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Post by kijii on Dec 22, 2018 18:02:07 GMT
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Post by delon on Dec 22, 2018 18:30:51 GMT
Que Será, Será from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 22, 2018 18:34:36 GMT
And the one with Jane is from HERE COMES THE GROOM (Oscar-winning song from 1951)
Other Bing Oscared-songs:
'Sweet Lelani' from WAIKIKI WEDDING (1937)
'White Christmas' from HOLIDAY INN (1942)
'Swingin' on a Star' from GOING MY WAY (1944)
And several nominated songs as well
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 22, 2018 19:27:00 GMT
Pretty sure movies introduced these two hits:
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head – BJ Thomas (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack (Play Misty For Me)
A new generation learned about Scott Joplin after The Sting used his music in the soundtrack.
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Post by kijii on Dec 22, 2018 20:01:20 GMT
And the one with Jane is from HERE COMES THE GROOM (Oscar-winning song from 1951)
Other Bing Oscared-songs:
'Sweet Lelani' from WAIKIKI WEDDING (1937)
'White Christmas' from HOLIDAY INN (1942)
'Swingin' on a Star' from GOING MY WAY (1944)
And several nominated songs as well Wondering if Bing had a two-movie deal with Capra. I noticed that Capra turned Broadway Bill into Riding High..same script and even racing scenes in both--just changed the actors and turned Riding High (1950) into a musical. Capra's next movie was Here Comes the Groom (1951) Speaking of Capra musicals, how about A Hole in the Head (1959) and "High Hopes." www.youtube.com/watch?v=S94Bh3Qez9o |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 22, 2018 20:03:36 GMT
Lara's Theme from Dr Zhivago was everywhere in 1965.
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 22, 2018 20:31:24 GMT
Wondering if Bing had a two-movie deal with Capra.
I noticed that Capra turned Broadway Bill into Riding High..same script and even racing scenes in both--just changed the actors and turned Riding High (1950) into a musical.
Capra's next movie was Here Comes the Groom (1951)
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Actually Capra had a two-picture deal with Paramount Pictures, where Crosby ruled as king of the studio.
1934's BROADWAY BILL didn't turn out as well as Capra had envisioned -- the star (Warner Baxter) was afraid of horses (in spite of winning an Oscar playing the Cisco Kid in 1929's IN OLD ARIZONA). Crosby loved them and even owned a few racehorses himself.
And actually, the director rounded up a few performers from the original (in spite of them being 15 years older and heavier) -- Frankie Darro reprised his role as the jockey. Raymond Walburn and Clarence Muse repeat their roles and character names as well. In addition, other actors repeated roles with slightly different character names: Ward Bond, Margaret Hamilton, Irving Bacon, Charles Lane, Pat Moriarty, Paul Harvey and Douglass Dumbrille.
Capra went back to another hit from his early years -- LADY FOR A DAY in 1933 and remade it nearly 30 years later as POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES with Bette Davis and Glenn Ford. It was his final feature film.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Dec 22, 2018 20:45:14 GMT
Moon River- Breakfast At Tiffany's
I'm Alright- Caddyshack
Evergreen- A Star Is Born (1976)
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Post by koskiewicz on Dec 22, 2018 20:45:26 GMT
How about "Baby, the Rain Must Fall"
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 22, 2018 21:57:59 GMT
The Harder They Come (1972) written and performed by Jimmy Cliff for the film of the same title, Jamaica's first feature film which not only introduced the song but the pulsating reggae rhythm to the world. An international hit, and up there with the greatest songs of all time The Harder They Come has been covered by many different artists and music styles.
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Post by teleadm on Dec 22, 2018 22:07:28 GMT
"Baby Elephant Walk" is the first that thought of, it was on childhood's radio all the time in the 1960's (Sweden, we didn't have that many chanels back then, except Radio Luxemburg on AM).
It was many years later that I understood that it was from a John Wayne movie, Hatari.
"Stella by Starlight" is another song I became familiar with through listening to Jazz (Ben Webster in my case), and someone asked me if I had seen the movie too, what movie? I asked, the creepy one with Ray Milland (As if that answers everything).
The Ray Milland creepy one was The Uninvited.
Those two was melodies or song that I didn't initially know had a movie connection.
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 22, 2018 22:40:58 GMT
Westerns/western historicals are often good for a rousing song.
From John Wayne’s “The Alamo” (1960) we get the pensive “The Green Leaves of Summer” (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, words by Paul Francis Webster and sung by The Brothers Four). It has been covered by many folk singers/groups.
The title song of another John Wayne movie, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962) (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Gene Pitney) went to #4 on the Billboard Top 40.
“The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” (1955) (music by George Bruns and lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn), which was part of the influential Disney product tie-in (perhaps the first major such campaign) line, was a Top 40 his for four, count ‘em, four singers in the Spring of ’55. The Disney product was sung by the old pea-picker, Tennessee Ernie Ford but Bill Hayes, Fess Parker (Davy, himself), and the choral group Voices Of Walter Schumann all hit the charts. (As I like to say whenever Crockett comes up in conversation: there is no evidence that Crockett ever called himself “Davy” – nor did anyone else.)
“The Ballad Of High Noon” (“Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling”) (music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Ned Washington and sung by C&W star, Tex Ritter) won the Oscar for Best Original Song for 1952. The song’s theme, played throughout the film, was a major reason for the success of “High Noon.” To quote the Wikipedia article:
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Post by kijii on Dec 22, 2018 23:27:45 GMT
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