Tom Sawyer (1973 Movie Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

tom sawyer (1973 movie soundtrack) [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Main Title/River Song (Theme) {From Tom Sawyer}

3. Tom Sawyer! {From Tom Sawyer}

4. Gratification {From Tom Sawyer} - Warren Oates,

5. Man's Gotta Be (What He Was Born to Be) {From Tom Sawyer}

6. How Come? {From Tom Sawyer}

7. If'n I Was God {From Tom Sawyer}

8. Freebootin' {From Tom Sawyer} - Celeste Holm

9. Aunt Polly's Soliloquy {From Tom Sawyer}

10. Hannibal Mo-(zouree)! {From Tom Sawyer} - Charley Pride

11. River Song (Theme) (Reprise) {From Tom Sawyer}

12. Finale {From Tom Sawyer} - Roberta Flack

13. Freedom {From Huckleberry Finn}

14. Huckleberry Finn {From Huckleberry Finn}

15. Someday, Honey Darlin' {From Huckleberry Finn}

16. Cairo, Illinois {From Huckleberry Finn}

17. Rose in a Bible {From Huckleberry Finn} - Harvey Korman,

18. Royalty {From Huckleberry Finn} - Harvey Korman

19. Royal Nonsuch {From Huckleberry Finn} - Charley Pride

20. What's Right-What's Wrong {From Huckleberry Finn}

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Tom Sawyer (1973 Movie Soundtrack),Richard M. Sherman,Fred Werner,John Williams,Celeste Holm,Charley Pride,David Wayne,Gary Merrill,Harvey Korman,Jeff East,Johnny Whitaker,Joshua Hill Lewis,Paul Winfield,Roberta Flack,Susan Joyce,Warren Oates,Robert B. Sherman,Varese Sarabande,Film,Film Music,Pop,Soundtrack,Soundtracks & Film Scores

Tom Sawyer (1973 Movie Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

Exit... Stage Right: String Quartet Tribute to Rush

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Not exactly a string quartet
Quirky, but quality work.
The thought is nice... but falls a little short.
A very pleasant surprise
Stop The Madness!

Exit... Stage Right: String Quartet Tribute to Rush
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
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ASIN: B000068QYH
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

The Spirit Of Radio
Red Barchetta
YYZ
A Passage To Bangkok
Closer To The Heart
Beneath, Between & Behind
Jacob's Ladder
Broon's Bane
The Trees
Xanadu
Freewill
Tom Sawyer

Product Description

1. The Spirit Of Radio
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. A Passage To Bangkok
5. Closer To The Heart
6. Beneath, Between & Behind
7. Jacob's Ladder
8. Broon's Bane
9. The Trees
10. Xanadu
11. Freewill
12. Tom Sawyer

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Not exactly a string quartet.......2006-01-09

Calling this a "string quartet" tribute is a bit misleading, on two counts: firstly, (and granted, this is a nitpick) the traditional string quartet comprises two violins, a viola, and a cello (no bass or other add-ons); the second shortcoming is much more serious.

Other than the solo violins, most of the music has been produced electronically--that's right, the "quartet" is made up of a couple of violinists accompanied by a computer! Anyone who buys this recording expecting to hear the Canadian power trio re-invented by classical musicians is getting ripped off. Is it any wonder that the front cover describes the "artists" as a generic "string quartet," rather than telling you exactly to whom you're listening?

The arrangements are actually not bad at all; it's a shame that whoever put them together didn't feel the need to hire real musicians.

Quirky, but quality work........2005-09-12

This CD was well produced and has a fine range and depth of sound. The music itself very well mirrors the focus of the project, the best band of all time (in my opinion, of course) RUSH. Some people, like my wife (who is also a RUSH fan), find the string quartet treatment of any rock band somewhat disturbing. I find it an enjoyable change. All things considered, it is obvious that a lot of hard work went into every aspect of the CD, this isn't some "fly by night" company. I'm sure the musicians were tired keeping up with the fast paced rythms of YYZ and other high tempo songs. The recording is crisp. The sound is clear. The music is arranged true to the original songs. There's really nothing more I could want as a RUSH fan who also likes symphonic music from time to time. This disc certainly isn't for everyone, but if you're curious and on the fence, I suggest you'll probably like it.

