Magic Moments

Track Listings

1. Up on the Roof

2. Under the Boardwalk

3. This Magic Moment

4. Please Stay

5. I Count the Tears

6. On Broadway

7. Dance With Me

8. There Goes My Baby

9. Sweets for My Sweet

10. Save the Last Dance for Me

11. True Love

Magic Moments,The Drifters,Brentwood,Pop,R&B

Magic Moments

Tracks:

Moments To Remember-The Four Lads
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)-Doris Day
Catch A Falling Star-Perry Como
You Belong To Me-Jo Stafford
Butterfly-Andy Williams
Wheel Of Fourtune-Kay Starr
Cry-Johnnie Ray
Hey There-Rosemary Clooney
Thats All I Want From You-Jaye P. Morgan
Innamorata (Sweetheart)-Jerry Vale
Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes
Band of Gold-Don Cherry
Standing On The Corner-The Four Lads
Graduation Day-The Four Freshmen
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)-Perry Como
Wonderful! Wonderful!-Johnny Mathis
Love Letters In The Sand-Pat Boone
Dont You Know-Della Reese
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)-The Four Preps
The Theme From A Summer Place-Percy Faith & His Orchestra

Tracks:

Remember When-The Platters
Magic Moments-Perry Como
A Kiss To Build A Dream On-Louis Armstrong
Tammy-Debbie Reynolds
Here In My Heart-Al Martino
Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)-Les Paul & Mary Ford
The Glow Worm-The Mills Brothers
I Went To Your Wedding-Patti Page
Canadian Sunset-Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra With Eddie Haywood
I Believe-Frankie Laine
Music! Music! Music!-Teresa Brewer
Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)-The Crew-Cuts
Sincerely-The McGuire Sisters
Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler
Singing The Blues-Guy Mitchell
Jamaica Farewell-Harry Belafonte
Cry Me A River-Julie London
Its All In The Game-Tommy Edwards
Alright, Ok You Win-Peggy Lee
Perez Prado & His Orchestra-Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White

Tracks:

Memories Are Made Of This-Dean Martin
Unforgettable-Nat King Cole
The Tennessee Waltz-Patti Page
Thats My Desire-Frankie Laine
Keep It A Secret-Jo Stafford
Moonglow And Theme From Picnic-Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra
Let Me Go Lover-Joan Weber
Mambo Italiano-Rosemary Clooney
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing-Four Aces Featuring Al Alberts
Little Things Mean A Lot-Kitty Kallen
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)-The Four Lads
Secret Love-Doris Day
You Dont Know Me-Jerry Vale
Autumn Leaves-Roger Williams
On The Street Where You Live-Vic Damone
Sixteen Tons-Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Wayward Wind-Gogi Grant
Mack The Knife-Bobby Darin
Twilight Time-The Platters
The End-Earl Grant

Album Description

The 1950s could be considered the last days of innocence. While Elvis gyrated to "Jailhouse Rock" and "All Shook Up," Pat Boone mused about "Love Letters In The Sand." Throughout the decade, "family-friendly" artists like Rosemary Clooney and Perry Como continued to release records and rule the AM airwaves. Pop music, short for "popular," was just that: music enjoyed by mom, dad and kids alike.

The 3-disc Magic Moments - The Best Of 50's Pop, the companion set to the upcoming PBS special of the same name, revisits this time with the most memorable songs of the era. Includes #1 hits by Perry Como ("Catch A Falling Star"), Al Martino ("Here In My Heart"), Rosemary Clooney ("Hey There"), Debbie Reynolds ("Tammy"), Doris Day ("Secret Love") and more. All in a deluxe digibook packed with photos.

Customer Reviews:

Timeless Music of Singable Songs.......2005-12-04

This three disc CD set is the closest thing you will get to an all-encompassing set of non-rock and roll or doo wop songs of the 1950's. It includes groups such as The Four Lads, The Four Preps, The McGuire Sisters, and other groups in addition to individual singers such as Johnny Ray, Teresa Brewer, Patti Page, Rosemary Clooney, and others. The songs are dripping with nostalgia if you were a part of this era. If you were not, you will still enjoy these timeless songs. The songs are memorable, singable, and beg you to have a singalong.

