I've had a look at Amazon and can only find the studio recording from 1960 (Broadway cast).
Anyone know if there's a movie version available?
Thanks.
It is not, sadly. I feel the same; I wish the soundtrack were available. To compound the problem, the stage version, as I'm sure you have discovered, is very different than the movie. Maybe try places like eBay for records if you really want the music.
shareThere is definately a movie version but my dad bought it a few years ago so i dont know where you might get it now. I think it was part of a 2 disk album with 'Anchors Aweigh' so if you look up that you might find it. sorry if this isnt much help but at least i can tell you it's out there.
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Really? I tried searching everywhere and everything, but I can't seem to find it. On a few compilation CD's, they have "On the Town" and usually "Hallelujah" from Hit the Deck is in that set to, but I can't find the entire soundtrack anywhere. I even tried special ordering it, only to be told it doesn't exist...so any additional information would be greatly appreciated.
It would be wonderful to be able to listen ot the music anytime without having to watch the movie (not that watching the movie is a bad thing :) It's just not possible to carry around a television 24/7).
Thanks for the heads-up though. Maybe there is hope yet and I'll resume my retired 3-year search for the soundtrack.
Happy day to you!
"I'm sure I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about." ~Mary Poppins
Be aware that although the score for the show was written by Leonard Bernstein, only 4 of his songs were used in the film: "I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "New York, New York", "Come Up To My Place" and a ballet segment. The rest of the score was written by a studio composesr named Roger Edens. Although I love the 1940's New York locale and the performers I much prefer the Bernstein music which MGM evidently did not consider the country ready for at the time. You should give it a shot.
OK, end of rant. The least I can do after making you read all that is give you a link to a site featuring music from the movie. Here you go:
http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/soundtrackdetail.php?movieid=58468
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I should think there could be legal wranglings with the Bernstein estate over a "mixed bag" recording of his songs with those of Roger Edens. MGM doesn't own those songs. There was also a time when Sinatra's MGM film vocals were not released on the MGM label due to his other contracts. There is no commercial release of the film soundtrack, but by all means get the 1960 studio cast recording and find out what you've been missing!
shareThere is no commercial release of the film soundtrack, but by all means get the 1960 studio cast recording and find out what you've been missing!
I believe that the 1960 studio recording tried to replicate, as much as was possible at that time, the cast of the original 1945 Broadway production. It's a great recording.
Also well worth looking into is the recording of the complete score that was made live in concert in 1992 at the Barbican in London by Deutsche Grammophon, with a "mixed" cast (i.e., theater performers and opera singers, inlcuding Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daly, and Thomas Hampson, etc.), under the direction of Bernstein protege and specialist, Michael Tilson Thomas. However, I'm not sure if this is still in print in the U.S.
"Also well worth looking into is the recording of the complete score that was made live in concert in 1992 at the Barbican in London by Deutsche Grammophon, with a "mixed" cast (i.e., theater performers and opera singers, inlcuding Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daly, and Thomas Hampson, etc.), under the direction of Bernstein protege and specialist, Michael Tilson Thomas. However, I'm not sure if this is still in print in the U.S. "
This was also realesed as a video. It is listed on IMDB as "on the town in concert".
Some of the songs are on the compilation album, Sinatra in Hollywood. Try that out!
shareI have a cd called: The Hollywood Golden Years-Greatest Original Soundtracks
and it has On The Town(11 songs) and Anchors Aweigh(13 songs) on the same cd. Its on Blue Moon label. Its publishing date is listed as 1995 so it could be out of print by now.
i'm really late to replying to this but I have the movie soundtrack, but only because I ripped them off the DVD and converted them to mp3s myself for my own listening pleasure. The same goes with the other two Sinatra-Kelly movies. :D
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