The thought is nice... but falls a little short........2005-03-09

This is certainly an honor to the band and their great music. But, it lacks something. A few of the cuts come off ok -- but others just rub me wrong. I think it could have worked better had it been arranged differently. (I have always thought Rush tunes would sound great played by a full orchestra -- it seems to me a full percussion section is required).

A very pleasant surprise.......2005-03-04

I am, and have been, a huge RUSH fan for many years now and I was utterly amazed by this CD. It is outstanding.

Now, I will be the first person to admit that I'm not the world's biggest fan of violin or cello music.. Let alone tribute albums... But, this was like nothing I had ever heard before. The complexities of RUSH's arrangements and melodies lend itself perfectly to the classical sounds of the string quartet. The performance is both dynamic and moving. The music flows so seamlessly and beautifully giving a unique new way to appreciate the already expansive music of RUSH. I give it my highest recommendations.

To the magnificent performers on this album I say "Bravo" and offer a standing ovation. I can only hope that you will see fit to release a second tribute album.

Stop The Madness!.......2004-12-10

No, no, no, no!

String Quartet People: please go back to what you do best and leave rock-n-roll alone.

Guitar Hero Shredders: please leave Bach, Beethoven and the other masters alone!

Enough said!

Average customer rating:

What a Disappointment!
The Sherman Brothers and John Williams
"Tom Sawyer" songs sound great 30 years later!

Tom Sawyer (1973 Movie Soundtrack)
Robert B. Sherman
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn (Full Screen)
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ASIN: B0002M5T3Y
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

Overture
Main Title/River Song (Theme) [From Tom Sawyer]
Tom Sawyer! [From Tom Sawyer]
Gratification [From Tom Sawyer] - Warren Oates,
Man's Gotta Be (What He Was Born to Be) [From Tom Sawyer]
How Come? [From Tom Sawyer]
If'n I Was God [From Tom Sawyer]
Freebootin' [From Tom Sawyer] - Celeste Holm
Aunt Polly's Soliloquy [From Tom Sawyer]
Hannibal Mo-(zouree)! [From Tom Sawyer] - Charley Pride
River Song (Theme) (Reprise) [From Tom Sawyer]
Finale [From Tom Sawyer] - Roberta Flack
Freedom [from Huckleberry Finn]
Huckleberry Finn [from Huckleberry Finn]
Someday, Honey Darlin' [from Huckleberry Finn]
Cairo, Illinois [from Huckleberry Finn]
Rose in a Bible [from Huckleberry Finn] - Harvey Korman,
Royalty [from Huckleberry Finn] - Harvey Korman
Royal Nonsuch [from Huckleberry Finn] - Charley Pride
What's Right-What's Wrong [from Huckleberry Finn]
Rotten Luck [from Huckleberry Finn] - Roberta Flack
Freedom [from Huckleberry Finn] - Celeste Holm, Susan Joyce,

Customer Reviews:

What a Disappointment!.......2005-09-20

Varese Records usually has some pretty classy releases, this is NOT one of them. After waiting years for these soundtracks to be released, we have been treated to sub-standard transfers and missing tracks. Especially annoying is the "Huckleberry Finn" soundtrack; a missing overture and an almost unlistenable transfer. This is actually an insult to injury being as the DVD transfer has "Been formatted to fit your TV" (no widescreen!). Although, the sound is much better on the DVD than on the CD. Unfortunately, this is all we get, that is why I gave this 3 stars instead of 2. By the way, one of the other reviews states that all the lyrics are contained in the booklet, this is not true, only the "Tom Sawyer" lyrics are printed. What a mess!