50's Pop Music At Its Best !.......2005-10-27

My Music starts right after this Music ended - The Early 60's ! Now that I'm older, I appreciate this Music very much. The PBS Special that went along with this was outstanding. Live performances of these songs - those who are still with us. One thing I noticed with the special was - the singers could still sing, whereas many of the performers from My era have lost their best voice. I guess We partied a little rougher - ahh for the clean living of the 50's. THESE SONGS ARE GOOD !

Magic Moments from '50s Pop Music.......2005-08-10

Every song has a memory, even those I might not recall at first glance of the title. I was lucky to catch this on PBS and then discover that it was available on Amazon... saved again!! If you enjoy *oldies, but goodies* then this a superb choice to add to your music collection...

"overall '50s Popular Music Collection ~ Magic Moments".......2005-07-04

Shout Factory people and all the other labels in the world presents "MAGIC MOMENTS: THE BEST OF 50's POP", perfectly re-mastered from the vaults original recordings that have the who's who in the Music Department during those Golden Days of the fifties on the airwaves...Billy Vera did a bang up job producing and writing the informative (could have been a little more extensive) on the liner notes...each track remastered by Dave Donnelly (DNA Mastering-Studio City, California).

On the First Disc: (Moments To Remember)
A SUMMER PLACE (THEME FROM) (Percy Faith)
BAND OF GOLD (Don Cherry)
BUTTERFLY (Andy Williams)
CATCH A FALLING STAR (Perry Como)
CRY (Johnnie Ray)
DON'T YOU KNOW (Della Reese)
GRADUATION DAY (Four Freshmen)
HEY THERE (Rosemary Clooney)
HOT DIGGITY (DOG ZIGGITY BOOM) (Perry Como)
INNAMORATA (SWEETHEART) (Jerry Vale)
LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND (Pat Boone)
MISTER SANDMAN (The Chordettes)
MOMENTS TO REMEMBER (Four Lads)
STANDING ON THE CORNER (Four Lads)
THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU (J.P. Morgan)
26 MILES (SANTA CATALINA) (Four Preps)
WHATEVER, WILL BE, WILL BE (QUE SERA SERA) (Doris Day)
WHEEL OF FORTUNE (Kay Starr)
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL (Johnny Mathis)
YOU BELONG TO ME (Jo Stafford)

The Second Disc: (Remember When)
A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON (Louis Armstrong)
ALRIGHT, OK YOU WIN (Peggy Lee)
CANADIAN SUNSET (Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter)
CHERRY PINK & APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE (Perez Prado)
CRY ME A RIVER (Julie London)
GLOW WORM (Mills Brothers)
HERE IN MY HEART (Al Martino)
I BELIEVE (Frankie Laine)
I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING (Patti Page)
IT'S ALL IN THE GAME (Tommy Edwards)
JAMAICA FAREWELL (Harry Belafonte)
MAGIC MOMENTS (Perry Como)
MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC (Teresa Brewer)
REMEMBER WHEN (The Platters)
SH-BOOM (Crew Cuts)
SINCERELY (McGuire Sisters)
SINGING THE BLUES (Guy Mitchell)
TAMMY (Debbie Reynolds)
UNCHAINED MELODY (Al Hibbler)
VAYA CON DIOS (Les Paul & Mary Ford)

On the Final Disc Three: (Memories Are Made Of This)
AUTUMN LEAVES (Roger Williams)
ISTANBUL (NOT CONSTANTINOPLE) (Four Lads)
KEEP IT A SECRET (Jo Stafford)
LET ME GO LOVER (Joan Weber)
LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT (Kitty Kallen)
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING (Four Aces)
MACK THE KNIFE (Bobby Darin)
MAMBO ITALIANO (Rosemary Clooney)
MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS (Dean Martin)
MOONGLOW & PICNIC (Morris Stoloff)
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE (Vic Damone)
SECRET LOVE (Doris Day)
SIXTEEN TONS (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
TENNESSE WALTZ (Patti Page)
THAT'S MY DESIRE (Frankie Laine)
THE END (Earl Grant)
TWILIGHT TIME (The Platters)
UNFORGETTABLE (Nat "King" Cole)
WAYWARD WING, THE (Gogi Grant)
YOU DON'T KNOW ME (Jerry Vale)

What!...no Frank Sinatra or Eddie Fisher...well you can't have everything...this is still one of the best compilations on the 50's that I've seen and heard so for...can't image a better collection of music just sit back, put the CD in, push play and close your eyes, let the enjoyment flow through the air...celebration of the songs that came from the heart with an appeal to all who were growing up or dating during the 50's...very detailed book that lists the record charts position, catalog number, label and the release date.

