Victor Young AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Film Soundtrack OST LP 1958 David Niven
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Description
Here I have for sale the LP of the soundtrack to Michael Todd's ‘Around The World In 80 Days’.
Music From The Sound Track by Victor Young.
The film won five Oscars, one of them for Young, a sentimental favourite given his recent demise, since the composer had never won previously despite having been nominated 21 times before.
Label: Brunswick ?– LAT.8185, Brunswick ?– LAT.8185
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: UK
Released: 1958
Genre: Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack
Vinyl: EX. Looks clean on visual inspection. Plays ok.
Cover and sleeve: EX-NEAR MINT. Colours remain vibrant and unfaded. Some edge wear damage. A good example considering the item’s age.
Track listing:
A1. Around The World - Part 1
A2. Passepartout
A3. Paris Arrival
A4. Sky Symphony
A5a. Invitation To A Bull Fight
A5b. Entrance Of The Bull March
A6. India Country Side
A7. Around The World - Part II
B1. The Pagoda Of Pillagi
B2. Temple Of Dawn
B3. Prairie Sail Car
B4. Land Ho
B5. Epilogue
Composed By, Conductor – Victor Young
Brunswick Ltd., branch of
The Decca Record Company Limited, London. England.
Made and printed in England.
The soundtrack for "Around the World in 80 Days" was the top album of 1957, remaining at #1 on the charts for 10 weeks.
Review:
Veteran Hollywood composer Victor Young died of a heart attack at age 56 on November 11, 1956, three-and-a-half weeks after the premiere of Around the World in 80 Days, one of the last of hundreds of movies for which he wrote music. The 167-minute epic film version of Jules Verne's 1873 novel about a man who wagers he can accomplish the journey suggested in the title was a cinematic extravaganza mounted by brash producer Michael Todd in a widescreen process he had immodestly dubbed Todd-A-O.
It was also a considerable success, winning the Academy Award for best picture and out-grossing every movie of 1957 except the similarly epic The Ten Commandments. In fact, it won five Oscars, one of them for Young, a sentimental favourite given his recent demise, since the composer had never won previously despite having been nominated 21 times before.
In the aftermath of the Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, 1957, the Decca Records soundtrack album for Around the World in 80 Days became a massive hit, entering the Billboard chart for the week ending April 13 and rising to number one for the first of ten weeks on July 22, which made it second only to the Elvis Presley soundtrack Loving You as the most successful LP of 1957.
Its popularity was aided by the release of the film's main theme, a waltz called "Around the World," as a single that reached the Top 20 in the soundtrack version, with competing chart renditions by Mantovani and (with lyrics set by Harold Adamson) Bing Crosby and the McGuire Sisters.
Does all this mean that Young's score for Around the World in 80 Days was his best?
No, but it may be his most characteristic.
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Postage and packaging FREE to UK. Will post worldwide. Europe £6.50; North and South America, USA, Canada £9; Asia, Australia, Japan £11. No returns accepted.
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Thanks for looking and happy eBaying!
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