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1492 was a flop in the USA and I doubt the ost sold many copies.
This reminds me of an FSM interview with Jan Hammer. JH mentioned that instrumentals do not do well in the US and MIAMI VICE was a one-of-a kind success. He said his MV single "Crockett's Theme" was a big seller only in Europe and that the MIAMI VICE III ost could not even get an American release!
Very interesting about these Euro success!
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UNCHAINED is the very best example cited!
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I don't think most people are aware Richard Addinsell's "Warsaw Concerto" originated in the film Dangerous Moonlight.
Stanley Myers "Cavatina" also seems to be well-known as a concert work rather than a cue from The Deer Hunter.
Several of Vangelis' soundtracks -- L'Apocalypse des Animaux, Entends tu le Chiens Aboyer? and Opera Sauvage -- have been popular albums which few (in America anyway) seem to realize were originally created for films / TV.
In fact on the US release of Opera Sauvage, Polydor even removed all references to it having been a TV score.
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"A Summer Place" - this film is only known today by those who actively seek out 1950s Hollywood dramas, but the Percy Faith recording of Steiner's love theme is one of the most famous pieces of music ever. To this day it's heard every year in films and on television, and is more or less a goto piece of music for those making 1950s or 1960s period pieces.
"Never on Sunday" - a huge hit at the time, this film is rarely mentioned these days (certainly nowhere near as much as the director's "Rififi") but the title song is a classic.
"The Sandpiper" - despite the pedigree (Taylor, Burton, Minnelli) this is a rarely discussed and not particularly well-regarded film, but "The Shadow of Your Smile" is a well-known standard.
"A Man and a Woman" - an international sensation at the time, today this lovely film is inexplicably ignored or scoffed at by most fans of classic French cinema, but the theme and score are about as famous as 1960s soundtracks get.
"Love Story" - a huge hit at the time, this film was never particularly well-regarded and is thought of more as a curiosity than anything else, but I imagine every living person who has watched television has heard Francis Lai's theme. Truly one of the most famous pieces of music of the last fifty years.
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A MAN COULD GET KILLED - Bert Kaempfert infuses his primary theme, which became the song "Strangers In the Night," throughout his score. I doubt that one person in a thousand knows anything about the film. I've never seen it myself.
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT - Certainly the Burt Bacharach song, as sung by Tom Jones, is much more well-known than its namesake film.
MONDO CANE - Many would recognize the song "More" by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero. Few could name the film it comes from.
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MAHOGANY - The "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)," by Michael Masser, as sung by Diana Ross, is much more well-known than the film.
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - A cover of the Joe Brooks' title song, sung by Debbie Boone, became much more popular than did the film, which is totally forgotten today.
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE - Everyone knows Willie Nelson's song "On the Road Again." No one knows that it came from this film.
ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES - Whenever anyone hears the Michael Kamen song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You," sung by Bryan Adams, the first thing they DON'T think is: "Oh, that's from ROBIN HOOD."
DON JUAN DeMARCO - Same thing with Michael Kamen's song for Bryan Adams from this film. "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? is from a film? Who knew?"
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