Some questions are noted in this very collectible book of liner notes which will test your sharp memories:
"Dean Martin once joked that he used to go over to which extremely mellow singer's house "to borrow a cup of sleep"? (was it Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Al Martino or Perry Como).

This doesn't have all the big hits of the '50s or all the big stars...an excellent over-view with some of the decade's biggest mainstream pop hits, this is a terrific nostalgia trip...I know most people think of the 50's music as Bill Haley & His Comets, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Elvis Presley...but many pop hits were out there before such as ballads, beautiful melodies with great lyrics and never to be forgotten love songs...all of the songs included in this collectiion make you feel young again remembering such wonderful MAGIC MOMENTS!

Total Time: 3-CD-Set ~ Shout Factory 30180 ~ (8/10/2004)

A great gift for dad!!.......2004-09-14

My dad saw the Magic Moments special on PBS recently and loved it. So I decided to get him this box set, since he was too cheap to get it for himself. We listened to most of it together a couple of weekends ago, and I got a good insight into the pre-rock pop music that he likes but hardly ever has a chance to hear anymore. There are a few tunes that perhaps don't cross the decades well (not that he minded), but overall this is a superb collection--I enjoyed most of it too. This box set (his first!) has hardly left his CD player since then, and it's one of the best birthday presents I've found for him in recent memory. A great gift for anyone who knows and loves the pre-Elvis hit parade!

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Magic Moments: The Best of Perry Como
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ASIN: B0000VCZOI
Release Date: 2003-10-24

Tracks:

Magic Moments
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Round and Round
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
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Hello, Young Lovers
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When You Were Sweet Sixteen

Operas Greatest Moments / Domingo, Price, Caballé, Kraus, Norman, Lanza

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Operas Greatest Moments / Domingo, Price, Caballé, Kraus, Norman, Lanza

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ASIN: B000003FDD
Release Date: 1992-11-10

Tracks:

La Traviata: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Les Pecheurs Des Perles - Au fond du temple saint
La Boheme: Mi chiamano Mimi
Pique Dame: Yeletsky's Aria (Act ll, Scene1)
La Wally - Ebben? Ne andro lontana
L'elisir D'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Die Walkure: Du bist der Lenz
La Forza Del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Le Nozze Di Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti
Rigoletto: La donna e' mobile
Madama Butterfly: Un bel di
Die Zauberflote: Ach, ich fuhl's
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Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Turandot: Nessun dorma

Customer Reviews:

My FIRST opera cd .......2006-09-29

I purchased this compilation in late summer 1994. I always skipped over Merrill's "Largo al factotum", just because I am not a big fan of that aria - kinda hokey to me :) I fell madly in love with the two contributions by Miss Leontyne Price!!! Especially "Pace, pace mio dio", the reference recording of that aria! I like Caballe's performance of "Si, mi chiamano Mimi", and the Domingo and Hvorostovky recordings. This disc opened up a whole new world for me. Yes, I have discovered MANY different singers than those included on this cd, but it started it all for me. It is a good sample of some very fine singing on the RCA label. OH! Let's not forget the superb Pearl Fisher's duet, sung by Bjoerling and Merrill!!

Better compilations available.......2003-09-26

I recently began collecting compilations of great opera performances as raw material for custom CD's. After listening to this CD side-by-side with others, I ended up using not a single selection from it. Three double CD's that, in my opinion, have much more to offer, in both quantity and quality, are (1) Decca's The #1 Opera Album, (2) EMI's The Opera Album, and (3) Warner Brothers' Simply The Best Night At The Opera. If I could have only one, it would be the Decca product, but each has it's own strengths, unlike the RCA disc. The caveat here is that taste in music is a highly personal matter.

