1971 was another year that had popular movies that generated great music, a lot of which still loves on today. We'll take a look at three such films in this blog posting.
The first 1971 movie we will look back on is "Fiddler on the Roof", a very successful adaptation of the smash Broadway musical show. In fact, it was so well done the musical score won an Oscar for Best Song Score Adaption. Several of the songs had made the popular movie charts back in its Broadway days, and that popularity lives on.
I didn't think it was fair to pick out just one song from "Fiddler" (there's so much great music), so I found a musical trailer for the movie that provides a good sample of several of the songs and a good feel for the film itself....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlK115f5mFQ
Our next 1971 movie is "The Summer of '42, a coming of age flick that made Jennifer O'Neil a major star and gave many young boys a major crush.
The movie was a hit becoming the sixth highest grossing film of the year. The music won the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score. Its theme song, written by Michael Legrand, also climbed the pops charts with conductor Peter Nero garnering the hit. The theme's actual title is "The Summer Knows". Here's a movie trailer for the flick that features the song and gives you a flashback on the movie....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_86PDoqvoI
Our final 1971 movie is "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" starring Gene Wilder. The film had moderate success at the box office but its popularity soared in the years following, developing something of a cult following as it was shown frequently on cable TV.
The movie also contained a Number #1 hit "The Candyman Can" although the person who took to the top did not perform in the film. It was Sammy Davis, Jr. and it was the first top single of his long and distinguished musical career. Here it is from a network TV appearance when the song was topping the charts the following year in 1972.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYihDAhVPko
1972 is our next year to profile regarding movies that contained hit songs or music that has lived on since our days at Vanderbilt. So pop some more popcorn and crank up the volume on the stereo while you are enjoying that movie score album. We will be right back soon.....
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