Academy Award Winning Songs (1934-1993) [Box Set]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1995
• Type: Soundtrack, Box set, Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Academy Award Winning Songs (1934-1993) delivers just what the title suggests: six decades' worth of Oscar-winning songs collected over five discs. The collection includes dozens of songs that became pop standards; the first disc alone features Fred Astaire's version of "The Way You Look Tonight," Bob Hope's "Thanks for the Memory," Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow," and Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," in addition to Dick Haymes' "It Might as Well Be Spring" and Dick Powell's "Lullaby of Broadway." Art Lund's "Mona Lisa," Doris Day's "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)," Astrud Gilberto's "The Shadow of Your Smile," and B.J. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head." The set also features instrumental classics like Henry Mancini's "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses," as well as Curtis Mayfield's "Theme From Shaft." Disney favorites including "Chim Chim Cheree," "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Under the Sea," and "A Whole New World." Though the later half of the collection contains fewer timeless classics, it does feature plenty of great pop culture artifacts, such as Christopher Cross' "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," Erica Gimple's "Fame," Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life," and Giorgio Moroder's "Flashdance...What a Feeling." Tex Ritter's "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)," Dusty Springfield's "Windmills of Your Mind," Shirley Bassey's "The Way We Were," and Keith Carradine's "I'm Easy" are more of the many highlights from this expansive set, which documents the changing face of pop music as it traces the history of film's award-winning singles. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Continental	Con Conrad, Herbert Magidson	Fred Astaire	(3:31)
Lullaby of Broadway	Al Dubin, Harry Warren	Dick Powell, Jimmy Grier & His Orchestra	(3:15)
The Way You Look Tonight	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields	Fred Astaire, Johnny Green	(3:11)
Sweet Leilani	Harry Owens	Bing Crosby, Lani McIntire	(3:17)
Thanks for the Memory	Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin	Bob Hope, Shirley Ross	(3:08)
Over the Rainbow	Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg	Judy Garland	(2:26)
When You Wish upon a Star	Leigh Harline, Ned Washington	Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	(3:15)
The Last Time I Saw Paris	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Kate Smith	(2:37)
White Christmas	Irving Berlin	Bing Crosby	(3:03)
You'll Never Know	Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners	(2:47)
Swinging on a Star	Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen	Bing Crosby	(2:31)
It Might as Well Be Spring	Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II	Dick Haymes	(3:09)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe	Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren	The Pied Pipers, Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston & His Orchestra	(3:08)
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert	The Pied Pipers, Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston & His Orchestra	(2:54)
Buttons and Bows	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	Betty Garrett	(2:58)
Baby, It's Cold Outside	Frank Loesser	Margaret Whiting, Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston & His Orchestra	(2:51)
Mona Lisa	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	Art Lund	(3:21)
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening	Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer	Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman	(3:27)
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)	Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington	Tex Ritter	(2:49)
Secret Love	Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster	Tommy Edwards	(2:45)
Three Coins in the Fountain	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	Julius LaRosa	(2:49)
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing	Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster	The Four Aces, Al Alberts	(3:01)
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)	Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	Frank DeVol & His Orchestra	(2:07)
All the Way	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis Orchestra	(3:24)

CD 3

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Gigi (Gaston's Soliloquy)	Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe	Louis Jourdan	(6:03)
High Hopes	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Doris Day	(2:20)
Never on Sunday	Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne	Don Costa	(2:58)
Moon River	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Henry Mancini & His Orchestra & Chorus	(2:43)
Days of Wine and Roses	Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer	Henry Mancini & His Orchestra & Chorus	(2:08)
Call Me Irresponsible	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Jack Jones	(3:14)
Chim Chim Cheree	Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman	Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber	(2:47)
The Shadow of Your Smile	Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster	Astrud Gilberto	(2:32)
Born Free	John Barry, Don Black	Matt Monro	(2:53)
Talk to the Animals	Leslie Bricusse	Anthony Newley	(2:37)
The Windmills of Your Mind	Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman	Dusty Springfield	(3:52)
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	B.J. Thomas	(3:15)

