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The Movie Album (Album) by Barbra Streisand

Artist Biography For Barbra Streisand

Barbara Streisand Born Barbara Joan Streisand April 24 1942 Brooklyn New York Is An Academy Award-Winning American Singer Theater And Film Actress Composer Film Producer And Director. She Has Won Oscars For Best Actress And Best Original Song As Well As Multiple Emmy Awards Grammy Awards Golden Globe Awards And An Honorary Tony Award. She Received The Prestigious Kennedy Center Honor On December 7 2008. She Is The Most Successful Female Recording Artist According To The Recording Industry Assoc. Of America RIAA . Barbra Streisand Has Recorded More Than 60 Albums Almost All With Columbia Records. Her Early Works In The 1960s Her Debut The Barbra Streisand Album Which Won Two Grammy Awards In 1963 Followed By The Second Barbra Streisand Album The Third Album My Name Is Barbra Etc. Are Considered Classic Renditions Of Theater And Nightclub Standards Including Her Version Of Happy Days Are Here Again. Beginning With My Name Is Barbra Her Albums Were Often Medley-Filled Keepsakes Of Her Television Specials. Starting In 1969 Streisand Tackled Contemporary Songwriters Like Many Talented Singers Of The Day She Found Herself A Fish Out Of Water In Attempts To Tackle Rock But Her Vocal Talents Prevailed And She Gained Newfound Success With The Pop And Ballad-Oriented Richard Perry-Produced Album Stoney End In 1971. The Title Track Written By Laura Nyro Was A Big Hit For Streisand. Streisand's 1980 Album Guilty Featured The Songwriting Production And Vocal Talents Of Barry Gibb And Was The Best-Selling Album Of Her Recording Career. During The 1970s She Was Also Highly Prominent In The Pop Charts With Number-One Records Like The Way We Were Evergreen No More Tears Enough Is Enough Her Duet With Donna Summer And Woman In Love Some Of These Came From Soundtracks Of Her Films. She Recently Took Part In Supporting Haiti In Singing "We Are The World 25th Anniversary. When The 1970s Ended Streisand Was Named The Most Successful Female Singer In The U.S. - Only Elvis Presley And The Beatles Having Sold More Albums. 1 1 In 1982 New York Times Music Critic Stephen Holden Wrote That Streisand Was "the Most Influential Mainstream American Pop Singer Since Frank Sinatra."

