Summer of 42 [Soundtrack]

Michel Legrand (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B000A0GP1I
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183,860 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Theme For Summer Of '42

2. Summer Song

3. The Bacchanal

4. Lonely Two

5. The Dancer

6. Montage: But Not Picasso - Full Awakening

7. High I.Q.

8. The Summer Knows (End Title Theme from Summer of '42) The Picasso Suite

9. The Entrance To Reality

10. La Guerre

11. Los Manos De Muerto

12. Awakening Awarness

13. And All The Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars music from a dream, September 26, 2005

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picture goer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer of 42 (Audio CD)

Other than the theme and end tracks, the whole album is from Picasso Suite. I have never seen that film but I have seen the Summer of 42. It is a lovely film. The sumptuous photography, the sensitive acting performances from Herme and the beautiful Jennifer O`Neill. I still treasure the impressionistic image of her on the sheet music. And best of all is Michel Legrand`s masterpiece. If you want to enjoy this all-time romantic favourite, The Summer Knows, get the DVD. You get to enjoy the movie and music which sounds better away from the CD. And Legrand`s variations on the theme (no vocal version included) are priceless gems. You cannot anything better than the piano tinkling out the theme and the strings sweeping in. Peter Nero got a hit on his piano but it cannot surpass the soundtrack. I wonder who played the piano for the soundtrack. Good man. The theme music was played in the film on as source music coming from the turntable (I still have the record) while the boy and Miss Lovely Jennifer were dancing. He was comforting her because she had just lost her husband to the War. Very touching scene.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GLORIOUS MUSIC, BUT KEEP IN MIND..., October 7, 2004

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David C. Tester "Music Lover" (Audubon, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer Of 42 (Audio CD)

When this soundtrack first appeared in 1971, it was then, as it is now, misleadingly advertised as the soundtrack to only the film SUMMER OF '42. Unfortunately, for the lovers of the Michel Legrand pop standard "The Summer Knows" (the main theme of SUMMER OF '42), this tune comprises only two of the twelve bands on this CD. Fortunately, for those of us who admire Legrand's eclectic score for the film THE PICASSO SUMMER, the remaining ten selections (including the beautiful "Summer Me, Winter Me") are from this 1969 Albert Finney/Yvette Mimieux-starring cinematic search for the most important figure in 20th Century art. An unbalanced album? Perhaps, but I personally appreciate its distribution of weight.

5.0 out of 5 stars Summer of 42 - Michel Legrand, January 14, 2011

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Louis Anthony (New Orleans) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Summer of 42 (Audio CD)

David, thanks for your review, I was looking for the theme for "The Picasso Summer" and your review pointed out that the "Summer of 42" cd included the theme music. It was under the title of "A Summer Song" on the cd but in reality, it is the theme music from "The Picasso Summer. Thanks - I bought the cd based on your review. I didn't like the movie at all - but Michel Legrand's score was superb. Thank You!