CD 4

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
For All We Know	James Griffin, Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson	Vikki Carr	(3:18)
Theme from Shaft	Isaac Hayes	The Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, (Ex) Cat Heads	(3:18)
The Morning After	Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha	Maureen McGovern	(2:24)
The Way We Were	Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman	Shirley Bassey	(2:49)
We May Never Love Like This Again	Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha	Maureen McGovern	(2:13)
I'm Easy	Keith Carradine	Keith Carradine	(3:06)
Evergreen	Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams	Paul Williams	(3:02)
You Light up My Life	Joe Brooks	Debby Boone	(3:39)
Last Dance	Paul Jabara	Donna Summer	(3:23)
It Goes Like It Goes	Norman Gimbel, David Shire	Jennifer Warnes	(2:53)
Fame (Main Title)	Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford	Erica Gimpel	(3:50)
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)	Christopher Cross, Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager	Christopher Cross	(3:54)

CD 5

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Up Where We Belong	Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jack Nitzsche, Will Jennings	Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes	(4:00)
Flashdance...What a Feeling	Irene Cara, Keith Forsey, Giorgio Moroder	Giorgio Moroder, Diana DeWitt	(3:51)
I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	(4:25)
Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	(4:04)
Take My Breath Away	Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock	Giorgio Moroder, Diana DeWitt	(4:03)
(I've Had) The Time of My Life	John DeNicola, Franke Previte, Donald Markowitz	Jennifer Warnes, Bill Medley	(4:47)
Let the River Run	Carly Simon	Carly Simon	(3:42)
Under the Sea	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Samuel E. Wright	(3:15)
Sooner or Later	Stephen Sondheim	Karen Akers	(4:19)
Beauty and the Beast	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Angela Lansbury	(2:47)
A Whole New World	Alan Menken, Tim Rice	Brad Kane, Lea Salonga	(2:42)
Streets of Philadelphia	Bruce Springsteen	Richie Havens	(4:01)

Credits

Tex Ritter (Performer), Richie Havens (Performer), Debby Boone (Performer), Fred Astaire (Performer), Shirley Bassey (Performer), Vikki Carr (Performer), Bing Crosby (Performer), Doris Day (Performer), Judy Garland (Performer), Maureen McGovern (Performer), The Pied Pipers (Performer), Joe Cocker (Performer), Christopher Cross (Performer), Lionel Richie (Performer), Carly Simon (Performer), Dusty Springfield (Performer), Donna Summer (Performer), Jennifer Warnes (Performer), Astrud Gilberto (Performer), Margaret Whiting (Performer), Julius LaRosa (Performer), Dick Haymes (Performer), Bill Medley (Performer), Kate Smith (Performer), Julie Andrews (Performer), The Four Aces (Performer), Jack Jones (Performer), Keith Carradine (Performer), Frank DeVol (Performer), Dick Powell (Performer), Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards (Performer), Giorgio Moroder (Performer), Al Alberts (Performer), Tommy Edwards (Performer), Matt Monro (Performer), Karen Akers (Performer), Bob Hope (Performer), Louis Jourdan (Performer), The Bar-Kays (Performer), Billie Holiday (Vocals), Billie Holiday (Performer), Diana DeWitt (Performer), Isaac Hayes (Performer), Brad Kane (Performer), Johnny Mercer (Performer), Anthony Newley (Performer), Lea Salonga (Performer), B.J. Thomas (Performer), Dick Van Dyke (Performer), Paul Williams (Performer), Stevie Wonder (Performer), Samuel E. Wright (Performer), Angela Lansbury (Performer), MGM Studio Orchestra (Performer), Karen Dotrice (Performer), Matthew Garber (Performer), Art Lund (Performer), Shirley Ross (Performer), John Scott Trotter (Performer), (Ex) Cat Heads (Performer), Frank DeVol & His Orchestra (Performer), Jimmy Grier & His Orchestra (Performer), Paul Weston & His Orchestra (Performer), Victor Young & His Orchestra (Performer), Jane Wyman (Performer), Henry Mancini & His Orchestra & Chorus (Performer), Song Spinners (Performer), Erica Gimpel (Performer), Betty Garrett (Performer)