Fiddler on the Roof [30th Anniversary Edition]

by Chaim Topol, John Williams

Overview

Originally released as a double-LP set and now on one CD, the gold-selling soundtrack album for the screen adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, which became the top-grossing film of 1971, stretched out Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's song score with musical adaptations by conductor John Williams, who used a giant orchestra and chorus that sounded like it was far bigger than the population of the little village of Anatevka. (Williams won the Academy Award for musical adaptation for his trouble.) There was plenty of screen dialogue, too. But the appeal of the work continued to be the wonderful songs "Tradition," "Matchmaker," "If I Were a Rich Man," "To Life," "Sunrise, Sunset," and "Do You Love Me." Topol, who repeated his starring performance as Tevye from the London stage version, wasn't as funny as Zero Mostel, who created the part on Broadway, but gave it more gravity. Occasionally on the soundtrack he sounded so tired, though, that he barely got his lines out. Happily, he nailed "If I Were a Rich Man," which is Tevye's real showcase number. The soundtrack also includes one song, "Chavaleh," here called "Chava Ballet Sequence," that was cut from the stage show, though a song that was in the show, "Now I Have Everything," has been dropped. Still, the Fiddler on the Roof album to buy is the original Broadway cast recording. The 2001 CD reissue is even more the creature of Williams than of Bock and Harnick, adding several short instrumental orchestral pieces. But it also adds a good previously unheard song, "Any Day Now," sung by Paul Michael Glaser, who played Perchik, and probably intended to replace "Now I Have Everything," although it, too, was left on the cutting room floor of a film that already ran three hours. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	10/09/2001
Label:	Capitol / Capitol/Emi Records / Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0724353526627

Tracks

1. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Prologue And Tradition & Main Title  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Isaac Stern  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
2. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Matchmaker  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - Rosalind Harris  - John Hendrickson  - Neva Small  - John Williams
3. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~If I Were A Rich Man  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
4. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Sabbath Prayer  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Isaac Stern  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
5. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~To Life  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
6. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Miracle of Miracles  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Leonard Frey  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - John Williams
7. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Tevye's Dream  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Ruth Madoc  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
8. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Wedding Procession  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - John Williams
9. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Sunrise, Sunset  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Isaac Stern  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
10. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Wedding Celebration And The Bottle Dance  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - John Williams
11. First Act Finale for the film version of Fiddler on the Roof  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - John Hendrickson  - John Williams
12. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Entr'acte  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - John Williams
13. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Do You Love Me?  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
14. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Far From The Home I Love  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
15. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Chava Ballet Sequence  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Isaac Stern  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
16. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~The Rejection Scene  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Neva Small  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
17. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Anatevka  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Barry Dennen  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Isaac Stern  - Chaim Topol  - John Williams
18. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Finale  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - Isaac Stern  - John Williams
19. Fiddler on the Roof, musical~Any Day Now  - Jerry Bock  - Anita Camarata  - Didier C. Deutsch  - Sheldon Harnick  - John Hendrickson  - John Williams

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chaim Topol   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Williams   Primary Artist,Conductor
Patience Collier   Primary Artist
Norma Crane   Primary Artist
Michele Marsh   Primary Artist
Isaac Stern   Primary Artist,Violin,Vocals,Soloist
Michael Glaser   Primary Artist
Rosalind Harris   Primary Artist,Vocals
Neva Small   Primary Artist,Vocals
Barry Dennen   Primary Artist,Vocals
Molly Picon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ruth Madoc   Primary Artist,Vocals
Leonard Frey   Primary Artist,Vocals
Paul Mann   Primary Artist,Vocals
Shimen Ruskin   Primary Artist
Norman Jewison   Director

Technical Credits

Jerry Bock   Composer
Kenny Nemes   Project Manager
Darren Wong   Design,Art Direction
Anita Camarata   Music Executive,Executive in Charge of Music
Norman Jewison   Producer
Gregg Ogorzelec   Producer
Sheldon Harnick   Lyricist,Composer
Bryan Kelley   Producer
Norman Newell   Producer
Ron McMaster   Remastering
John Williams   Adaptation,Composer
John Hendrickson   Remixing
Didier C. Deutsch   Reissue Liner Notes,Liner Notes
Cheryl Pawelski   Producer
George Gershwin   Composer