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Soundtrack? Seriously?

posted 13 years ago by JessePomeroy
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I had the LP soundtrack many many years ago but it got destroyed in a basement flood. So I recently picked up a CD version and what a shock!

Am I wrong, or is the music on the WB CD from 2005, all kinds of CRAP that was not in the film? I honestly do not recall much of the total junk that is on here. Much of it is totally in contrast to the film and the period in which it is set.

I'd be curious to know if anyone else who owns the CD would offer their thoughts on where the hell some of this score came from, because I just watched this movie again a couple weeks ago, and now listening to the soundtrack i am wondering WTF is going on.

[–] Ziegfeldman 13 years ago

It's not that mysterious. If you did have the LP, it's actually the same. Here is a review of the CD from AMAZON that explains:

"When this soundtrack first appeared in 1971, it was then, as it is now, misleadingly advertised as the soundtrack to only the film SUMMER OF '42. Unfortunately, for the lovers of the Michel Legrand pop standard "The Summer Knows" (the main theme of SUMMER OF '42), this tune comprises only two of the twelve bands on this CD. Fortunately, for those of us who admire Legrand's eclectic score for the film THE PICASSO SUMMER, the remaining ten selections (including the beautiful "Summer Me, Winter Me") are from this 1969 Albert Finney/Yvette Mimieux-starring cinematic search for the most important figure in 20th Century art. An unbalanced album? Perhaps, but I personally appreciate its distribution of weight."

[–] JessePomeroy 13 years ago

That explains the crap music I bought. I must have blocked all that out from what I remembered from the LP. Repressed memory syndrome, I was aurally raped by crapositions.

[–] danny_chev 13 years ago

Also, have you ever heard the music from Petulia a film 3 years older?
Though I loved the Summer of 42 including the theme, the melody bears a striking resemblance to Petulia (written by John Barry)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7VBZkdwYO0&feature=related

Though I know there are loads of examples of this type of thing!

cheers
Dan

[–] liscarkat (17125) a year ago

Getting wet does not destroy an LP. The cardboard cover may warp or even dissolve, but you can just rinse off the record and wipe it dry with a soft cloth. You shouldn't have thrown it away.