Thursday, 1 November 2012

Tracklisting November 2012


1.         Burt Bacharach ~ SouthAmerican Getaway

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The Bahler Brothers featured on the above soundtrack and also on Suicide Is Painless, Johnny Mandel's theme to the 1970 film M*A*S*H.  Here’s Grady Tate’s wonderful version

2.         Grady Tate – Suicide is Painless (Theme From M-A-S-H)

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Mr Mandel, He won the Grammy, for the work he did in 1981 for Quincey Jones on the album Velas Quincey wrote the OST for "Dollar$", from which this track comes, "Money runner"

3.         Quincy Jones - Money Runner

1981, a great year for film & televison .

4.         "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes - Alan Thicke

Dano Plato, (Kimberly Drummond) committed suicide in in 1999, so here's Suicide is...no done that one.

Pre Differet Strokes she appeared in one of the great TV programmes

5.         Theme from CHiPs – Alan Parker (12")

Billy May also wrote music for CHIPS

6.         Batgirl Theme Song – Billy May

Billy May wrote arrangements & songs for many famous people including Frank Sinatra.
Sinatra starred in a 1955 production called Our Town with a certain Paul Newman.

Paul Newman's last ever film role was in 2002 in Road to Perdition....

Thomas Newman made the music.

7.         Thomas Newman - 'Road To Perdition'

Thomas Newman also appeared on The American Beauty soundtrack as did this song, which is very nice.

8.         Betty Carter –  Open The Door

Thomas Newman scored American Beauty, is scoring "Skyfall" the most famous Bond film composer was obviously John Barry

9.         On Her Majesty's Secret Service – John Barry

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John Barry scored nuff superb films including the great Midnight Cowboy. I prefer another brilliant composer's version of the theme tune , Breakfast at Tiffanys legend Henry Mancini..(& his orchestra)

10.       Midnight Cowboy Henry Mancini


A Mancini double, and a song that has featured on many soundtracks

11.       Pick Up The Pieces Henry Mancini

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Pick Up the Pieces" is a 1974 song by the Average White Band from their second album, AWB. The principal composer of the track was founding member and saxophonist Roger Ball.

Before forming AWB in 1971, Ball was a session musician in London, arranging and playing for Vinegar Joe, Badfinger, Kiki Dee and Elton John, Mama Cass, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music and others. He has played on stage with Chaka Khan and Marvin Gaye. As an arranger with AWB he wrote and played with Michael and Randy Brecker.

from the brilliant Almost Famous....

12.       Tiny Dancer – Elton John



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