The latest in our survey of 10-inch LPs from Hollywood films is the Esther Williams-Howard Keel romance, Pagan Love Song. This one has a score mostly by the great Harry Warren - with the exception of the title song, which is by Nacio Herb Brown. Producer Arthur Freed wrote the lyrics
IMDb claims that Betty Wand dubbed some of Williams' singing - not that her singing is all that good, IMHO. I was surprised that it was a vocal double.
The orchestrations are by Conrad Salinger, a particular favorite of many people, including me.
The file includes three bonuses - deleted versions of two songs on the LP, which I would assume are reprises, and a Howard Keel solo that doesn't appear in the film. The former are from DVD sources; the latter is an outtake on one of the CUT LPs.
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I have this soundtrack already but I'm grabbing yours too because of your bonus material.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
I haven't seen the film, but could "Pagan Love Song" be the thing that inspired the send-off by Leonard Bernstein in "Trouble in Tahiti"?
ReplyDeleteSteve - I haven't seen it either, at least in a long time. Could be, though.
ReplyDeleteThere is no connection whatsoever between Pagan Love Song, a fluffy, no-plot musical, and the profound Trouble In Tahiti - on any level, story-wise or music-wise.
ReplyDeleteTaking for the bonus materials. I actually have a 1980's MCA Records cassette tape that includes this soundtrack on side B and the soundtrack to the Judy Garland and Gene Kelly movie The Pirate on side A. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCould you repost this link? It's been 4 years and this material is still unavailable anywhere else... Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteAnother prize. Thanks! I swiped the audio off of the VHS tape and have been playing that.
ReplyDeleteHey there, I know this is very last-minute, but "Pagan Love Song" is playing tonight at 3AM on TCM. I'm not sure how often they run it, so if anyone's interested...
ReplyDeleteThanks Steven!
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