Various Artists | SILLP1517 | 738572151775 | 2LP | Soundtrack
This limited vinyl release presents Henry Mancini’s entire score for the film Victor Victoria for the first time on a vinyl double LP. The 1983 Academy Awards saw Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse take home the Oscar for Best Music, Original Song Score And Its Adaptation for Blake Edwards’ comedic masterpiece. Receiving a total of seven Oscar nominations, the film about a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman starring Edwards’ wife Julie Andrews has continued to beguile and charm audiences over three decades after it hit the big screen.
The period score Mancini created was a perfect match for the director’s screenplay and his long friendship with Julie Andrews enabled him to write songs for her incredible octave range. From the beautiful ballad Crazy World to the show-stopping Le Jazz Hot this release brings together the entire score with bonus tracks, not least Robert Preston’s hilarious rehearsal of the song Shady Dame From Seville.
TRACKLISTING
- Main Title (Crazy World)
- Cherry Ripe
- Alone in Paris
- Gay Paree
- You and Me (Orchestral Underscore Version 1)
- You And Me / The Idea
- Enter Leclou
- A Sub for Lover
- King’s Can Can
- Le Jazz Hot
- Medley: Le Jazz Hot (Bows)/The Unveiling
- You And Me (Orchestral Underscore Version 2)
- I’m Horny
- Chicago, Illinois
- The Shady Dame From Seville
- Cat And Mouse
- Chicago, Illinois
- The Big Lift
- Elegant
- Drag Blues
- You And Me
- Bedroom Radio
- Crazy World (Le Matelot Club)
- You And Me (Orchestral Underscore Version 3)
- Crazy World
- Medley: Crazy World/Sad Victoria
- King’s Can Can (Reprise)
- The Shady Dame From Seville
- Finale (Shady Dame/Le Jazz Hot/Crazy World/You And Me)
- You And Me (Original Soundtrack Album Version)
- The Shady Dame From Seville (Rehearsal)