My desert island CD pick.......2003-01-10

I could -- and sometimes do -- listen to Nessum Dora over and over. I have never felt music so passionately as I do the selections on this CD. It is truly the best of the best: the best "songs" from the best operas being sung by the best singers at their very best. I challenge anyone who doesn't like opera or ever music to listen to this CD. You will fall deeply in love.

Fine Querschnitt!.......2001-10-12

This is a good set as it includes some of the very finest moments of recorded opera history, noticably with Jussi Björlings Pearlfishes, which was one of his most inspired singings, Placido Domingo in his charming interpretation in The Loves Exlire, Anna Moffo outside the Wienniese standards is interesting, and Montserrat Caballe was really the best Mimi that ever sung that role, and I don't think that many today doubt that Lanza was one of the finest and most flexible voice that have sung Verdi. There is a nice querschnitt through the century as old pearls have been mixed with new. I enjoyed immensely to hear Caballes Mimi and Normans "Du bist der Lenz" or Kraus clicky "Donna Mobile" and a fresh new Ben heppner in 3D sound in one and the same hour.

A collection of opera gems on one CD.......2001-04-07

I have to agree that these are some of opera's greatest moments in the later part of the 20th century. The Pearl Fishers Duet (Au Fond du Temple Saint) sung by Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill is a big favorite of mine. Monserrat Caballe sings La Boheme here, and I couldn't believe my ears; maybe the best version of this I've ever listened to.

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Whitman's Sampler of Stellar Performances from Opera's Elite on Four of Mozart's Best Opera Seria.......2006-07-07

Decca has seen fit to release its vast Mozart catalogue in an elaborate, twenty-disc series celebrating the composer's 250th birthday. This one celebrates four of his most acclaimed opera seria from his last decade - "Idomeneo, re di Creta" [1780], "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" ("The Abduction from the Seraglio") [1782], Die Zauberflöte" ("The Magic Flute") [1791] and the unfinished "Zaide" [1780]. Peak performances have been culled from recordings dating all the way back to 1964 up to soprano Anna Netrebko's stellar recital debut in 2003, and the overall blend is surprisingly seamless thanks to a superb mastering job by the Emil Berliner Studios.

The disc starts with a mellifluous Kiri Te Kanawa singing Zaide's Act I aria, "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" from a 1984 recording. From "Idomeneo", the young Netrebko takes on Ilia's aria, "Quando avran fine omai - Padre, grmani, addio!" with the lovely bell-like tone that first brought her media attention. You can also compare the distinct interpretations of the title role of Idomeneo from an autumnally resonant Placido Domingo in 1996 and a vibrant Luciano Pavarotti in his prime in 1966. Both singers uncover character dimensions seemingly elusive to the other. Sopranos Kathleen Battle and Edita Gruberova perform with amazing vigor on their arias from a 1987 recording of "Seraglio".

From "The Magic Flute", it is fascinating to hear German baritone Hermann Prey's traditionally stentorian interpretation of Papageno in 1964 versus Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel's more syncopated take on the same role in his fanciful duet with mezzo-soprano superstar Cecilia Bartoli nearly forty years later. In between, South Korean soprano Sumi Jo shows great clarity and agility as Queen of Night on her Act I aria, "Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren". Finnish bass Martti Talvela lends a decidedly melancholy, church-like tone to his Sarastro on his Act II aria, "O Isis und Osiris". However, the most melodious aria, Tamino's "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon" from Act I, is sung beautifully by German tenor Fritz Wunderlich. This is a superb sampling of world-class performances from the massive Decca/Deutsch Grammophon/Philips vaults.

