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    61* (Original Score)

    Marc Shaiman - 61* (Original Score)

    05/08/2001

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    All Music Guide Review

    Marc Shaiman reunites with actor/director Billy Crystal for the HBO-produced baseball docudrama 61, a project that proves particularly well-suited to the composer's dewy-eyed sentimentality. Shaiman captures in full the apple-pie glory of the sport when its position as America's Favorite Pastime was unassailable, creating a series of rousing themes rooted in nostalgia and innocence. Shaiman also seizes upon baseball's implicit poetry and patriotism, writing dutifully anthemic cues richly appointed in flourishes of brass -- he even indulges his quirkier impulses with a handful of woozy, jazz inspired melodies like "Mickey's Drunk" and "Mickey and Whitey Dance." It's a score that certainly functions more successfully in tandem with Crystal's film, but it's still one of Shaiman's most accomplished and far-reaching efforts regardless of context. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

    61* (Original Score) Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Opening Trumpet
  • :20

  • 2
  • Scrapbook
  • 1:14
  • Sound Clip for Scrapbook from 61* (Original Score)


  • 3
  • Flashback
  • :49
  • Sound Clip for Flashback from 61* (Original Score)


  • 4
  • Mickey's Drunk
  • 1:13
  • Sound Clip for Mickey's Drunk from 61* (Original Score)


  • 5
  • Mickey and Whitey Dance
  • :23

  • 6
  • The Fat F**k
  • :47
  • Sound Clip for The Fat F**k from 61* (Original Score)


  • 7
  • Post Kidney Threat
  • 1:52
  • Sound Clip for Post Kidney Threat from 61* (Original Score)


  • 8
  • Underdog
  • 1:37
  • Sound Clip for Underdog from 61* (Original Score)


  • 9
  • One-Armed Homer
  • 2:18
  • Sound Clip for One-Armed Homer from 61* (Original Score)


  • 10
  • On the Bust
  • 1:33
  • Sound Clip for On the Bust from 61* (Original Score)


  • 11
  • Hate Mail
  • :45
  • Sound Clip for Hate Mail from 61* (Original Score)


  • 12
  • Pillow Talk
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Pillow Talk from 61* (Original Score)


  • 13
  • Hair and Hip
  • :48
  • Sound Clip for Hair and Hip from 61* (Original Score)


  • 14
  • Out of the Race
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Out of the Race from 61* (Original Score)


  • 15
  • Roger Hits #59
  • 1:38
  • Sound Clip for Roger Hits #59 from 61* (Original Score)


  • 16
  • Every Pitch Could Be the One
  • 1:37
  • Sound Clip for Every Pitch Could Be the One from 61* (Original Score)


  • 17
  • The Knuckleball
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for The Knuckleball from 61* (Original Score)


  • 18
  • Take Me out to the Ball Game
  • 1:05
  • Sound Clip for Take Me out to the Ball Game from 61* (Original Score)


  • 19
  • Regret
  • :54
  • Sound Clip for Regret from 61* (Original Score)


  • 20
  • Roger Wants #61
  • 1:21
  • Sound Clip for Roger Wants #61 from 61* (Original Score)


  • 21
  • Holy Cow
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Holy Cow from 61* (Original Score)


  • 22
  • Locker Room
  • 1:24
  • Sound Clip for Locker Room from 61* (Original Score)


  • 23
  • McGwire Hug
  • 1:08
  • Sound Clip for McGwire Hug from 61* (Original Score)


    • Credits of 61* (Original Score)



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