The Sherman Brothers and John Williams.......2004-09-15

After 30 years of oblivion, the Sherman Brothers' musical film versions of two Mark Twain classics comes to CD, thanks to the visionaries at Varese Sarabande. The 1973 version was intended as a return of the live-action family musical and was very successful at the box office. John Williams was fresh from his Oscar win for the spectacular adaptation of the songs from "Fiddler on the Roof". Williams provided the same pristine, dramatic arrangements for the Sherman Brothers songs which sound Broadway-worthy in the splendid, catchy orchestrations that Williams provided. The music sounded so good that Williams and the Sherman Brothers picked up an Oscar nomination. At closer inspection, the songs appear inspired by Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" but the lyrics are sometimes awkward and ill-fitting. The tunes are all terrific, especially "Gratifaction" and "Freebootin'". "The River Song" bears a connection to Jerome Kern's "Old Man River" and while it may seem trifling at first hearing, it deserves additional attention as a carefully crafted melancholy song that sets the tone for the whole score. Hopefully, the Sherman Brothers will dust off the rejected songs and expand this score for the stage (as they recently did for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang") so that we can fully appreciate what is probably a much larger and more varied and interesting series of songs.
The 1974 "Huckleberry Finn" was a financial and critical disaster and brought a quick end to the idea of a series of Reader's Digest sponsored family musicals. This was most unfortunate since it starred the great Jeff East who would have brought depth and excellence to a better film version. The Sherman Brothers were rushed and the entire project seems half-baked and overwhelmed by the complexity of the material. Nevertheless, the songs are fun, especially "Cairo, Illinois" and the terrific song for Jeff East, "What's Right, What's Wrong". John Williams did not participate in this production. This CD set includes all the released songs and the lyrics to the "Tom Sawyer" songs are included in the liner notes as they were in the original LP.

"Tom Sawyer" songs sound great 30 years later!.......2004-09-10

It's easy to pigeonhole any family movie musical which cannot compete with the classics like "Wizard of Oz" and "Mary Poppins". Despite its occasional mediocrity, "Tom Sawyer" has some incredibly catchy tunes by the Sherman Brothers. The Shermans definitely had their own style and synchopation, and you can immediately tell a score of theirs after you listen to enough of them. "Huckleberry Finn" seems to have the most forgettable songs, but I'd like to see the movie again to judge more fairly. I hope these two movies will be put out on DVD soon, fully restored, letterboxed and in a double feature pack. Now that would be GRATIFACTION!

Chamber Maid: The Baroque Tribute to Rush

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should be zero stars
Don't bother
absolute cash-in garbage
Good to toss on when the old folks visit

Chamber Maid: The Baroque Tribute to Rush

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
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ASIN: B0002Y4TPQ
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

Tom Sawyer
Limelight
Fly By Night
Witch Hunt
The Trees
Madrigal
Force Ten
Distant Early Warning
Closer To The Heart
Flickering

Customer Reviews:

should be zero stars.......2006-01-21

This was the worst spent money on a cd ...EVER! As a Rush fan for many (30) years , this is an abomination of their music. It would have been a little better if there was no percussion ....this guy was horrible. The drumming sounds like a junior high snare drummer that knows one little ratta-tat-tat and plays the same thing on every song. The terrible tone and playng of this drummer sounds like popcorn popping in the background. The group as a whole are just not a tight group. This sounds like a practice session that got recorded while the annoying fiddlesticker was doodling. This bunch obviosly understands nothing about dynamics. You will be listening along and then there is an abrupt stop.....now here comes a disjointed pipe organ solo that doesn't sound like the same song. This happens several times in different songs. I can't even listen to this..sheer torture. This is an abuse of the fans of Rush and yes, this is a severe review. I fell like my money was stolen on this one.

Don't bother.......2005-03-10

This is just terrible. The drums sound like a kids starter set.

absolute cash-in garbage.......2005-03-01

I will make this as plain as possible: this CD has no redeeming value of any kind. It is simply an assembly-line "fake" tribute album with an acoustic guitarist, keyboard player, violinist and drummer (?) playing the intro to a Rush tune, then going off on uninspired counterpoint explorations for a bit before returning to the song at the end. On EVERY SINGLE SONG.

The shifts in style are frustrating and agonizing. I barely made it all the way through the disc before I put it in the "recycle at the used CD store" pile.

Now, if Apolalyptica wanted to do a Rush tribute on four cellos, I'd pay big money for that.

