Various Artists - Great Motion Picture Themes (CD)

The original LP of "Great Motion Picture Themes" - on CD here for the first time - containing songs from hit movies of the time, such as "Exodus", "The Alamo", "Magnificent Seven", "Never on Sunday" and "The Big Country". The LP "Great Motion Picture Themes" reached number 2 in the Best Selling Albums chart in 1961 and remained in the charts for a staggering 81 weeks earning itself a gold album award. This was a compilation album of mainly motion picture theme songs derived from the United Artists film catalogue. Some of the numbers were solo hits - Theme from "The Apartment" and "Exodus" were both Top Ten hits, "Never on Sunday" reached #19, Theme from "The Magnificent Seven" and TV's "Bonanza" also charted. On this release Marilyn Monroe appears singing "I Wanna Be Loved By You" from "Some Like It Hot". This expanded compilation appears on CD for the first time with additional tracks taken from volume 2 of the LP release.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Theme
2. Never on Sunday (Theme from Never on Sunday)
3. Theme
4. The Green Leaves of Summer (Theme from the Alamo)
5. Smile (Theme from Modern Times)
6. Theme (Another Day, Another Sunset)
7. I Want to Live (Theme from I Want to Live)
8. The Need for Love (Theme from the Unforgiven)
9. Jealous Lover (Theme from the Apartment)
10. On the Beach (Theme from on the Beach)
11. Theme
12. Theme
13. The Wonderful Country (Theme from the Wonderful Country)
14. Some Like It Hot (Theme from Some Like It Hot)
15. Theme
16. Theme (Diggin' in the Morning)
17. Goodbye Again (Theme from Goodbye Again)
18. Tara's Theme (Theme from Gone with the Wind)
19. Theme
20. Love Theme
21. Houseboat (Theme from Houseboat)
22. Theme
23. I Wanna Be Loved By You (From Some Like It Hot)
24. I Loves You, Porgy
25. Take the "A" Train (Theme from Paris Blues)
26. Where Is Your Heart (Theme from Moulin Rouge)
27. Theme
28. Bonanza (Theme from Bonanza)
29. Odds Against Tomorrow (Theme from Odds Against Tomorrow)