Where Songs and Films Collide

In the world of films, songs are often a little off kilter, histrionic, camp or just plain wrong. Yes, we all know Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away”, “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor and Blondie’s “Call Me” (Top Gun, Rocky III and American Gigolo respectively) but great as they are they differ not one jot from our normal pop chart diet. Dive in as we play you an hour of original movie soundtrack cuts that, if one stops to listen to carefully enough, do not quite fit in to the popular song cannon: they are simply of the films they inhabit. Jonny White [email protected]   Cannibal (sung by Don Powell):  Ennio Morricone Belle: Daniel White Devil Of Mine: Piero Piccioni Ringo Nel Nebraska (sung by Vittorio Bezzi):  Nino Olivera Take You Back (Tough Gym) sung by Frank Stallone:  Bill Conti The Shooting Gallery (sung by Gene Morford): Michel Legrand Afyon (sung by Oliver Onions): Guido & Maurizio De Angelis Mrs. Robinson: Simon & Garfunkel Silent Running (Song By Joan Baez): Peter Schickele Theme from “Man And Boy” (sung by Bill Withers): J.J. Johnson The Last Run (sung by Steve Lawrence): Jerry Goldsmith Ekkoleg (from the film ‘Viva La Muerte’): artist unknown From Denver To L.A. (vocal by Elton John):  Francis Lai L’aventure C’est L’aventure (sung by Johnny Hallyday): Francis Lai Won’t You Believe Me:  John Dankworth The Word Is Full Of Lonely Men (sung by Lisa Shane):  John Hawksworth Black Is Beautiful: Roy Budd Nina (sung by Gil Bernal): Quincy Jones Rosamor (sung by Juca Chavez):  Luis Enriquez Bacalov My Way Of Loving You:   Georges Garvarentz