Special hatred goes out to engineer and drummer Eric Helmuth, who plays annoyingly in every tune on what sounds like an old high school marching band snare drum and a cereal box full of toilet paper for a bass drum. Dude, you're the freakin' engineer! Couldn't you at least make your own drumming sound halfway decent?

Bottom line: what could have been a potentially interesting concept to a select few fans is fumbled on first down on this irritating "tribute" that was cynically calculated to seperate gullible Rush fans from their cash. Don't fall for it.

Good to toss on when the old folks visit.......2004-12-26

This "baroque" tribute to Rush is in some ways better and in some ways worse than the other classical-themed Rush tribute, "Exit Stage Right: A String Quartet Tribute to Rush." It's better in that it features more instrumentation than just strings, but it's arguably worse because the adaptations of Rush songs aren't quite as faithful as on "ESR."

I don't know how truly "baroque" these renditions are, but they sound nice while going by. Each song adaptation borrows the melody of the original, but often ventures off into other melodies and themes. And while I'm no classical music expert, I did notice that both "Limelight" and "Madrigal" steal liberally from J.S. Bach's "Two and Three-Part Inventions." The CD closes with "Flickering," an original compostion written for this project... although what the song has in common with either baroque music or Rush music can only be imagined.

As I've often said of "ESR" to my fellow Rush fans, this is a good CD to play when your parents or grandparents or in-laws are visiting. You get your Rush fix and the older folks don't get blown away by the hard-rocking originals. And let's face it - Rush's "Moving Pictures" isn't exactly the perfect soundtrack for a quiet dinner party with friends. Toss on this CD and/or the "ESR" CD for those times when you wanna hear Rush, but the situation calls for quieter music.

George Antheil: Symphony No. 3 "American"

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epigonic
Simply Terrific Music
Great CD

George Antheil: Symphony No. 3 "American"

Manufacturer: Cpo Records
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ASIN: B00068CVO4
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Album Description

George Antheil was one of the craziest and most original composers to come out of twentieth-century America, and his life was just as exciting and restless. The Bad Boy of Music, as he aptly termed himself in his autobiography, was not a man for small flames but, from the scandalmonger of the Ballet Mécanique to the serious composer of symphonies, fired up the engines in his quest for his own ego. In the process, he was unsystematic, unorganized, and firmly believed that talent and genius could do it all. Fortunately, fate mostly agreed with him. The chaos of the catalogue of his works and the state of his scores and performance materials, however, bring despair to those who today undertake to sort through his work. We thus are proud to announce, for the first time on CD, Antheil's Symphony No. 3, composed during 1936-39. It is an American symphony....It is the America of the future, bold, fearless, new, and coming from the very breath of the new continent. The encores also have the appropriate American flair: the Tom Sawyer and McKonkey's Ferry overtures, the jaunty Hot Time Dance, and the suite to the ballet The Capital of the World.

Customer Reviews:

epigonic.......2007-04-30

I am beginning to have some doubts about the music of George Antheil.

In the first half of the twenties, Antheil (1900-1959) was one of the great maverick innovators of American Music. The music he composed between 1921 and 1925, culminating in the famous and infamous "Ballet Mécanique", is provocative, inventive, daring and fun. But, although it made him the fad of the Paris salons, Antheil grew dissatisfied with that style of composition, later calling it "great empty chic". He strove for the wider symphonic form.

The Third Symphony "American" was slow into being. According to Antheil's autobiography "Bad Boy of Music" it was commenced in the Summer of 1931, but left aside until 1936, and completed only at the turn of 1941/2. In all those years Antheil had gone through dire straits, dabbled in this and that - writing film music, devising improbable and short-lived schemes destined to bring him a fortune - and was unable to focus.

The liner notes' outline of the symphony's gestation does not conform to what Antheil writes. Apparently based on the scholarly research of Linda Whitesitt, they maintain that Antheil actually composed TWO Third symphonies: one begun in 1931 and uncompleted by 1938, and this one, its instrumentation begun in 1936 and completed in 1939. All Antheil mentions is that when he resumed work in 1936 he first completely revised the symphony's first movement.

Anyway, Antheil appears not to have solved his BIG problem with imitation.