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ah-HA ... Quite a pleasure, really.
A Pleasant Surprise
That's It --- I'm Voting for Beeblebrox!
So long, that's all
Zarquad! What A Hoopy Soundtrack!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

The Dolphins
So Long & Thanks For All The Fish
Arthur Wakes Up
Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah! - Betty Wright
Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green
Destruction Of Earth
Journey Of The Sorcerer
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Space
Vogon Command Centre
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Ten In Space
Deep Thought
Infinite Improbability Drive
Viltvodle Street Music
Huma's Hymn
Capture Of Trillian
Vogcity
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The Whale
Planet Factory Floor
Earth Mark II
Magic Moments - Perry Como
Shootout
Finale
Blast Off
So Long & Thanks For All The Fish (Reprise)
Careless Talk
Vote Beeblebrox
Reasons To Be Miserable (His Name Is Marvin)

Album Description

The popular "Hitchhiker" books by the late Douglas Adams inspired the engagingly quirky score by Joby Talbot. In addition to the score, the CD features: "Shoo-Rah Shoo-Rah" by Betty Wright; "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" by Al Green; "Magic Moments " from Perry Como; "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" by Neil Hannon; "Careless Talk" and "Vote Beeblebrox" by Neil Hannon, Douglas Payne and Andy Dunlop; and "Reasons to be Miserable (His Name is Marvin)" by Stephen Fry.

Joby Talbot began writing and performing in the early '90s, working with artists such as Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, and producer Nigel Godrich. In 2000, his score to the primetime British comedy "The League of Gentlemen" won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Title Music. The British Film Institute commissioned Talbot to compose a new score for Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic "The Lodger." As a classical composer, he has worked with all the major U.K. orchestras and has been commissioned by the prestigious BBC Proms Festival.

Customer Reviews:

ah-HA ... Quite a pleasure, really. .......2006-03-05

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If you enjoyed the movie [and we will assume that you did since you're here] you will love this soundtrack! It's got Everything!

Much of the work is orchestral. Some of it is techno. There are a couple of pop tune, and Perry Como [it works, trust me].

The Opening Theme "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" is a gloriously funny show tune. It was funny on screen, but here you can pick out the lyrics. It's even more fun when you can sing along.

It's got the theme from the original radio play "Journey of the Sorcerer", banjo and all. [so did the movie].
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is mellow enough to blow your mind.
"Huma's Hymn" about the Coming of the Great White Handkerchief is nothing more then Holy.
The "Planet Factory Floor" is ...Well, it's just plain Huge!

And Stephen Fry rapping. Stephen Fry, Man!! Reginald Jeeves of "Jeeves and Wooster" fame! If you are familiar with Stephen Fry, then the absurdity of him rapping makes this even more fun to listen to. He does the last track called "Reasons to Be Miserable (His Name is Marvin)", and he pulls it off so well!

It's enough to make you want this album!

A Pleasant Surprise.......2005-11-12

The Hitchhiker's Guide movie,for all its stupendous obserdity, had a surprisingly good score that one doesn't usually find in a comedy.

The silly tracks are in there too, and they're just as entertaining as the more traditional stuff. I love the music that is emitted from the Guide; its digital tones sound like a cell phone (except way less annoying and way cooler). Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is really awesome; it's like chilled Guide techno.

The slower tracks are equally nice. Tea in Space, Love, The Whale, and Space are all so simple and very pretty.

Then there are a few scores that are really big and just plain awesome. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (and the intro about dophins) is so hysterical...I love how it's all put together. The Journey of the Sorcerer is fantastic. The only thing that's different about this version from the film is the addition of drums, but it's not a bad change at all. Planet Factory Floor is filled with such wonder and hugeness that's perfect for Magrathea. It's followed by the equally awesome Earth Mark II.

The only thing I didn't like about this CD was the addition of
Reasons to Be Miserable (His Name is Marvin). It was just....annoying and incredibly bad. But it's at the end of the CD, so I just don't listen to it. Not a big problem.

If you've seen the movie and enjoyed the music, this CD is definitely worth it. Who knew a comedy could have such epic music in it?

That's It --- I'm Voting for Beeblebrox!.......2005-11-03

By now, you've probably seen the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" movie in a theater, or at least on DVD (if not both.) Now check out the movie's amazing soundtrack.

