Carousel [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae

Overview

The original motion picture soundtrack of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel benefits from Gordon MacRae's powerful performance in the lead role of Billy Bigelow. MacRae was cast in the role when director Henry King's first choice, Frank Sinatra, fell through, and is clearly the highlight of the recording. Not every cast member is as reliable. Shirley Jones as Bigelow's wife has a tendency to overact her songs in a way that is more grating on record than in the film. The same mugging plagues the performance of the chorus on the classic song "June Is Bustin' Out All Over." The other major chorus numbers don't require overacting to be grating. Some critics complained that the film was missing some of the best songs from the Broadway version of Carousel. The problem may not have been that songs were cut, but that they cut the wrong songs. The tedious "Soliloquy" is probably necessary to advance the action, but it's certainly not as tuneful as the absent "Blow High, Blow Low." And surely the show would hold up without the dopey "A Real Nice Clambake." No doubt most fans would happily exchange it for a few more reprises of "You'll Never Walk Alone." ~ Evan Cater

Product Details

Release Date:	03/13/2001
Label:	Angel Records
UPC:	0724352735228
Rank:	79093

Tracks

1. Carousel~Introduction
2. Carousel~The Carousel Waltz
3. Carousel~You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan
4. Carousel~When I Marry Mister Snow
5. Carousel~If I Loved You
6. Carousel~June Is Bustin' Out All Over
7. Carousel~June Is Bustin' Out All Over Ballet
8. Carousel~Soliloquy
9. Carousel~Blow High, Blow Low
10. Carousel~When the Children Are Asleep
11. Carousel~A Real Nice Clambake
12. Carousel~Stonecutters Cut It on Stone
13. Carousel~What's the Use of Wond'rin'
14. Carousel~You'll Never Walk Alone
15. Carousel~Ballet
16. Carousel~If I Loved You (Reprise)
17. Carousel~You'll Never Walk Alone (Finale)
18. The Carousel Waltz

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shirley Jones   Primary Artist,Vocals,Conductor,Vocals
Gordon MacRae   Primary Artist,Vocals
20th Century Fox Studio Orchestra   Primary Artist
William Le Massena   Primary Artist
Barbara Ruick   Primary Artist,Vocals,Conductor
Twentieth Century Fox Orchestra   Primary Artist
Claramae Turner   Primary Artist,Vocals,Conductor
Cameron Mitchell   Primary Artist,Conductor
Robert Rounseville   Primary Artist,Vocals,Conductor
20th Century Orchestra   Orchestra
Alfred Newman   Conductor
William le Massena   Vocals
Ken Darby   Musical Director
Carousel Orchestra   Conductor

Technical Credits

Robert Norberg   Remastering
Barbara Ruick   Performer
Burton Yount   Design,Art Direction
Andreas Meyer   Mastering,Digital Mixing
Gordon MacRae   Performer
Shirley Jones   Performer
Darcy Proper   Mastering,Digital Mixing,Remix Engineer,Digital Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Charles Granata   Producer,Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Didier C. Deutsch   Producer,Liner Notes,Photo Courtesy,Re-Release Producer
Claramae Turner   Performer
Herbert W. Spencer   Orchestration
The Orchestra   Performer
Gordon H. Jee   Design,Art Direction
Andreas K.W. Meyer   Digital Mixing,Digital Mastering
Jessica Novod Berenblat   Art Direction
Andreas K. Meyer   Remix Engineer,Mastering Engineer
Robert La Porta   Producer,Project Director
John Palladino   Editing,Producer,Mastering,Mastering Producer
Bob Norberg   Remastering
Ken Darby   Associate Director
Oscar Hammerstein II   Text,Composer,Lyricist
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Robert Rounseville   Performer
David Foil   Liner Notes
Henry Ephron   Producer,Programming
Jessica Novod   Design,Art Direction