Direct Stravinsky quotes abound in his early compositions, but then they are integrated in a musical language that goes far beyond Stravinsky's, in its formal processes (succession of melodic cells with strong rhythmic bite, hardly any development) and its revelling in producing racket for its own sake, so therein Antheil's use of Stravinsky can be viewed as a forerunner of post-modern Collage techniques (see my reviews of George Antheil: Violin Sonatas 1, 2 & 4 , Piano Concertos of the Twenties and George Antheil: Symphonies 1 & 6).

Not so with the later works. It was often remarked, then and now, that the compositions he wrote during and immediately after the war (starting with the 4th Symphony, which was premiered by Stokowski in 1944 and signalled a significant if temporary turn of fortunes for the composer) bore strong resemblances with the war compositions of Prokofiev and Shostakovich (for the Prokofiev influence in the late piano sonatas see my review of George Antheil: The Lost Sonatas); but in my opinion their bombast points even more to Myaskovsky (see my review of Symphony # 6 referred to here above). Such connotations can be heard in the Finale of the Third as well, and also in the McKonkey's Ferry Overture from 1948. Antheil claimed he was there first, and as early as his Opera "Transatlantic" (1930). Maybe so, but in Shostakovich the bombast is the accident, in Antheil it is the norm. But that is not all.

As he was struggling with the symphonic form, Antheil professed his admiration for and busied himself with an in-depth study of the symphonies of Mahler, Bruckner and Sibelius (of the latter's, he expressed his particular fondness for the Fifth). And sure enough: the Third's second movement starts with a Bruckner-like brass chorale, only to go on with an elaboration of the third movement of Mahler's First (the striking "Bruder Jacob" movement). The Third movement has another Brucknerian chorale, leading into a boisterous and festal elaboration of American popular tunes - only to slide into a baffling, direct quotation of a passage of Sibelius' Fifth. What is the message? That nothing sounds more genuinely American than Mahler's "Angst" or Sibelius' epic vistas? To me it only sounds like immature, undigested influences. No wonder Antheil later considered that his Third hadn't "thoroughly digested American color". More imitation still in the "Hot-Time Dance" from 1948 - this time around, it is Enescu's Rumanian Rhapsodies and Khachaturian's Sabre Dance (1939-41). It was composed for the Boston Pops and, as ever, Antheil appears to be vying for the audience's claps; with only the nature of the audience and hence the musical means changed.

The Symphony's first movement is more personal. A pointer to the earlier Antheil lies in is his abiding taste for jarring succession of unrelated motives, although these are now more cogently integrated in a transformation and combination process unfolding over a longer span of time. Antheil is also capable of composing a lyrical theme of sweeping Sibelian intensity. The moods vary in rapid succession, from the (at times bombastically) heroic to the pastoral, by way of the pre-Bernstein-Broadway bounce. But then, whatever the interest of the movement's formal procedures, the musical language is not very personal nor advanced for its time and many ideas seem trite. It is the "Americana" of Copland and Thomson rather than of Ives, and the same is true with the 1949 "Tom Sawyer" Overture. In his bio Antheil complains that writing film music diverted his energies from his "serious" compositions (and specifically the Third) and ultimately corrupted them: "My symphonic writing incorporates corny movie-music solutions". Well, this is exactly what I hear in much of the Symphony as well as in the Overtures.

Colorful and lively but, again, heard before, the 17-minute Ballet-suite "Capital of the World", after a Hemingway sarcastically sinister short story about a failed bull fighter in Madrid. The suite is not just a collection of excerpts but an elaboration of some of the ballet's material into a fast-slow-fast symphonic shape. Its "Spanish tunes" are less the authentic Spain of de Falla than one that might have been depicted by Sauguet or Milhaud, or again Fallas's Spain seen through the prism of Hollywood. I prefer the complete ballet (which can be found on Antheil: Capital of the World/Symphony 5/Archipelago): it contains more ideas, so each of them seems less trite than when mono-thematically elaborated as in the suite.

If you are satisfied with epigones, you might enjoy this disc. If you want to hear what is unique to Antheil, go to his early works.

