Dick Tracy [Soundtrack]

dick tracy [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Main Titles

2. After the Kid

3. Crime Spree

4. Breathless' Theme

5. Big Boy/Bad Boys

6. Tess' Theme

7. Slimy D.A.

8. Breathless Comes On

9. Meet the Blank

10. Story Unfolds

11. Blank Gets the Goods

12. Rooftops

13. Tess' Theme (Reprise)

14. Chase

15. Showdown/Reunited

16. Finale

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Dick Tracy [Soundtrack]

Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music

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Great compilation - and that's just the first half.
The best of Elfman!!!
Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic
What Great Music
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Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music

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ASIN: B000002OEB
Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

Excerpts From: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Excerpts From: Batman
Excerpts From: Dick Tracy
Excerpts From: Beetlejuice
Excerpts From: Nightbreed
Excerpts From: Darkman
Excerpts From: Back To School
Excerpts From: Midnight Run
Excerpts From: Wisdom
Excerpts From: Hot To Trot
Excerpts From: Big Top Pee Wee
Excerpts From: The Simpsons
Excerpts From: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar
Excerpts From: Tales From The Crypt
Excerpts From: Face Like A Frog
Excerpts From: Forbidden Zone
Excerpts From: Scrooged

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation - and that's just the first half........2005-09-14

I first got this on cassette in the summer of '94 and listened to it every day, drawn by its thematic range and compositional depth. And that was just side-one.

Elfman pioneered the sound that drives today's movie adaptations of comic-books and darker-themed children's stories. Side-One kicks things off with a rollicking, hyper-cartoonish theme from the first Pee-Wee movie - the one where Pee-Wee searches for his beloved bike. Elfman's theme contains layers of different rides - on tightropes, highways, in the middle of a NASCAR rally - which rudely yet melodically crash into each other.

The Batman entry actually contains several pieces - the opening credits, the extended sequence in the cathedral and the climax - which show Batman's darkened extreme at its "Frank Miller" best. (Dir. Tim Burton couldn't sustain the mood in the next sequel, and the franchise took a turn towards the camp of the TV series with the next 2 movies.)

The theme for "Dick Tracy" is perhaps the most romantic on this disc, a quality that surpasses the theme's comic-book origins, but ends on an ironic note that's pure Elfman.

"Beetlejuice" (opening & closing credits) gives Elfman's childish ID a chance to stretch its legs, or in this case, slam-dance.

"Nightbreed" is an enigma wrapped in a dark mystery, and that's just Elfman's score. Elfman's work on this movie is as good as the movie wasn't, having a more powerful narrative than the script - easily the best track on the entire disc, one likely to exceed the movie in its dose of chills.

"Darkman" doesn't quite rise to the occasion, though the score may be hobbled by the movie itself, which seldom surpassed one of the many "Batman" clones of the early 1990's. "Darkman" (the movie, I mean) excelled as a parody of many comicbook staples (the wronged hero, the relentless villain, the scientific breakthrough with just one flaw), but not enough to escape being largely anonymous. Within those constraints, it's still a moving if scary piece.

When is Elfman not like Elfman? When he was in the mid-late `80's and scored "Back to School" (A Rodney Dangerfield vehicle) and "Midnight Run". Horns in "School" bring it closer to Elfman's over-the-top style, while "Run" sounds like a love-theme for the run-down, out-of-the-way parts of America that seldom appear in Elfman-movies. "Run" is a fun score for a fun movie - it's nothing like Elfman's previous work but it perfectly captures the on-the-road-without-a-map craziness of the movie.

To this day, I don't know why I never ventured to Side-two, but it's irrelevant. Even half this disc is worth it

The best of Elfman!!!.......2005-09-05

I was obsessed about getting this CD right from when I heard about it. I found it at the library and was so excited about it, and it didn't let me down. In fact, it was a lot better than I expected. It's a fun and creepy (strange mix, but it really works!) collection of Danny Elfman's film and television soundtracks. The first track, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, is probably my favorite. Also, I really like Batman and Wisdom. Batman is creepy and dark, and Wisdom is just weird, in the best possible way.
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes film music, or everyone who is even the tiniest bit an Elfman fan. It's amazing!

Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic.......2003-08-19

You should be able to tell from the movies and TV shows listed here whether or not you'd be interested in this collection. It's a little too eclectic for my tastes (hence only 4 stars) but better than volume 2. I think thatthe miscellaneous collected ites here along with the previously unreleased stuff should make this worth buying. Especially if you're a fan of Elfman's movie soundtrack work.

What Great Music.......2003-05-11

I fell in love with the music of Danny Elfman when Beetlejuice came out. There was something different about the music that he made. When Edward Scissorhands, and then Nightmare Before Christmas - I knew this man was a musical master. Its the verbal form of surrealism.

super.......2003-04-17

What a great CD. Danny's music is so original and inventive. this CD contains his pre 90's quirky, gothic music. it's all very well written and beautifully orchestrated. batman and darkman contain some really excellent long, dark, gothic cues that really take u away from reality. in my opinion no one, apart from howard shore, is as inventive and original as danny in the world of filmmusic. he far surpasses the repetitive works of williams or horner. buy this, and volume two, and keep supporting one of the greatest film composers of all time.ohh...and buy fellowship of the ring and two towers by howard shore....amazing work!

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A Definite Batman feel
Danny Elfman's most underrated work.

Dick Tracy
Danny Elfman
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Release Date: 1990-06-28

Tracks:

Main Titles
After the Kid
Crime Spree
Breathless' Theme
Big Boy/Bad Boys
Tess' Theme
Slimy D.A.
Breathless Comes On
Meet the Blank
Story Unfolds
Blank Gets the Goods
Rooftops
Tess' Theme (Reprise)
Chase
Showdown/Reunited
Finale

Customer Reviews:

A Definite Batman feel.......2005-11-21

Since Elfman released this soundtrack a year after he wrote the legendary soundtrack for Tim Burton's Batman in 1989, Dick Tracy has a definite "Batman feel." The overture features a bombastic and march-like opening which later tapers down to a 1940's Mariln Monroe-esc orchestral love theme (Tess' Theme). The next track, "After the Kid," continues the original overture theme (the Batman-sounding one) with a slightly more creepier and exciting feel (you know how Elfman is). The third track, Crime Spree, is by far the best Elfman composed Jazz I've heard yet (Corpse Bride's got nothing on it!); Crime Spree is on of the jewels of this sountrack and helps create the "old gangster movie feel" throughout the soundtrack. So now you're thinking: "Wow! I gotta get me this here soundtrack now!" Well... here's why I rated it a four instead of a five. Track four, entitled Brethless' Theme, starts out beautifully and evokes a mood similar to that of the opening song (not the overture, mind you) of Bizet's Carmen. While you're busy marveling at the beauty of the first violin chord, however, you soon realize that half of the track has gone by and you haven't even been listening to it! The music after track three is utterly forgettable save for a few recoveries in tracks five and fourteen. Before I bought this CD off the "Amazon Marketplace" I wondered why in the world Dick Tracy was out of production and why Amazon wasn't selling directly (I mean, come on guys! Elfman doesn't composes crap!). Now you know. While the soundtrack contains several intriguing and exciting themes foreign to some Elfman fans who haven't discovered this CD yet, these few themes and songs are not strong enough to carry the entire soundtrack. There is a remedy, however. Madonna's soundtrack inspired by the Dick Tracy movie completes the circle. While some of its tracks are completely laughable, it does contain (like Elfman's soundtrack)a few musical jems. Combining the best songs from these two CD's and burning them on to one disk creates the best effect. Mr. Elfman, I applaud your efforts on this CD, but, unfortunately, some of the tracks weren't just up to your normal, fantastic standard.

Danny Elfman's most underrated work........2005-02-18

Every single review I read for this album was neutral, and I don't know why. I think this is a great score. It's my third favorite Elfman score (I think) next to 1.Batman, and 2.Beetlejuice. The best tracks are 1, 3, 5, 12, and 15. I recommend this score to anyone that likes Danny Elfman. Even though the movie wasn't that great, this score is on the other hand.

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)

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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
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ASIN: B000003FDW
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
Being Alive--Patti LuPone
Good Thing Going--The Tonics
Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

This review is by Crosley.

I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."

