Maybe September/Girl Talk/The Gentle Rain/Emily/The Pawnbroker/Samba De Orfeu/The Shadow Of Your Smile/Smile/The Second Time Around/Days Of Wine & Roses/Never Too Late/The Trolley Song
Tony Bennett achieved his last US top twenty album in the sixties with this movie themed collection. He would have to wait another 40 years for his next US album top twenty entry. (US:18)
"I have more albums by Sinatra, but if I could only take one with me to that desert island, this would be the one. It is incomparable. An example of the best movie tracks from the golden age of American song, done with the kind of concert orchestrations that soon became impossible to find as rock norms took over."
"Tony sings with an effortless sounding mastery that I can't find words to describe. One after another these songs sweep over the emotions, haunting, aching and yearning. The best track has to be the astonishing theme from The Pawnbroker. But there's also Emily, Shadow Of Your Smile and Maybe September, each one given it's definitive performance by Tony at the peak of his vocal artistry."
"In a recent interview, Tony Bennett cited this album as his favourite. He said the reason was because all the movie theme songs were arranged by each individual composer. In this LP, Bennett was at the peak of his vocal form, and is working with each different well-known composer on each song he sings. The results are what I consider to be a long buried treasure of brilliantly performed movie themes. If you have an ounce of romance left in your body, this LP is gonna kill ya."
"One of Tony Bennett's most spectacular recordings of the 1960s is The Movie Song Album. On this tribute to Hollywood, Bennett is at his artistic and vocal best, delivering deeply personal and emotionally reflective renditions of the day's movie themes. For my money, there's no finer Bennett than the singer interpreting 1960s movie and Broadway hits. Make no mistake The Movie Song Album isn't a pop disc. It's a stealth jazz album on par with the best jazz-vocal strings recordings."
"The Movie Song Album captures the ballad era in movie music perfectly. As Bennett sings, you can hear him immersing himself in the various lush arrangements and weighing his phrasing of every lyric. On each song, Bennett delivers a passionate and penetrating rendition without ever abandoning his up-close intimacy or street-singer optimism."
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