The notes are wordy but interesting and informative, with some translation errors.

Simply Terrific Music.......2005-03-24

The theme of the CD is music by George Antheil reflecting themes of Americana, and what a fabulous disc it is.

After his return to the United States in 1932, George Antheil got some much needed work writing film scores. The Third Symphony was begun in 1936 and completed in 1939. Briefly, it was numbered as his Second Symphony, which was undergoing revision, and the new symphony was also known as the American Symphony. The score has elements of America woven into the music. The long period of composition coincided with George Antheil's re-discovery of America. He eventually settled in California but spent some time traveling during these years from New York to the South and the Western states.

The opening Allegro movement immediately sweeps you up as the pictorial qualities of the music become immediately apparent. There is a lot of music in this movement as if the composer was so excited that he put too much material in it. The result is an exciting start to this symphonic journey. The second movement carries the journey onward. For me, it presents a musical picture of the American West. The themes have a Hispanic influence and there is a dance theme that reminded me of Elmer Bernstein. The third movement, The Golden Spike, was influenced by his music for the film Union Pacific rather than a direct relationship of the driving of the golden spike in 1869. There is a boisterous quality to the music, a bit like Copland, and Antheil also makes use of a theme from Sibelius' Fifth Symphony. The final movement, Back to Baltimore, conjures up visions of the American east coast but has been thought to represent California in character. The music has a sound something like Shostakovich but the style of Antheil's music was set early in his career in works like his opera Transatlantic (first performed in 1930). While we may think of Shostakovich (particularly in the use of the xylophone) it is not the kind of development that the Russian composer would have written.

Tom Sawyer was commissioned by the St. Louis Symphony. It is dance-like in its themes and was also known as California Overture (but not known why the name was applied). The music sounds like a blending of the Third and Fourth Symphonies: charming and witty.
The Hot Time Dance was composed in 1948 and was first played by the Boston Pops. The music has a distinct American flavor and seems influenced by the Romanian Rhapsody's of George Enescu. The opening clarinet solo is particularly evocative of Romanian themes, and the piece goes on exploring Americana variations. Mc Konkey's Ferry was composed to illustrate the famous painting of the crossing of the Delaware River by Washington in 1776. It is an atmospheric overture that sets out to depict the well-known scene. In a way, one could say this is film music for the crossing.

The Capitol of the World is a ballet composed in 1952, based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway. The story centers around bullfighting with Madrid as the capitol of the world. The protagonist Paco dreams of conquering his fear of the bull ring and becoming a famous matador. The suite from the ballet is recorded here and reveals what wonderfully colorful and captivating dance music it is. Reflecting upon the story, the music is influenced by Spanish rhythms, with the contrasts of light and dark on expects from the music of De Falla.

I highly recommend this CD, particularly if George Antheil is new to you. Antheil was one of the most popular American composers in the 1940s and 50s but today he is hardly known. This needs to be changed. The informative booklet has is very detailed to the point of being a short biography of the composer. I noticed that these performances were recorded in 2001; what took so long to get them on CD? I look forward to more music by George Antheil played by the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt and Hugh Wolff.

Great CD.......2005-02-01

I always wanted to hear Antheil's Third Symphony. I want to hear everything he wrote, but it is hard to come buy. Most of his music is sadly unpublished, and rarely recorded. I am always on the lookout for new Antheil, and this was great. I would especially check out the Hot-Time Dance and Tom Sawyer California Overture. Post-war/neoclassic Antheil at its best!

Tom Sawyer: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Animated Video)

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I Don't Know
Some great, some good, some ok
WONDERFUL
Good for your little 'Tom Sawyer'

Tom Sawyer: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Animated Video)
Various Artists - Soundtracks
Manufacturer: Mca
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ASIN: B00004S95A
Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

Suite From Tom Sawyer - Mark Watters
Leave Your Love Light On - Marty Stuart
Never, Ever And Forever - Lee Ann Womack/Mark Wills
Injurin' Joe - Ray Stevens
One Dream - Lee Ann Womack/Alecia Elliott
Hook, Line & Sinker - Mark Nesler
Light At The End Of The Tunnel - Bryan White/Rebecca Lynn Howard
Friends For Life - Rhett Akins/Mark Wills
Can't Keep A Country Boy Down (Tom's Dream Sequence) - Charlie Daniels
Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Reprise) - Lee Ann Womack/Rhett Akins