The two major standouts of this album in my opinion are "Journey of the Sorcerer" and "Vote Beeblebrox." Anyone who's more than a casual fan of "Hitchhiker's" will immediately recognize "Journey of the Sorcerer" as the classic "Hitchhiker's" theme by the Eagles played on both the radio and television versions and now the movie as well. This version is enhanced and sounds great. It was a treat hearing it at the theater and it's awesome on this CD as well. "Vote Beeblebrox" --- I about died laughing when I heard this one. This is a sort of campaign song for Zaphod Beeblebrox that unfortunately never made it into the movie. "Don't believe the rumors / don't believe the vicious lies" it says, talking about how Zaphod isn't stupid. It continues in this vain with a hilarious spoken part from Zaphod saying that he "y'know, just wants to say all the things that presidents say, y'know." Has to be heard to be believed.

Following close behind these are definitely both versions of the wondrous "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish." Personally, I prefer the second version, a sort of upbeat lounge number, but both are great. "So long and thanks for all the fish / So sad that it should come to this / We tried to warn you all, but oh dear."

This album also includes a couple of what I guess could called Golden Oldies --- "Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah!" and "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)." Of these two, I thought "Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah!" was definitely better and more fun.

The bulk of the CD is the instrumental tracks from the film. Composed by Joby Talbot, these tend to suit the scenes they come from well. Enjoy some memories from the movie, or just enjoy listening to the music.

Finally, one last thing to mention --- "Reasons to be Miserable (His Name is Marvin)." Performed by Stephen Fry, this is a redo of a song by "Marvin himself." Wanna know what it's like to be Marvin? "In everything he has to do, he finds the world condemning / If he had his time again, he'd rather be a lemming." Yep, that Marvin's sure depressed (and depressing), but the song is fairly fun to listen to.

So long, that's all.......2005-10-01

When I saw the film and heard that catching tune "So Long & Thanks For All the Fish" I immediately decided to have this soundtrack, no doubt. So I rushed to buy the recording and, well brother you've bet, I fell in love with the whole disk. Get this, now, today! You won't be disappointed! You're gonna love the title song!

Zarquad! What A Hoopy Soundtrack!.......2005-06-02

Joby Talbot's score for the film version of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is phenomenal. I mean, wow! Really incredibly phenomenal! I mean, you may think Danny Elfman's score to Spider-Man 2 was phenomenal, but that's just peanuts to this score! Okay, I may be exaggerrating a bit, but that should not distract from the fact that this is a great score for a wonderful film. Not only does the music work well with the film, but I would suggest it as a companion to other versions of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy you may come across. Try listening to it while reading one of the books, for instance. Or playing the text adventure from Infocom.

Some notable points:
The introduction about Dolphins, read by Stephen Fry, who of course played the voice of the Book in the film. And of course, the brassy, Broadway-style show-stopping musical number "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish" which serves as a wonderfully ridiculous setpiece for the opening credits. The melody appears several times throughout the score, usually whenever Arthur or Trillian are thinking of Earth. It is also reprised as a slow, jazzy, lounge singery song during the first part of the closing credits.

The cue from when the Vogons destroy the earth, which is appropriately tense and dramatic, and climaxes with a panicked-sounding string section playing imposibly high, abrubt notes, and ends abruptly as the earth is destroyed.

To fans of the original radio and TV series, I say to you Don't Panic, because Bernie Leadon's "Journey of the Sorcerer" (Which, for those of you that don't know, served as the theme to both the TV and radio series) is on the soundtrack with a faithful and reverent arrangement, complete with banjo. It is one of my favorite tracks on the album, and I listen to it along with the following track, which shares its name with the film's title, and the title of one of the most wholly remarkable books in the universe: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Another great track is the music for the whale that is suddenly called into existance over the planet of Magrathea. It is filled with unwarranted optimism, and pathos, and gives the scene the necessary emotional edge, which I think is something Douglas Adams himself would have enjoyed immensely, since he created the whale in response to cop shows where innocent bystanders are meaninglessly killed as a result of conflicts or car chases that they had nothing to do with, and the audience doesn't care about them since they were only on the screen for two seconds. So Douglas wanted to create a character who would only exist as a character for a very short time, but make him extremely sympathetic so the audience would feel actual emotion when he is killed. And it works, and has worked in every version of the Hitchhiker's Guide I've been exposed to.

