Yentl [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Barbra Streisand

Overview

Billed as both a Barbra Streisand album and as an original motion picture soundtrack, Yentl contains the songs, sung by Streisand and written by Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, that the character played by Streisand sings as internal monologues in the film, sometimes with spoken dialogue interspersed. (The album is filled out by "studio versions" of two of the songs, "The Way He Makes Me Feel" and "No Matter What Happens," played on contemporary electronic instruments, rather than in the orchestral settings used for the rest of the songs.) With such a thematic base, the music has an unusual consistency, and written specifically for Streisand, it makes use of her emotional expressiveness, phrasing, and timing as a singer. But it was also written as a complement to the film and on its own comes across as a group of isolated musical plot highlights rather than as a coherent song cycle. (Yentl won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.) ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/27/2023
Label:	Barnes & Noble / Legacy
UPC:	0196588007217
Rank:	47016

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Barbra Streisand   Primary Artist
Marilyn Bergman   Primary Artist
Michel Legrand   Primary Artist,Conductor,Co-Producer,Piano
Dave Grusin   Conductor
Randy Kerber   Director

Technical Credits

Michel Legrand   Producer,Associate Producer,Arranger,Composer
Tommy Vicari   Remixing
Alan Bergman   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Dave Grusin   Arranger,Producer
Laura Livingston   Assistant Engineer
Ed Greene   Engineer
John Arrias   Engineer,Mastering Engineer
Barbra Streisand   Producer,Performer
Tom Vicari   Mixing Engineer
Steve Schmitt   Assistant Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Bergman   Composer,Lyricist
Michele Galfas   Associate Producer
Joseph d'Ambrosio   Production Coordination
Nigel Brooke-Harte   Assistant Engineer
Robin Laine   Assistant Engineer
Cliff Jones   Assistant Engineer
Clyde Kaplan   Assistant Engineer
Nigel Brook-Harte   Assistant Engineer
Larry Fergusson   Assistant Engineer
Amanda Bergman   Producer
David James   Photography
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering Engineer
Ken Overcast   Composer
Keith Grant   Engineer
Larry Ferguson   Assistant Engineer
Bart Chiate   Engineer
Clif Jones   Assistant Engineer
Don Hahn   Engineer,Remixing,Mixing Engineer
Marilyn Bergman   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Phil Ramone   Producer,Post Production
Jim Boyer   Remixing,Mixing Engineer
Richard Baskin   Producer