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Poor Samuel Clemens! His classic tales of interracial friendship and boyhood adventure have been repeatedly bowdlerized and, more recently, picked apart by the literary correctness police. Now Nashville has weighed in with this dumbed-down musical soundtrack to an MGM animated cartoon adaptation of Tom Sawyer. A slew of gifted young artists are featured here: Lee Ann Womack, Mark Wills, Rhett Akins, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Alecia Elliott, and Bryan White among others. It's just too bad that their talents are mostly squandered on second-rate songs that seem to be little more than musical wallpaper for a threadbare teen romance between Huck Finn and his sweetheart Becky Thatcher. A couple songs do manage to linger briefly in the memory. Ray Stevens's "Injurin' Joe" is inventive and entertaining and Marty Stuart's full-tilt gospel outing on "Leave Your Love Light On" has an intensity that seems out of place here. But most of the rest of the music merely serves to reduce Mark Twain's timeless tale to a goofy, country-flavored teen soap opera. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews:

I Don't Know .......2006-07-04

I don't think the recording quality can be that bad. 'Cause I just listend to it on a 6 year old video tape on my $3000 stereo system and it didn't sound bad at all. So, the CD can't possibly be any worse that that. I just ordered it off Amazon and are waiting for it, so we'll see. But, as far as the music goes, I'm not even a country fan and I love it. It's good stuff.

Some great, some good, some ok.......2005-04-12

I bought this cd just for the Never, Ever and Forever song and because I saw all these great country artists on the soundtrack. I have to agree the recording quality is not as good as you'd expect. The songs are pretty good, some better than others...but I'm a country fan so I love most of them.

I wouldn't pay $15.00 for the cd, but most are selling at $4 or so, which is worth it.

WONDERFUL.......2002-09-09

This is a fun and very underated recording. The love song for Never ever and forever, is becoming popular as a wedding love song.

Some videos seem to have too much music, but this soundtract makes a very good balance with the video. In fact this is the first sound tract of a movie that impressed me so much I had to get it and I listen to it several times a week. If you like good animation, and country music, you will like this soundtract. Buy the video, and then get the soundtract, it is a lot of fun.

Good for your little 'Tom Sawyer'.......2001-04-20

This is by no means a great recording. It does, however, offer both kids and parents a chance to listen to something they can both enjoy. The CD is a soundtrack companion to the animated film of the same name, and is very country influenced. I would recomend this CD for adults and children together, but that's pretty much where it stops.

"Dwell Records Presents: A TRIBUTE TO RUSH [Anthem - Engrave Speed Death / Working Man - Killingfield / Bastille Day - Shallows Of The Mundane / Subdivisions - Hostile Intent / What You're Doing - Hate Theory / Tears - Capital 2 / Passage To Bangkok - Scary German Guy / Tom Sawyer - Disarray / The Temples Of Syrinx - Blood Coven / Freewill - Mythiasin / Red Barchetta - Prototype / The Spirit Of Radio - Premonition

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"Dwell Records Presents: A TRIBUTE TO RUSH [Anthem - Engrave Speed Death / Working Man - Killingfield / Bastille Day - Shallows Of The Mundane / Subdivisions - Hostile Intent / What You're Doing - Hate Theory / Tears - Capital 2 / Passage To Bangkok - Scary German Guy / Tom Sawyer - Disarray / The Temples Of Syrinx - Blood Coven / Freewill - Mythiasin / Red Barchetta - Prototype / The Spirit Of Radio - Premonition
RUSH "tribute"
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PL0ZIQ

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Tom Sawyer
Los Cuentos de la Abuela
Manufacturer: Gimme Five
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000A2H36C
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Tom Sawyer (Cuento)
Pasear en Bote [*]
Amasa la Torta [*]
Canciel Autob]
Queliz Estoy!!! [*]

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Frontside / Tom Sawyer

Manufacturer: Sinister Label
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000B6IBSQ