Another great track is "Huma's Hymn", which sounds so authentically like a church song that you could swear you'd be able to find it in your church's song book. (But you won't, so don't go looking for it.) As I understand it, most of the chorus singing the song consists not of professional singers, but of fans and other random people who happened to be walking by the church where the song was recorded, to give it that extra level of authenticity that other filmmakers probably wouldn't care about.

Overall, this is a very evocative and wonderfully fantastic score. Mr. Talbot displays much originality, but at points seems to channel other great composers of SciFi movie music. I hear traces of John Williams' scores for the Star Wars films and Superman the Movie, Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture, James Horner's Star Treks II and III, and even Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy soundtracks. Just listen to track 8 and you'll see what I mean.

Just so you know, there are three tracks that are not part of the score of the film. I suppose you could call them "Pop" tracks, but they're not tracks that have been popular in the past 10 years, at least. Only one of them: Perry Como's "Magic Moments" was in the film, at least that I could tell. It was used as source music twice, once in the pub near the beginning, and once near the end. That's all I can say about that without spoiling the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it. (And if you don't recognise the name of the song, it's been used in several movies, so you've probably heard it before.) The other two songs are Betty Wright's "Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah!" and Al Green's "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)". While the inclusion of these songs on an otherwise orchestral soundtrack may seem odd, they definitely fit the film. Even if "Shoo-Rah! Shoo-Rah!" and "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" don't appear in the film, you can imagine that they'd be the next songs to be cued on the jukebox in the pub near the beginning of the film, and so they help establish the mood for the scene. Some fans may be surprised or disappointed in the non-inclusion of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World", but if you see the film, you will see that the scene during which that song played in the radio and TV series is not in the film. But no biggie, if they make a sequel (and there's no reason they shouldn't) perhaps that scene will make it in.

Overall, I'd say that this is a soundtrack that no fan of the Hitchhiker's franchise should be without. So buy it now, before the earth is demolished to make a hyperspace bypass!

A Celebration of Defining Moments in Recording History

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Interesting, and so cheap!
Not that great

A Celebration of Defining Moments in Recording History

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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Bachianas Brasileiras - Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Dialogues Des Carmelites - Pierre Dervaux
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Il Barbiere Di Siviglia - Vittorio Gui
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Customer Reviews:

Interesting, and so cheap!.......2005-03-17

In response to the reviewer below, yes, some of the recordings do not have the best sound quality. But that's not what this is about, it's about great recordings of the century.
There are two discs, each with about 18 tracks, averaging about 4 minutes each, of excerpts and individual movements of the some of the most famous of the 150 "GROCs."

In the booklet it has a few interesting (sometimes not that interesting) facts about each of the 150 performances.

If you don't mind excerpts of pieces or isolated movements, this would be a worthwhile purchase, especially for the bizarrely reasonable price.

Not that great.......2004-11-19

If this is supposed to be an album of "the greatest" -- I wasn't too impressed. The quality didn't seem that good and the selections, well, not all that popular to my mind.

Body Talk Magic Moments: The Language of Love 1965-1995

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Body Talk Magic Moments: The Language of Love 1965-1995

Manufacturer: Time Life Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000K6LDAA

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24 songs... 1. Truly Lionel - Richie 2. Shining Star - Manhattans 3. Eternal Flame - Bangles 4. Try Again - Champaign 5. Can't Fight this Feeling Any Longer - REO Speedwagon 6. Betcha by Golly, Wow - Stylistics 7. What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers 8. Going in Circles - Friends of Distinction 9. The Air That I Breathe - Hollies 10. It's Gonna Take a Miracle - Deniece Williams 11. Hard to Say - Dan Fogelberg 12. Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore 13. When Will I See You Again - Three Degrees 14. Her Town Too - James Taylor & J.D. Souther 15. Fire - Pointer Sisters 16. Sukiyaki - A Taste of Honey 17. Angel Eyes - Jeff Healey Band 18. All I Know - Art Garfunkel 19. Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac 20. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers 21. I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Daryl Hall & John Oates 22. After the Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck 23. Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins 24. Close the Door - Teddy Pendergrass