Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with love and laughter with Edmund Stone in Part One of The Score’s two-part musical party called Laughs, American Style. Hear Benjamin Franklin compare the new country to an egg in the musical 1776. Smile with Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times. Get through the Great Depression with the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, and look back at the ‘60s with American Graffiti. It’s Americana, as only the movies can do it. This week on The Score.
Playlist
20th Century Fox Fanfare
Alfred Newman – Hollywood’s Greatest Hits – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Erich Kunzel cond – Telarc 80168
Main Title (I’m On My Way) from Paint Your Wagon, 1969
Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Lowe – original soundtrack – Nelson Riddle – MCA 37099 – Music from the Soundtrack of the Paramount Picture
You’ll Be Back and What Comes Next from Hamilton, 2020
Lin Manuel Miranda – Jonathan Groff, performer – Atlantic digital – Original Broadway Cast Recording
Overture from 1776, 1972
Sherman Edwards – original soundtrack – Ray Heindorf – Columbia S 31741 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Original Soundtrack
Lunch Time / Charlie in the Machine from Modern Times, 1936
Charlie Chaplin – NDR Philharmonie – Timothy Brock – CPO 77286-2 – Charlie Chaplin – Modern Times NDR Philharmonie
Signature/Main Title from Blazing Saddles, 1974
John Morris – The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra – Frankie Lane, vocals – John Morris – La-La Land Records LLLCD 1072 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Wandrin’ Star and Main Title (I’m On My Way) from Paint Your Wagon, 1969
Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Lowe – original soundtrack – Lee Marvin, performer – Nelson Riddle – MCA 37099 – Music from the Soundtrack of the Paramount Picture
March from 1941, 2003
John Williams – Boston Pops Orchestra – John Williams – Sony 51333 – John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999 – Boston Pops Orchestra
Smile from Modern Times, 1936
Charlie Chaplin – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Erich Kunzel – Telarc 80700 – The Ultimate Movie Music Collection – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Prelude and Jazz Baby from Thoroughly Modern Millie, 1967
Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn – original soundtrack – Julie Andrews and Carole Channing, vocals – Andre Previn – MCA Records MCAD-10662 – Original Soundtrack
Laws of My Administration from Duck Soup, 1933
Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby – Groucho Marx, performer – Universal 21250 – Original Soundtrack – Groucho Marx, performer
March from 1941, 2003
John Williams – Boston Pops Orchestra – John Williams – Sony 51333 – John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999 – Boston Pops Orchestra
Green Onions used in American Graffiti, 1973
Booker T. Jones – Booker T. & the MG’s – MCA MCAD2 8001 – Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti – Booker T. & the MG’s
The Bomb Run from Dr. Strangelove, 1964
Laurie Johnson – City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – Paul Bateman – Silva Screen Records SILCD 1176 – 2001: Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick
California Sun used in Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987
Henry Glover – The Rivieras – A&M Records CD 3340 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Rivieras
What a Wonderful World used in Good Morning, Vietnam, 1987
George David Weiss and Bob Thiele – Louis Armstrong, vocals – A&M Records CD 3340 – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack L
Main Title from Star Wars: A New Hope, 1977
John Williams – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – London Symphony Orchestra – John Williams cond – RCA 09026 68772-2