Product Description

10 Tracks

A Working Stiff Christmas - 15 Years At Springwater

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A Working Stiff Christmas - 15 Years At Springwater
Ann Tiley, Steven Balaskey, The Old Limitations, Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power, Last Soul Company, The Working Stiff Ladies, Tom House, The Cherry Blossoms, Billie Joe Sawyer, Ricky Lee & Ann, The Limitations Various - Lambchop
Manufacturer: Tiny Rig Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KR820I

Product Description

1. Lambchop - Christmas Time Is Here; 2. Ann Tiley - Ann's Christmas circa 1963 (Where's My Pony); 3. Steven Balaskey - On This Merry Christmas; 4. The Old Limitations - Guabi Guabi; 5. Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power - Carol of the Bells; 6. Last Soul Company - Stars Declare His Glory; 7. The Working Stiff Ladies - May You Spend Your Christmas Singing; 8. Tom House - Jesus Christ is Born; 9. The Cherry Blossoms - The Wind Did Blow; 10. Billie Joe Sawyer - Good King Wenceslas; 11. Ricky Lee & Ann - Chunk of Coal Christmas; 12. The Cherry Blossoms - Harding Mall 13. The Limitations - Christmas Eve in Family Court

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THIS IS THE SHERMAN BROTHERS MOVIE SCORE ON CD
Fine Sherman-brothers Score

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Children's Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00006358T
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

River Song
Tom Sawyer
Whitewashing the Fence
Man's Gotta Be
Graveyard and Aunt Polly's Soliloquy
Hide-Away Island and Free Bootin'
Back to Hannabel, Mo-Zoree
Tom and Becky in McDougal's Cave

Customer Reviews:

THIS IS THE SHERMAN BROTHERS MOVIE SCORE ON CD.......2004-06-16

This is currently the only CD with songs from the United Artists / Reader's Digest 1973 musical version of TOM SAWYER. It is not the soundtrack, which is not available on CD, even though it boasts one of the best nonDisney scores by the Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins, Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and marvelous arrangements by John Williams.
This album is a low-budget studio version of the score with narration by Early Williams, very likely recorded in Nashville. It was originally released by Golden Records. It is pleasant to listen to, though nowhere near as lavish as the soundtrack.

Fine Sherman-brothers Score.......2002-09-02

Within two years, the Sherman brothers came out with the Film Musicals "Tom Sawyer" and then "Huckleberry Finn". Here you listen to the first one and it`s a really fine score. The Tunes that, as one can expect from the former Disney court-composer, are most catchy are all in all based on ragtime-metre and some broadwayesque ballads. Especially the ragtime-songs are very recommendable.
well....now to conclude: it won't kill you if you don't buy this, but it is really nice and some new tunes i didn't know before

Music:

Music

music

1. Overture
2. Main Title/River Song (Theme) {From Tom Sawyer}
3. Tom Sawyer! {From Tom Sawyer}
4. Gratification {From Tom Sawyer} - Warren Oates,
5. Man's Gotta Be (What He Was Born to Be) {From Tom Sawyer}
6. How Come? {From Tom Sawyer}
7. If'n I Was God {From Tom Sawyer}
8. Freebootin' {From Tom Sawyer} - Celeste Holm
9. Aunt Polly's Soliloquy {From Tom Sawyer}
10. Hannibal Mo-(zouree)! {From Tom Sawyer} - Charley Pride
11. River Song (Theme) (Reprise) {From Tom Sawyer}
12. Finale {From Tom Sawyer} - Roberta Flack
13. Freedom {From Huckleberry Finn}
14. Huckleberry Finn {From Huckleberry Finn}
15. Someday, Honey Darlin' {From Huckleberry Finn}
16. Cairo, Illinois {From Huckleberry Finn}
17. Rose in a Bible {From Huckleberry Finn} - Harvey Korman,
18. Royalty {From Huckleberry Finn} - Harvey Korman
19. Royal Nonsuch {From Huckleberry Finn} - Charley Pride
20. What's Right-What's Wrong {From Huckleberry Finn}
See all 22 tracks on this disc