Dick Tracy
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Great Album

That's an interesting name

Dick Tracy
Original Soundtrack
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Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2005-04-04

I really enjoyed this album. They released two soundtracks to the Dick Tracy movie so none of the Madonna songs are featured on this album but all of the songs featured on this album are excellent! I was very impressed with the overall style of the music and the diversity of each of the songs. Great Artists such as Take 6, Kd Lang, Darlene Love, Ice T, Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Jereau, and Brenda Lee are featured on this album. It gives a great array of music and one artist is not just dominating!

That's an interesting name.......2004-11-03

This is the "soundtrack" to the Dick Tracy movie starring Warren Beatty. But none of the Madonna songs from the movie are here, and only a few of the songs here were actually heard in the movie. The songs are done in a 1930's style, to match the time period of the film (except for the three "bonus" songs done in a more contemporary style). There are some good songs here, and some not so good songs. It's a mediocre album, and that's about all I have to say about it.

Cliffhangers! Music From The Classic Republic Serials

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cliffhangers!music from the classic republic serials
This collection far exceeded my expectations.
Excellent, thrilling, action-packed, chilling

Cliffhangers! Music From The Classic Republic Serials

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Perils Of Nyoka: Young Emblem-Republic Logo
Perils Of Nyoka: Arabian Intrigue
Perils Of Nyoka: Desert Intrigue
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Zorro's Fighting Legion: Sub Surface Action
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The Fighting Devil Dogs: Dale Kidnapped
The Fighting Devil Dogs: Storm And Falling Trees
The Fighting Devil Dogs: In Deep Despair
The Fighting Devil Dogs: Devil Dogs Hurry In D Minor
King Of The Royal Mounted: Main Titled/Chapter Card/Technical Credits
King Of The Royal Mounted: Maple Leaf Forever
King Of The Royal Mounted: Mounties Get Their Man
King Of The Royal Mounted: Doc's Explination (Chase & Snow Avalanche)
King Of The Royal Mounted: Mounted Fury
King Of The Royal Mounted: Renegade Trail
King Of The Royal Mounted: After The Man
King Of The Royal Mounted: Linda
King Of The Royal Mounted: Get Your Man
Daredevils Of The Red Cicle: Main Title
Daredevils Of The Red Cicle: On The Run
Mysterious Dr. Satan: Car Transfer
Hawk Of The Wilderness: Miller's Folly
Drums Of Fu Manchu: Perilous Task
Adventures Of Red Rider: Main Title
Adventures Of Red Rider: Adventures Of Red Rider Chapter Card
Adventures Of Red Rider: Malicious Purpose
Adventures Of Red Rider: Little Beaver
Adventures Of Red Rider: Horse Chase
Adventures Of Red Rider: Ace Hanlon
Adventures Of Red Rider: Little Beaver (Part 2)
Adventures Of Red Rider: Oh, Susanna Chase
Adventures Of Red Rider: At The Brink
Adventures Of Red Rider: Adventures Of Red Ryder Tech Credits

Customer Reviews:

cliffhangers!music from the classic republic serials.......2002-03-20

Great album!
I just sat back,closed my eyes,and relived great memories of these great serials that I saw as a kid.The music is so accurate
that it could have been lifted from the films instead of re-creations.I reccomend it highly!

This collection far exceeded my expectations........1999-10-18

I've been a huge fan of Republic Pictures serials for many years and was thrilled to discover this collection. James King and the CinemaSound Orchestra have captured the pulse pounding tempo of those classic Republic Serials perfectly!!! The music brought back fond memories of watching Commando Cody (The Rocket-Man), the Masked Marvel and all the rest. If you are a Republic Serial fan or just love great motion picture music, this CD is a must have for your collection.

Excellent, thrilling, action-packed, chilling.......1999-04-11

As loyal, dedicated fans of Republic Serials, we found this soundtrack to be one of a kind. When you listen to this, you will return to those thrilling days of yesteryear at the Saturday matinee, when our heros were threatened by Zardoz, the Crimson Ghost, Dr. Satan and 39013, and couldn't wait for Dick Tracy to arrive on the scene.

