Favorite soundtracks - №3

You might think I`m a fan of Julia Roberts:), but I`m not, just like her... and I`m going to prove it:)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Girl, Interrupted - Downtown





"Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which as recorded by Petula Clark became an international hit – No. 1 in the US – early in 1965. (Wiki)


This is the episode where Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder are singing the song.







And this is Petula Clark singing the song.

Favorite soundtracks - №2

My Best Friend's Wedding - What the world needs now is love




"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made popular by Jackie DeShannon, it was released on April 15, 1965, on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled. The song reached number 7 on the US charts in May of that year.


I haven`t found a video with the moment, but you may watch Jackie DeShannon singing the song:





Actually... I think that these moments...



 ...were the best in the film:) Yeah, that`s the song "I say a littlle prayer"



"I Say a Little Prayer" is a song written by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick which was a Top Ten hit in 1967. (Wiki)


Here you can listen to the song by Aretha Franklin...



 ...here - by Dionne Warwick...


  and here - listen and watch by Diana King with some moments of the film:

Favorite soundtracks - №1

The new project is about favorite songs used in good films. With their best moments sometimes.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stepmom - Ain`t no mountain high enough





"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul songwritten by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross. The song became Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for aGrammy Award. (Wiki)


In the film was used the version of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell: 



And here you can listen and watch Diana Ross`s version:




You can listen to the song in the film two times:




Which is the best?:)

Talking about...

 О тандеме музыки и кино
Наткнулась на эту статью: http://www.film.ru/article.asp?id=6490. По моему мнению, прекрасная подборка.

Talking about...

В нашем мире есть только два заведения, где главным фактором является срок, а не проделанная работа – школа и тюрьма.

У. Глассер

Talking about...

"...Two thousand showing rooms, not movie theatres, but rooms for all of the country, when there`re forty thousand in USA..." How can we talk about russian cinema industry? (Andrey Zvyaginzev in 'Pozner", the TV-show)

No comments.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"...Две тысячи кинозалов, не кинотеатров, а залов, на всю страну, когда в Америке - сорок тысяч..." О какой киноиндустрии у нас может идти речь?(Андрей Звягинцев в программе "Познер")

Без комментариев.

Talking about...

(от 22.05.11)
 A conversation in swimming pool changing room, mother and a little girl:
- Mom, when I grow up, I`m gonna become a swift.
- And you`re going to catch and eat beatles?
- Yes.
- But you`re afraid of beatles...
- Right, but... That`s only when I grow up!
--------------------------------------------------------------
Разговор в раздевалке, мама и маленькая девочка:
- Мам, когда я вырасту, я стану стрижом.
 - И будешь ловить и есть букашек, жуков?
 - Да.
 - Ты же боишься жуков...
 - Да, но... это же когда вырасту!