This outstanding four-disc collection perfectly represents Warner Bros.' contributions to movie music over their 75-year history. The first disc features instrumental scoring, showcasing the subtleties of this unique art, while the second and third discs feature songs from movies up to the early '70s. It is only on the third disc that the true magic starts to falter and the art form becomes more of a hit-making proposition. But in this way the package represents the arc of film making over the last century. While craft and commerce once walked hand in hand in a Gershwin tune, in the last 20 years songs like "Arthur's Theme" and "Every Which Way But Loose" become the standard. ~ Tim Sheridan, All Music Guide
Warner Brothers 75 Years Entertaining
05/19/1998
All Music Guide Review
Track Listing
Credits
- Steve Mandell
- Performer
- Hattie McDaniel
- Performer
- Johnny Mercer
- Performer
- John Michael Montgomery
- Performer
- Vangelis
- Performer
- Robert Preston
- Performer
- Thurl Ravenscroft
- Performer
- Sinfonia of London Orchestra
- Performer
- Warner Bros. Orchestra
- Performer
- Cary Grant
- Performer
- Madeline Kahn
- Performer
- Ginny Simms
- Performer
- Michelle Weeks
- Performer
- Tichina Arnold
- Performer
- Ellen Greene
- Performer
- London Voices
- Performer
- Rick Moranis
- Performer
- Bea Arthur
- Performer
- Lucille Ball
- Performer
- Frances Langford
- Performer
- Ruby Keeler
- Performer
- Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
- Performer
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- Performer
- Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
- Performer
- Winifred Shaw
- Performer
- Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
- Performer
- Dooley Wilson
- Performer
- Coven
- Performer
- Bette Midler & the Harlettes
- Performer
- Debbie Burton
- Performer
- Bobby Heller & His Orchestra
- Performer
- Don Knotts
- Performer
- Johnny Scat Davis
- Performer
- Eddie Cantor
- Performer
- Mary Martin
- Performer
- David Gates
- Performer
- Eric Weissberg
- Performer
- Rex Harrison
- Performer
- Dick Powell
- Performer
- Fanny Brice
- Performer
- Tisha Campbell
- Performer
- Bette Davis
- Performer
- Gogi Grant
- Performer
- Don Francks
- Performer
- Coolio
- Performer
- Louis Armstrong
- Performer
- James Cagney
- Performer
- Madonna
- Vocals, Performer
- Eric Clapton
- Performer
- Johnny Hartman
- Performer
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer
- Willie Nelson
- Performer
- Eddie Rabbitt
- Performer
- Shirley Jones
- Performer
- Wendy Carlos
- Performer
- The Andrews Sisters
- Performer
- Doris Day
- Performer
- Judy Garland
- Performer
- Richard Harris
- Performer
- Peggy Lee
- Vocals, Performer
- Maureen McGovern
- Performer
- Bette Midler
- Performer
- Barbra Streisand
- Performer
- Patti Austin
- Performer
- Petula Clark
- Performer
- Christopher Cross
- Performer
- Force M.D.'s
- Performer
- Aretha Franklin
- Performer
- James Ingram
- Performer
- The London Symphony Orchestra
- Performer
- Curtis Mayfield
- Performer
- Paul McCartney
- Performer
- Mike Oldfield
- Performer
- Seal
- Performer
- Paul Simon
- Performer
- Rod Stewart
- Performer
- Sting
- Performer
- Tina Turner
- Performer
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Performer
- Al Jolson
- Performer
- Gene Krupa
- Performer
- Mel Brooks
- Performer
- Lester Flatt
- Performer
- Flatt & Scruggs
- Performer
- Earl Scruggs
- Performer










