Original Soundtrack - Mr. Holland`s Opus

Artist:

Original Soundtrack

Description:

Producers: Shawn Stockman, Julia Fordham, Stephen McLaughlin, Michael Kamen, Christopher Brooks.
Engineers: Tim Boyle.
Includes liner notes by Stephen R. Herek.
Michael Kamen`s arrangement of "An American Symphony (Mr. Holland`s Opus)" won a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement.
If you can listen to Shawn Stockman sing "Visions of a Sunset" without at least one chill jutting up your spine, without thinking about a lost love or a found one, or without just marveling at the vocal instrument the man possesses...well, perhaps you should write a book about what it`s like to live without a soul. Is Stockman`s wondrous ballad, written immediately after he viewed the film, worth the price of admission? Just about. It`s one of only two current songs on the disc (Julian Lennon`s "Cole`s Song" is the other), but if you like soundtracks, this one has some solid radio-ready gems. Among them are Stevie Wonder`s raucous, two-chord celebration of just plain feeling good (and, some have argued, the greatest Motown single of all time), "Uptight (Everything`s Alright)"; John Lennon`s timeless anthem "Imagine"; and Ray Charles` "I Got A Woman," which will probably sound just as good in 2996 as it does now.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Visions of a Sunset - Shawn Stockman
2. One, Two, Three - Len Barry
3. Lover`s Concerto, A - The Toys
4. Keep on Running - The Spencer Davis Group
5. Uptight (Everything`s Alright) - Stevie Wonder
6. Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
7. Pretender, The - Jackson Browne
8. Someone to Watch Over Me - Julia Fordham
9. I Got a Woman - Ray Charles
10. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
11. Cole`s Song - Julian Lennon
12. American Symphony, An (Mr. Holland`s Opus) - London Metropolitan Orchestra

Album Information

Release Date:

01/23/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Soundtracks

Label:

Polydor (USA)

Catalog Number:

529 508

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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