew up with, so I opted for this particular recording. But Robert Preston was in the stage version, too, so it's probably just as good. (Although the song "My White Knight" from the Broadway show was replaced with "Being In Love" in the movie, if that makes a difference to you.)
The CD was released nearly twenty years ago (I reckon), so the jewel case isn't as sturdy as those of newer releases. No big deal. The liner notes are scant, with a backstory by Meredith Willson (the man who wrote the musical) but no song lyrics. But the CD content is great and the price can't be beat. If you haven't seen the play or the movie, I highly recommend it!
The Music Man (1962 Film Soundtrack) Poster
In light of all the hit Broadway musicals that have stumbled in their translation to the big screen, The Music Man stands out as an exception; it is one of the best-loved movie musicals of all time. A great deal of the credit goes to composer Meredith Willson, who resisted studio pressure to hire a big name for the title role (Frank Sinatra or Cary Grant) in favor of the Tony-winning stage star, Robert Preston, who turns in one of Hollywood's most magical performances as the spellbinder who hoodwinks a small town in Iowa. Shirley Jones did not perform the show on Broadway, but she had cut her teeth as a musical ingenue in the films of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! and Carousel and gives Marian the librarian a lovely voice and charming personality. Most importantly, Willson's score combines marching bands and barbershop quartets to capture perfectly the spirit of America's heartland at the turn of the century. A classic. --David HoriuchiSoundtracks Music CDs
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