Cabaret [Original Soundtrack Recording]

by Dietrich,Marlene

Overview

Even though he came from the theater himself, Bob Fosse, when he came to make a film of Harold Prince's musical Cabaret, did what most movie directors do, taking the 15-song score and cutting two-thirds of it to leave five songs -- "Wilkommen," "Two Ladies," "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," "If You Could See Her," and "Cabaret." (In addition, "Sitting Pretty" was performed instrumentally and "Married" in German.) He then allowed the show's songwriters, John Kander and Fred Ebb, to add material to emphasize the film's two musical stars, "Mein Herr" and "Maybe This Time" for Liza Minnelli and "Money, Money" for Minnelli and Joel Grey. ("Maybe This Time" was a Kander-Ebb song Minnelli had been singing since 1964.) The film was even more successful than the show, and the soundtrack album went gold, outselling the original Broadway cast album. It is not the record you want to buy to get the complete score, of course, and even at its 38-plus-minute running time it's padded. But it contains some definitive Minnelli performances, particularly her rendition of the title song. In the show and film, the song's upbeat, devil-may-care mood is in stark contrast to the downbeat conclusion of the plot, which finds lead character Sally Bowles stranded in Nazi Germany. Coming from Minnelli, there is an added subtext, as the performance can be read as a tribute to her mother, Judy Garland. And Grey is equally impressive, particularly in "Wilkommen" and "If You Could See Her." Cabaret won Academy Awards for Minnelli and Grey, but lost the Best Picture award, and a similar judgment can be made about the soundtrack album. Their performances are outstanding, but the album as a whole is a bit skimpy. Subsequent stage productions tended to incorporate the new film songs. (The 1996 CD reissue re-sequences the songs.) ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2007
Label:	Gift Of Music
UPC:	0658592118629
Rank:	7552

Tracks

1. Speak to Me of Love
2. These Foolish Things
3. Thanks for the Memory
4. Once in a While
5. Say It Isn't So
6. You Leave Me Breathless
7. La Vie en Rose
8. Ding, Din, Dong
9. C'est un Monsieur Tres Distingue
10. Le Vagabond
11. Le Brun et le Blond
12. Falling in Love Again
13. Lili Marlene
14. Sei Lieb Zu Mir
15. Dass Ich Dich Wiederseh
16. You Go to My Head
17. Tip-Toes (Vocals): Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling
18. Who?
19. J'Ai un Message Pour Toi (A Message from the Man)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ralph Burns   Primary Artist,Musical Director,Conductor
Louis Louiguy   Primary Artist
Hans Leip   Primary Artist
Harry Link   Primary Artist
Haven Gillespie   Primary Artist
Henri Contet   Primary Artist
Friedrich Hollaender   Primary Artist
Josephine Baker   Primary Artist
Joel Grey   Primary Artist,Vocals
Leo Robin   Primary Artist
Marlene Dietrich   Primary Artist
Michael Edwards   Primary Artist
Irving Berlin   Primary Artist
Edith Piaf   Primary Artist
Greta Keller   Primary Artist,Vocals
Walter Jurmann   Primary Artist
Ira Gershwin   Primary Artist
Liza Minnelli   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ralph Freed   Primary Artist
Michael York   Vocals
Bob Fosse   Staging,Director
Marisa Berenson   Vocals
Mark Lambert   Vocals
Fritz Wepper   Vocals
Helmut Griem   Vocals

Technical Credits

Ralph Burns   Orchestration
Max O. Preeo   Liner Notes
Stephen Schwartz   Composer
Joel Grey   Performer
John Austin   Reissue Coordinator,Reissue Coordination
Vartan   Art Direction,Reissue Art Director
Pete Way   Composer
Barry Hansen   Art Direction
Cy Feuer   Producer
Brad Bennett   Art Direction
Wilson Design Group   Reissue Design
John Kander   Composer
Andy McKaie   Project Coordinator,Reissue Coordinator,Reissue Coordination
Fred Ebb   Composer,Lyricist
Lee Young   Coordination,Coordination
Doug Schwartz   Digital Remastering
Geoffrey Burgon   Composer
Liza Minnelli   Performer
Phil Mogg   Composer
Christopher Isherwood   Story
Joe Masterhoff   Book
John Van Druten   Playwright
Mitch Steele   Project Coordinator,Reissue Coordinator,Reissue Coordination
Harold Prince   Producer
John A. Austin   Project Coordinator
Jay Allen   Screenplay,Screenplay
Joe Masteroff   Book