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: The Movie Album

The Idea Of Barbra Streisand Making An Album Of Movie Songs Is A No-Brainer As Annotators Jay Landers And Richard Jay-Alexander Point Out She Has Already Recorded Over 50 Songs Written For Motion Pictures On Her 59 Previous Albums. In Fact The Only Real Challenge May Be A Marketing One For Columbia Records Since Potential Customers Simply May Assume This Is A Compilation Of Some Of Her Previous Performances. It Is Not. Rather It Is A Newly Recorded Collection Of Songs Chosen And Arranged In Streisand's Inimitable Style. In Keeping With The Movie Theme She Has Thought Big Using A 75-Piece Orchestra Of The Kind Usually Only Found On A Studio Back-Lot For A Soundtrack. But All That Firepower Is Used For Support Not For Its Own Sake. The Key Word Here Is "lush " Not Lavish. Streisand's Immediately Identifiable Voice Floats Over The Music Never Challenged By It So She Is Able To Achieve Her Usual Close-Up Detailed Performance Alternately Intimate And Expansive. At 61 She Retains Remarkable Purity And Range In Her Voice Though She Is Less Interested In Demanding Effects. This Is A Smooth Conversational Vocal Album. Streisand's Song Collection Is Characteristic Of Her. As Usual She Isn't Much Interested In The Great American Songbook Of The Interwar Period. Only Two Songs 1935's "I'm In The Mood For Love" And 1936's "Smile " Date From Before Her Birth With Most Songs Coming From The '50s And '60s. And As Usual The Songs As Written Sometimes Don't Satisfy Her So She Has Prevailed On The Composers To Change Them. Johnny Mandel Willingly Wrote A New Verse To Her Specifications For "Emily " And Bob Telson Did The Same For The Obscure "Calling You" From Bagdad Café. Streisand's Age Is Reflected In Her Choices Too. She Frequently Goes For Lyrics About Mature Love Such As "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?" And "The Second Time Around " And She Sounds More Convincing Singing Them Giving The Words More Emphasis Than She Does For Instance When She Just Tosses Off The Line "You're Life Itself!" In "Wild Is The Wind." As She Herself Notes "You're Gonna Hear From Me " Which Closes The Album Is Reminiscent Of The Assertive Songs She Sang In Her Youth Such As "Don't Rain On My Parade " And That Makes It All The More Notable That She Sings It In Such A Mellow Way As A Fond Memory Rather Than An Upstart Declaration. It Makes A Fitting Closer. If The Movie Album Is Not The Sort Of Revelation That Streisand's 1985 Masterpiece The Broadway Album Was It Nevertheless Gives The Listener Some Superior New Takes On Standards The Singer Has Not Addressed Previously And Uncovers A Gem Or Two That Had Been Overlooked Till Now. Credits Hooshik Bayliss -- Art Direction
Chuck Berghofer -- Bass Musician
David Blumberg -- Transcription
Robbie Buchanan -- Arranger Conductor Keyboards Orchestration Producer Rhythm Arrangements
Marsha Burns -- Project Coordinator
Renata Buser -- Assistant Personal Assistant
Jorge Calandrelli -- Arranger Conductor
Moogie Cannazio -- Engineer
Oscar Castro-Neves -- Guitar Musician
Jules Chaikin -- Orchestra Contractor
Bryan Clements -- Assistant Engineer
Vinnie Colaiuta -- Drums Musician
Alexander Courage -- Orchestral Arrangements Orchestration
Orion Crawford -- Music Preparation
Paulinho Da Costa -- Musician Percussion
Datz Pyle Debbi -- Orchestra Contractor
Joel Derouin -- Concert Master Soloist Violin
Nancy Donald -- Art Direction
Assa Drori -- Concert Master
Bruce Dukov -- Concert Master
Koji Egawa -- Technical Coordinator
Scott Erickson -- Engineer
Mark Eshelman -- Assistant Engineer
Gregg Field -- Drums Musician
Chuck Findley -- Soloist Trumpet
Peter Fletcher -- Product Manager Project Manager
William Galison -- Harmonica Soloist
Clayton Haslop -- Concert Master
Dan Higgins -- Flute Soloist
Richard Jay-Alexander -- Liner Notes
Jay Landers -- Executive Producer Liner Notes
Mike Lang -- Keyboards Musician
Gayle Levant -- Harp Musician
Annie Liebovitz -- Photography
Jeremy Lubbock -- Arranger Conductor
Warren Luening -- Flugelhorn Soloist
Johnny Mandel -- Arranger Conductor Producer
Stephen Marcussen -- Mastering
Nick Marshall -- Assistant Engineer Technical Coordinator
Alan Mason -- Assistant Engineer
Mary Maurer -- Art Direction
Mike Melvoin -- Musician Piano
Adam Michalak -- Assistant Engineer
Terry O'Neill -- Cover Photo
Dean Parks -- Guitar Musician
John Pisano -- Guitar Musician
Woody Pornpitaksuk -- Authoring
Marc Portman -- Keyboards Musician
Tom Ranier -- Musician Piano
Michael F. Reale -- Assistant Engineer
Dave Reitzas -- Engineer Mastering Mixing
Al Schmitt -- Engineer
Bill Schnee -- Engineer
Tom Scott -- Saxophone Soloist
Christine Sirois -- Assistant Engineer
Kim Skalecki -- Assistant Personal Assistant
Alan Stein -- Project Coordinator
Barbra Streisand -- Executive Producer Producer
Neil Stubenhaus -- Bass Musician
Michael Hart Thompson -- Guitar Musician
Windy Wagner -- Vocals Background Randy Waldman -- Keyboards Musician Piano
Patricia Weber -- Assistant Engineer
Stewart Whitmore -- Digital Editing

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