State Fair & Centennial Summer [Import, Soundtrack]

State Fair & Centennial Summer | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Soundstage/Qualiton
• ASIN: B000001MGH
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #467,824 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Opening Music: Our State Fair

2. It Might as Well Be Spring

3. It Might as Well Be Spring (Reprise)

4. It Might as Well Be Spring (Reprise)

5. That's for Me

6. It's a Grand Night for Singing

7. That's for Me (Reprise)

8. It's a Grand Night for Singing

9. Isn't It Kinda Fun?

10. All I Owe Ioway

11. It's a Grand Night for Singing/Finale

12. Overture: Centennial -- Long Live Our Free America

13. Railroad Song

14. The Right Romance

15. Up With the Lark

16. In Love in Vain

17. All Through the Day

18. Cinderella Sue

19. Up With the Lark (Reprise)

20. Finale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two great movies come together melodiously..., December 10, 2000

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Jenni Grubb "Jenni" (Virginia Beach) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: State Fair & Centennial Summer (Audio CD)

This CD was a nice treat when I stumbled upon it a few years ago. Centennial Summer has always been one of my favorite movie musicals and alas, its not available on video. Jeanne Crain is also one of my favorite actresses from the 1940s, so it was great to see the State Fair (1945) soundtrack paired with Centennial Summer (even if her voice was dubbed for both films). Both film scores have nice, memorable and sing-along-able songs. I admit that the sound quality isn't the greatest... hey, they're old movies, therefore old masters, but I still give it the five star rating. The music recordings for the very rare Centennial Summer makes it worthwhile for me! I am so glad to see that they did not include the tracks from the 1962 remake of State Fair on this CD. The 1962 movie and music is typical of a remake... never as good as the original!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two classic Fox musicals make pleasant listening., February 17, 1999

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A. Andersen (Bellows Falls, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: State Fair & Centennial Summer (Audio CD)

The combination of CENTENNIAL SUMMER - a Jerome Kern hit with an Oscar-nominated score and - STATE FAIR -R&H's only score written directly for film (six songs resulting in an Oscar Nom for Original Score and an actual OSCAR for BEST SONG)- are a wonderful pairing. The sound is not great but we are talking pre-high fidelity. The STATE FAIR songs are well-performed and scored. A more interesting album would be to combine this soundtrack with the 1962 Dot Records track of the remake.