Cinematic Movie Songs - Theme or Plot

Movie: Pinocchio
Song: "When You Wish Upon A Star"

 

Davey Crockett, King Of The Wild Frontier

 

Movie: Pal Joey
Song: I Could Write A Book

Song: The Lady Is A Tramp

 

Movie: The Sandpiper
Song: The Shadow Of Your Smile
Comp. : Johnny Mandel
Trumpet Solo on original soundtrack: Jack Sheldon

 

Movie: Moment To Moment by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer


And a version by, Johnny Mathis

 

Laura, written by David Raksin....and lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Soundtrack Version:
Johnny Mathis:
And of course, Charlie Parker:

 

Movie: The Muppet Movie
Song: The Rainbow Connection

 

Movie: Stormy Weather

Song: Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller

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Movie: West Side Story
Music: "West Side Story Prologue" by Leonard Bernstein

 

Movie: South Pacific
Song: "Bali Ha'i"

 

Movie; St. Louis Blues

Song: Careless Love - Eartha Kitt and Nat King Cole

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Movie: St. Louis Blues

Song: He That Sows In Tears - Mahalia Jackson

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Movie: Ali

Song: Ain't No Way - Written by Carolyn Franklin - Performed by Aretha Franklin w/King Curtis Ousley Sax Solo

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http://www.allmusic.com/song/aint-no-way-mt0004829449

http://raresoul.com/2012/08/13/king-curtis-stabbed-to-death-in-harlem/

 

Movie: Across 110th Street​

Song: If You Don't Want My Love - Bobby Womack​

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Check out Womack's fine guitar work on this song.

 

Movie: Gardens of Stone

Song: I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Performed by Marvin Gaye

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Movie: Any Given Sunday

Song: When Your Lover Has Gone - Performed by Ben Webster with Oscar Peterson

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Movie: Cooley High (from the cinema release not the attempted TV series)

Song: It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - G.C. Cameron (original version 1975)




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooley_High​

 

Methinks Gary likes movies!

 

Music much more than movies!

 

Movie: Four Brothers (2005)


Song: Shake Me, Wake Me When It's Over - The Four Tops


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