Yankee Doodle Dandy [Soundtrack]

Yankee Doodle Dandy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 2002)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 1942
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B000066RM7
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,192 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > Music Deals > $7.99 and Under

Track Listings

1. Main Title (from "Yankee Doodle Dandy", film score)

2. Medley for Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score: Yankee Doodle / Yankee Dood

3. Early Years Sequence (for Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Columbia Th

4. Early Years Sequence (for Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Columbia Th

5. I Was Born in Virginia (from "George Washington, Jr.")

6. The Warmest Baby in the Bunch [#]

7. The Warmest Baby in the Bunch

8. Harrigan (from the musical "Fifty Miles from Boston")

9. Harrigan (from the musical "Fifty Miles from Boston") [#]

10. The Yankee Doodle Boy ("I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy") [#]

11. Little Johnny Jones sequence (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Th

12. Little Johnny Jones sequence (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Th

13. Medley (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Oh, You Wonderful Girl /

14. Mary's A Grand Old Name (from "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway")

15. Mary's A Grand Old Name (from "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway") [#]

16. Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway (from Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway

17. Fay Templeton Medley (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Mary's A G

18. Fay Templeton Medley (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Mary's A G

19. Fay Templeton Medley (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Mary's A G

20. Fay Templeton Medley (from Yankee Doodle Dandy, film score): Mary's A G

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

When one thinks of musicals from Hollywood's golden age, the initials MGM come almost instantly to mind. Indeed when veteran song-and-dance man George M. Cohan was negotiating a film based on his colorful life story, his first choice was Metro--until a falling out with studio chief Louis B. Mayer. But L.B.'s loss eventually became Warner Brothers'--and film history's--gain when the Burbank studio's Cohan musical became a massive, patriotic hit in the opening months of World War II. As chronicled in this vibrantly restored, first-ever complete soundtrack for the film, it was a compelling twist of fate. James Cagney turns in one of the screen's most ostensibly unlikely--and ultimately indelible--musical performances (netting him his only Best Actor Oscar^®), teaming with studio music director Roy Heindorf to update Cohan's once-quaint turn-of the-century patriotic ditties ("You're a Grand Old Flag," "Over There," "Yankee Doodle Boy") and infectious vaudevillian chestnuts ("Give My Regards to Broadway," "Harrigan") with bracing dollops of the studio's '40s orchestral sass--and, just months after Pearl Harbor, some crucial historical parallels. Also included are four bonus tracks that remarkably survived the film's preproduction, including an outtake of "You Remind Me of My Mother" and voice-and-piano-only rehearsal versions of "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "You're a Grand Old Flag" that further underscore Cagney's deceptively effortless ability to sell a song despite his limited musical gifts. It's a long overdue showcase for a true American film musical gem. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

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Media Type: CD
Artist: YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
Title: SCORE
Street Release Date: 06/18/2002
Domestic
Genre: SOUNDTRACK

Customer Reviews

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY! A TERRIFIC SOUNDTRACK CD OF THE BELOVED WB CLASSIC., June 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Audio CD)

For years I have been delighted by the incredible series of wonderfully produced soundtracks from Turner Classic Movies and the people at Rhino Records. Their releases just seem to get better and better. From the start, I hoped that they would focus their talents on an album of YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, by gum, they've finally done it.

The immortal James Cagney and his portrayal of George M. Cohan are lovingly presented here, in a complete soundtrack that even includes an outtake and some rehearsal tracks! According to the liner notes (which are very well written, by the way), this CD has been assembled from a combination of the best surviving original materials, and the sound is remarkable for recordings that are 60 years old.

If you are one of the many who have the old bootleg CD on "Hollywood Soundstage" records, you can happily toss that piece of garbage in the trash can where it belongs. This release is truly glorious, and comes at a time when we cannot have too much patriotism.

This album is terrific from start to finish, and highly recommended!

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a find!!, June 14, 2003

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datadame (TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Audio CD)

I haven't been able to see this movie on TV since Turner bought it (don't get TCM), but if you've seen the movie several tims, as I have, listening to this CD is very nearly as good as watching it all the way through. (I'm so delighted with it that I'm even willing to forgive TCM for putting a paper ad inside with the disc.)

Monumental effort must have gone into this soundtrack, given the age of the original recordings. The tracks here are crisp, clear, and bright, with no evidence of how long ago they were first put down. The editors were also generous in their inclusion of dialogue that ties some of the tracks together (for example, we hear the man tell Johny Jones to watch for the skyrocket, then we hear the skyrocket as it leads into "Give My Regards to Broadway"). There are a couple of places where the endings are slightly abrupt but this is because, in the movie, the music fades into extended dialogue.

The only bit of dialogue I expected to hear in a song, but didn't, is in "Over There" near the very end of the film, when Cagney/Cohan has fallen in step with the soldiers going off to WWII, as they're singing "Over There", when the soldier nearest him says something like, "What's wrong, old timer, don't know the words?" and Cagney says, "Seems to me I do" and starts singing along. That's minor and pales next to how wonderful the rest of this soundtrack is.

One of the biggest treats on this CD is that we get to hear some of Cagney's tapping, notably in "Give My Regards to Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and - one of my favorite moments in movie history - when he dances down the White House stairs to "Yankee Doodle" near the end).

The outtake is not a humorous one, simply a track they decided not to use. It and the rehearsal tracks are all just the performers voices with piano accompaniment. I especially enjoyed hearing Cagney rehearsing "You're a Grand Old Flag".

If you like Cagney, if you like Cohan's music, if you like movies "the way they used to make them", or if you're not ashamed to get a little choked up with patriotism once in a while, you will not be disappointed in this CD!

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Soundtrack Every American Should Own, September 22, 2002

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Peter Prainito - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Audio CD)

Finally! If you own that Hollywood Soundstage abomination of the "Yankee Doodle Dandy" soundtrack you can finally pitch it. Here is the real article. Rhino (Turner Classic Movies Music) lovingly restored the music from the beloved "Yankee Doodle Dandy" motion picture starring James Cagney. This soundtrack sounds astonishing considering it's 60 years old. It's very obvious some loving care was taken in it's production for which we all should be greatful. The liner notes also are great with informative text and wonderful photos from the movie. The marvelous George M. Cohan songs gives one goosebumps and bring tears to the eyes. We all need this type of patriotic pep rally, especially in these tough times. As I've said, this soundtrack belongs in every American's home just as much as that "Grand Old Flag"! I believe there are plans to release the movie on DVD, hopefully soon.