The Fabulous Baker Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Brand: TCMComposer: Dave Grusin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1989-09-25
Model: 011105200226
Music Label: Grp Records
Product features:
- SOUNDTRACK THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS
- Main Title From 'The Fabulous Baker Boys'
- Welcome To The Road
- Makin' Whoopee - Michelle Pfeiffer
- Suzie & Jack
- Shop Till You Bop
- Soft On Me
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - The Duke Ellington Orchestra
- The Moment Of Truth
- Moonglow - Benny Goodman Quartet
- Lullaby Of Birdland - The Earl Palmer Trio
- My Funny Valentine - Michelle Pfeiffer
Music reviews of The Fabulous Baker Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Review: Good music, but not an accurate representation of the movie
Rating: 4 Stars
I just watched my own copy of this film again for about the fifteenth time, but I was glad to watch it with my mother, who had never seen the movie. Given the current deplorable state of standard Hollywood output we were both delighted: she that she had discovered a great new movie, and me that the one I love has aged beautifully given its timeless themes, superb acting, and absolutely crackling dialogue. On top of all this is one of the most rich and evocative scores of any movie I've ever seen -just a few of Grusin's lonely piano chords and I'm back in Seattle, where I was living when the film was released (another reviewer said it was filmed in L.A. and perhaps the interior scenes were, but the Pike Place Market, the Smith Tower and the final scene on Capitol Hill are all genuine Seattle, trust me). Back to the CD of the score, however: here I am in agreement with most of the other reviewers - Michelle Pfeiffer shocked us all with her great and quite haunting voice, and we need more of this on the album and less of the incidental background music, which is nevertheless quite an essential part of the mood of the film. The omission of her version of "More Than You Know" that she sings at the audition is nothing less than a crime - I can only assume they had some copyright problems. The opposite problem, of course, is the inclusion of her unbelievably great version of "My Funny Valentine" (which owes a lot to the pure and very restrained piano accompaniment of Grusin to her gorgeous singing) which only appears in the movie over the final credits - if I had been the movie's director I would have insisted on an entire scene devoted to this masterpiece - perhaps even replacing the excellent "Making Whoopee" if I couldn't work it in to the story any other way. Everyone of us has heard at least a hundred covers of "My Funny Valentine", and we all agree that most of them, even by some famous singers, completely suck. If the subject ever comes up, I always bet people that the best version they will ever have heard is by Michelle Pfeiffer. They invariably take me up on the wager, thinking that they'll prefer Chet Baker or Linda Ronstadt or Robert Goulet or Andy Williams (aye caramba) and invariably they end up agreeing with me once I've played the end of the movie to them. I'm sure you'll all agree too!
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