Some Kind Of Wonderful Soundtrack music CD album at CD Universe, No Description Available, Genre Soundtracks & Scores Media Format Compact Disk Rating Release Date. Everything Artist Title Song SoundTrack Label ---CLASSICAL--- Composer Title Conductor Performer Ensemble Work. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Some Kind of Wonderful [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack on AllMusic - 1987.
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Composer Les Reed One of the best things about Jack Cardiff’s 1968 film The Girl on a Motorcycle is the terrific score created by the award winning British composer and songwriter Les Reed. Les Reed was one of the most prolific members of the mid-60s London music scene and he’s probably familiar to most people thanks to the success of popular songs he wrote and arranged for other artists. Reed often worked with other songwriters like Geoff Stephens and Barry Mason, and these creative partnerships yielded many hit songs. Here’s a short list of some of the songs that were composed and/or arranged by Les Reed and performed by the recording artists who made them popular (links should take you to YouTube clips for each song): Tom Jones – Herman’s Hermits – Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders – The Drifters – The Fortunes – The Dave Clark Five – The Applejacks – Petula Clark – Lulu – Elvis Presley – Engelbert Humperdinck – Mireille Mathieu – The John Barry Seven with Les Reed on the piano Les Reed came from a musical family and trained at London’s prestigious College of Music. In 1958 he began playing piano with renowned composer John Barry and his touring band the John Barry Seven. This partnership lasted until 1962 and during that time Reed worked with John Barry on the soundtracks for Beat Girl (1959), Never Let Go (1960) and the first James Bond film, Dr. But it wasn’t until 1968 that Les Reed would get the opportunity to compose and record his first film score for Jack Cardiff’s The Girl On a Motorcycle.
Reed’s score for Girl On a Motorcycle is a powerful psychedelic mix of jazz influenced sounds that fuels the film and sticks with you long after the credits have rolled. The edgy soundtrack features lush strings, punchy brass, smooth vibes and Hammond organ grooves that perfectly compliment Jack Cardiff’s uninhibited directing style on the film. Reed’s score really injects life into Cardiff’s striking cinematography and experimental editing. Besides the avant-garde incidental music, Reed’s soundtrack also contains memorable songs sung by the French chanteuse Mireille Mathieu and the legendary British born jazz singer Cleo Laine.
This unusual combination of sounds and styles makes Les Reed’s soundtrack for Girl On a Motorcycle a great standalone recording and one of the composers most highly regarded efforts. Even critics of The Girl On a Motorcycle who don’t appreciate Jack Cardiff’s film often still find some enjoyment in Les Reed’s unforgettable score. LP and CD covers for The Girl On a Motorcycle soundtrack Late last year Britain’s RPM Records re-released Les Reed’s soundtrack for The Girl On a Motorcycle accompanied by his soundtrack for another film, Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (1968). I haven’t heard this latest release, but it doesn’t include any of the Mireille Mathieu and Cleo Laine songs for the movie so I can’t really recommend it.
If you’re going to purchase The Girl On a Motorcycle soundtrack I highly recommend buying the original RPM Record release, which contains all of the music recorded for the film. The soundtrack is currently, but I thought I’d offer a sample from it here. Listen: Les Reed – (Theme) To learn more about Les Reed and his generous contributions to music I recommend visiting his website:.
This is a continuation of my extensive look at Jack Cardiff’s 1968 film The Girl On a Motorcycle. Previous posts: – –. “Trapped in time and caged in celluloid, these flickering figures have become part our shared experience, our memories and our dreams.” – Kimberly Lindbergs Kimberly Lindbergs is a freelance writer & member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
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