Product Description

Assembled as a companion piece/pledge item for the 2007 PBS television concert special Movie Songs Live this boxed collection is divvied into separate discs each devoted to movie themes Oscar-winning songs and film musicals. While the vast and rich history of the motion picture music genre cannot possibly be compressed into any three-CD set the compilers did a... More remarkable job of covering the touchstones -- although there are only 54 tracks here in all there is little to quibble about when playing the what's-included-and-what's-left-out? game. These are all original recordings not remakes by cheesy pops orchestras or Broadway wannabes. Most of the chosen tracks are instantly recognizable certified classics so ingrained into the collective consciousness that all it takes is a few seconds before you're singing or humming along (so don't be surprised if after spinning a disc you find yourself walking around belting out "Maria I just met a girl named Maria" or whistling the theme from The Bridge on the River Kwai). Great movie music will do more than remind you of the film in which it was originally featured and many of the tracks here are evocative of entire eras deeply embedded emotions and in the larger sense the art of cinema itself.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/CONCERTS UPC: 826663976458 Manufacturer No: 2666397645

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Gone with the Wind/Tara's Theme (Main Title)
2. Laura/Laura
3. Man with the Golden Arm/Frankie Machine
4. Bridge on the River Kwai/March from the River Kwai and Colonel Bogey
5. Summer Place/Theme from "A Summer Place"
6. Exodus/Theme from Exodus
7. Dr. No/James Bond Theme
8. Pink Panther/The Pink Panther Theme
9. Doctor Zhivago/Lara's Theme
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey/Also Sprach Zarathustra
11. Odd Couple/The Odd Couple
12. Midnight Cowboy/Midnight Cowboy
13. M*a*s*h/Suicide Is Painless
14. Summer of '42/Summer of '42
15. Sting/The Entertainer
16. Jaws/Theme from Jaws
17. Rocky/Gonny Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")
18. Star Wars/Star Wars Main Title
19. Superman/Theme from Superman (Main Title)

Disc 2:

1. Swing Time/The Way You Look Tonight
2. Wizard of Oz/Over the Rainbow
3. Going My Way/Swinging on a Star
4. Harvey Girls/On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
5. Man Who Knew Too Much/Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será)
6. Breakfast at Tiffany's/Moon River
7. Days of Wine and Roses/Days of Wine and Roses
8. Born Free/Born Free
9. Thomas Crown Affair/The Windmills of Your Mind
10. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid/Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
11. Shaft/Theme from "Shaft"
12. You Light Up My Life/You Light Up My Life
13. Thank God It's Friday/Last Dance
14. Fame/Fame
15. Arthur/Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
16. Officer and a Gentleman/Up Where We Belong
17. White Nights/Say You, Say Me
18. Dirty Dancing/(I've Had) The Time of My Life
19. Working Girl/Let the River Run

Disc 3:

1. Top Hat/Cheek to Cheek
2. Wizard of Oz/If I Only Had a Brain
3. Easter Parade/Easter Parade
4. Annie Get Your Gun/Anything You Can Do
5. Show Boat/Ol' Man River
6. Singin' in the Rain/Singin' in the Rain
7. Oklahoma!/The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
8. Guys and Dolls/Luck Be a Lady
9. Carousel/You'll Never Walk Alone
10. King and I/Getting to Know You
11. South Pacific/Some Enchanged Evening
12. Gigi/Thank Heaven for Little Girls
13. West Side Story/Maria
14. Music Man/Seventy-Six Trombones
15. Camelot/If Ever I Would Leave You
16. Oliver!/I'd Do Anything
17. Cabaret/Cabaret
18. Muppet Movie/Rainbow Connection
19. Annie/Tomorrow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60772 in Music
• Brand: SONY GROUP
• Released on: 2007-03-13
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .87 pounds

Features

• Assembled as a companion piece/pledge item for the 2007 PBS television concert special Movie Songs Live, this boxed collection is divvied into separate discs, each devoted to movie themes, Oscar-winning songs and film musicals. While the vast and rich history of the motion picture music genre cannot possibly be compressed into any three-CD set, the compilers did a. More remarkable job of covering

Customer Reviews

Excellent Buy!
I purchased this for my mom-in-law's Hollywood themed 60th birthday party. Our guests sang along and played name that tune amongst themselves. It was perfect!!!

57 Original and Classic Movie tunes,totally awesome!!!
If you love classic movie themes,oscar winning movie tunes and and great songs from classic movie musicals,than this a no braner type purchase,I can't beleve I got this band spanking new for just $9.99(won't tell the name of the store!) for this awesome CD set(yes the barcode was slashed,meaning it was a cut-out but it's the music that matters!),57 classics in all!!! And all the songs ARE the original versions baby,no redone or re-recorded stuff here,just the original versions you want in a package like this,I've been looking for these classic forever,and now I got them in one place,in this great 3 CD set with a nice booklet too!!! Sure some of the songs are not the best in sound quality,but there old vintage recordings so thats the best they might ever sound,but most of the tunes on this set set sound prestine,so get out the popcorn and soda and listen to some classic movie tunes!!! A five package all the way!!! Two thumbs up!!! A+ PS,get this before it goes out of print and the price skyrockets!!!

Memory Lane revisited
This is a very nice CD collection that I enjoy very much. They are original recordings so you have to be aware that a couple of the older songs sound scratchy just like they did when you put the record on the record player. It was a shame they couldn't get a crisper sound with all the new technology but it does make you aware how the sound quality has improved over the years. This would make a great gift to anyone over 50. I put mine in the car and just sing away and before I know it I am at my destination. This would be a great collection to take on a trip.