Sondheim At The Movies: Songs From The Screen (Studio Cast Re-recordings)

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What can you lose?
Pleasant overall, with some invaluable rarities

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Release Date: 1997-09-09

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Back In Business - Alet Oury, Julie Alderfer, Farah Alvin, Heidi Godt, Kelli Shrewsbury, Gretchen Weiss
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The premier stage composer of his time, Stephen Sondheim has also contributed a substantial body of work to the big and small screens, explored in this 65-minute collection by the Varèse Sarabande stable of artists. The best known is Warren Beatty's 1990 live-action cartoon Dick Tracy, which won Sondheim an Oscar for "Sooner or Later" (covered here by Ally McBeal's Jane Krakowski). This CD includes "Back in Business" as well as the three songs also released on Madonna's movie tie-in album. Other rarities include "Dawn" and "Sand" from the unproduced film project Living Out Loud, the revised version of "The Glamorous Life" written for the 1978 feature film, and "It Takes All Kinds" from The Bird Cage. Orchestral selections include three suites taken from the film score of Stavisky and the gorgeous ballad "Goodbye for Now" from Reds. The major piece here is five songs written for the 1967 television drama Evening Primrose and covered by golden-voiced Liz Callaway and Gary Beach. The recording may not have the star power of an earlier recording by Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters, but it's simply and effectively performed here. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

What can you lose?.......2000-01-29

Sondheim's little-known work for the big and small screen get presented in this enjoyable compilation. Fans of Sondheim's stage work might be extremely surprised to find the master trying his hand at several pop-flavored tunes. Gary Beach and Liz Callaway do a magnificent job with the four songs from "Evening Primrose" (and is my preference over Mandy Patinkin's over-hysterical rendition with Bernadette Peters), with particular beauty found in the stunning duet "When?"

Sondheim even tries the cheesy disco thing, with "It Takes All Kinds", cut from "The Birdcage". A more thrilling piece of ear candy has never been heard. Although the movie version of "Glamorous Life" can be heard on one or two other compilations and the movie soundtrack, this is one of the best.

I wish the album was truly comprehensive (tracks which have gotten more exposure, such as "Sooner or Later" "Can That Boy Foxtrot" and "Water Under the Bridge" are omitted), but the gems it contains more than compensates. An important album in any Sondheim fan's collection

Pleasant overall, with some invaluable rarities.......1999-05-07

The best moments from this umpteenth collection of music by Broadway supercomposer Stephen Sondheim are the (remarkably dissimilar) selections from 1990's "Dick Tracy" and the obscure 1960's TV musical "Evening Primrose," some of which have never before been recorded. Other items are less memorable, including some regrettable disco/80's pop pastiches from "Singing Out Loud" and "The Birdcage." The selections from "A Little Night Music" and "Stavisky" received sharper performances in the original soundtrack recordings ("The Glamorous Life" can be found appended to the newly remastered Sony/Columbia recording of "Night Music"s original cast; the complete soundtrack to "Stavisky" is available packaged with the must-have 1985 concert recording of "Follies."). This CD should be invaluable to avid Sondheim collectors for the "Primrose" numbers, dynamically sung by Gary Beach and Liz Callaway. Those less fanatic will probably find this a pleasant and workmanlike, but not particularly outstanding recording.

Average customer rating:

A once in a lifetime event.

Dick Tracy in B-Flat
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Howard's Int'l.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IXII
Release Date: 1999-04-01

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Dick Tracy in B-Flat
For Goodness Sake Isn't He Ever Going to Marry Tess Trueheart

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A once in a lifetime event........2006-12-18

Anybody who was a musical giant in the 1940s was involved in this rip roaring production of a orginal Dick Tracy musical, although many of the songs are based on melodies of the hits of the day. None of this matters though because the talent assembled here is staggering. Naturally, nobody could be Dick Tracy but Bing Crosby, king of the world in the 40s. Dinah Shore makes a sweet Tess Trueheart, Judy Garland as Snowflake, the Andrews Sisters as the Summer sisters and Jerry Colonna as the police chief. The bad guys lineup is spectacular too; Bob Hope as Flattop (he and Garland completely break up on their duet), Frank Sinatra as Shakey and Jimmy Durante as the Mole. Harry Von Zel and Frank Morgan round out the cast. I believe this was recorded especially for the troops in World War II on the Armed Forces network. This disk can be hard to find but it is well worth it. Ths music is great and the humor is uproarious.

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Dick Tracy Soundtrack [Japan Import]
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