- Cinema Paradiso (Remember)
- A Day in the Life of a Fool
- The Summer Knows
- A Love Before Time (from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")
- Soldier in the Rain
- Alfie (for the film score "Alfie")
- Too Late Now
- The Shadow of Your Smile
- Baby Mine (for Disney's "Dumbo")
- Senza Fine
- I'll Never Say Goodbye
- Over the Rainbow
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Monica Mancini has been careful in her recording projects to reflect her heritage and promote it without exploiting it. Her first album, Monica Mancini, was, naturally enough, a collection of songs written by her father, Henry Mancini. Her second, The Dreams of Johnny Mercer, was a tribute to one of her father's main collaborators. Cinema Paradiso features songs by many different songwriters, but its source is the kind of movie theme music in which her father worked successfully for his entire career. Mancini deliberately mixes things up in her choices of material, going back in time as far as the late '30s for "Over the Rainbow" and as far forward as "Senza Fine" from Ghost Ship, a film that opened 11 days before her album was released. And she mixes well-known songs like "Alfie" and "The Shadow of Your Smile" with worthy but lesser-known efforts such as Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's "Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding and her father's "Soldier in the Rain" from the movie of the same name with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. She has also considered the arrangements carefully, using eight different arrangers to create settings for the songs. Some of the charts are lush, while three songs employ a single instrument as accompaniment. Yet they all work together well. And the material and arrangements prove to be good choices for Mancini's voice, which is fully showcased. It is a rich voice, and if her interpretations have their precious moments and are at times too deliberate, she also exudes warmth and feeling for the songs, making this another successful collection.
Product Details
Release Date: | 11/05/2002 |
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Label: | Concord Records |
UPC: | 0013431498827 |
catalogNumber: | 4988 |
Rank: | 55587 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Monica Mancini Primary Artist,VocalsChuck Berghofer Bass
Joel Derouin Violin
George Doering Guitar
Earl Dumler Woodwind
Assa Drori Violin,Concert Master
Ronald Folsom Violin
Roland Kato Viola
Armen Ksadjikian Cello
Michael Lang Piano
Barbara Northcutt Woodwind
Kazi Pitelka Viola
Tom Ranier Keyboards
Harry Shirinian Viola
Ramon Stagnaro Guitar
David Stenske Violin
Gregg Field Percussion,Drums
Carolyn Osborn Violin
John Krovoza Cello
Timothy Landauer Cello
Andrew Picken Viola
Aaron Hill Woodwind
Irina Voloshina Violin
Julie Berghofer Harp
Jennifer Walton Violin
Michael Valerio Bass
Jim Stärk Violin
Liane Mautner Violin
Karen Jones Violin
Technical Credits
Luiz Bonfá ComposerPatrick Williams Orchestral Arrangements
Harold Arlen Composer
John Burk Executive Producer
Jorge Calandrelli Orchestral Arrangements
Dave Grusin Liner Notes
George Doering Guitar Arrangements
Ray Ellis Orchestral Arrangements
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg Composer
Michael Lang Arranger,Piano Arrangement
Johnny Mandel Composer
Don Murray Engineer
Carl Sigman Composer
Paul Francis Webster Composer
Torrie Zito Orchestral Arrangements
Gregg Field Producer,Engineer
Bill Smith Engineer
Abbey Anna Art Direction
Glen Barros Executive Producer
John Frizzell Orchestral Arrangements
Harvey R. Cohen String Arrangements
Dennis Purcell Art Direction
Seth Presant Engineer
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