The Movie Song Album

Tony Bennett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024SQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,701 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Limited 180gm vinyl LP repressing of this 1966 album from the classic crooner. Music On Vinyl. --This text refers to the Vinyl edition.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tony's single best album, July 17, 1999

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Richard Hoover (Lakeland, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Movie Song Album (Audio CD)

I have more albums by Sinatra, but if I could only take one with me to that desert island... this would be the one. It is... incomparable. An example of the best movie songs from the golden age of American song, done with the kind of concert orchestrations that soon became impossible to find as rock norms took over. And Tony sings with an effortless-sounding mastery that I can't find words to describe. One after another these songs sweep over the emotions, haunting, aching, yearning. Single best track has to be the astonishing theme from THE PAWNBROKER. But there's also EMILY, SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, MAYBE SEPTEMBER... each one given it's definitive performance by Tony at the peak of his vocal artistry. Lights down... arm around your girl... close your eyes. Tony's voice is about to recreate some unforgettable pictures once again.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SINATRA said TONY IS THE BEST, so why, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Movie Song Album (Audio CD)

argue with Ol' Blue Eyes? Go ahead, listen to MAYBE SEPTEMBER and see if you dont find yourself feeling nostalgic...Tony pairs up with Quincy Jones on a haunting reading of THE THEME FROM THE PAWNBROKER, and nothing can bring a smile to your face more than hearing Tony's touching version of NEVER TOO LATE. While Andy Williams may have landed a signature song with DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, Tony's version is particularly inspired, and the arrangement is top-notch. Tony once said it took him a whole year to get the song THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE down before he recorded it, and it certainly shows (This version includes the seldom heard verse) While almost everyone has covered this song (Jack Jones' version is beautiful, but not quite as this one!) Tony's is still champion. Listen to the singer dubbed by SINATRA (and this listener) as the GREATEST on one of his very greatest albums indeed!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime, historic., December 14, 1998

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[e-mail] (Garden of Eden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Movie Song Album (Audio CD)

In a recent PBS interview, Tony Bennett cited this album, among so many classics, as his favorite. He said the reason was because all the movie theme songs on this album were arranged by each individual composer. In this cd, Bennett is at the peak of his vocal form and is working (as mentioned) with each different well-known composer on each song he sings. The results are what I consider to be a long buried treasure of brilliantly performed movie themes. If you have an ounce of romance left in your body, this cd is gonna kill ya!