Title: Swinging on a Star: The Greatest Movie Themes Collected Artist: Gordon Jenkins Label: Good Time Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 730167339209 Genre: Soundtrack Release Date: 2023-07-07 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: MANUFACTURED ON DEMAND
Here to do justice to some of the greatest movie themes of the 30s, 40s and 50s, master conductor, arranger, and industry giant Gordon Jenkins and his legendary orchestra are here to take you through the Oscar winners of the past. From 'The Continental' in 1934, to 'High Hopes' in 1959, each song on this album has earned oscar-worthy status and has achieved the distinction of becoming a standard in the popular music libraries of today. 'Swinging on a Star' is a love letter to these special songwriters whose work has enriched the popular music consciousness, and it could be in no better hands than with Jenkins and his Orchestra, a name synonymous with making musical history around the world.
Tracks: 1.1 The Continental 1.2 Lullaby of Broadway 1.3 The Way You Look Tonight 1.4 Sweet Leilani 1.5 Thanks for the Memory 1.6 Somewhere Over the Rainbow 1.7 When You Wish Upon a Star 1.8 The Last Time I Saw Paris 1.9 White Christmas 1.10 You'll Never Know 1.11 Swingin' on a Star 1.12 It Might as Well Be Spring 1.13 On the Atchison, Topeka ; Santa Fe 1.14 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah 1.15 Buttons and Bows 1.16 Baby It's Cold Outside 1.17 Mona Lisa 1.18 In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening 1.19 High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 1.20 Secret Love 1.21 Three Coins in the Fountain 1.22 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 1.23 Whatever Will Be Will Be 1.24 All the Way 1.25 Gigi 1.26 High Hopes
