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Beaches (soundtrack)

Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to the Academy Award-nominated 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. Midler performs most of the tracks on the album, released on the Atlantic Records label. The album also reunited her with producer Arif Mardin. It features one of Midler's best-known songs, the ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings", which was a number-one hit.

Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 22, 1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Length33:54
LabelAtlantic
ProducerArif Mardin
Bette Midler chronology
Just Hits
(1987)
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording
(1988)
Some People's Lives
(1990)
Singles from Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording
  1. "Under the Boardwalk"
    Released: December 1988
  2. "Wind Beneath My Wings"
    Released: February 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Background edit

The original script merely indicated that "traditional music" was to be played at certain times. Marc Shaiman, Midler's longtime music arranger, served as music supervisor for the film, and the two of them worked together to determine what songs Midler could sing for the film. Shaiman was already a fan of "Wind Beneath My Wings" and suggested the song to Midler.[2]

Songs edit

The track that was chosen to promote both the movie and the album was not "Wind Beneath My Wings", but the song heard in the movie's opening scene and also the opening track on the album: Midler's cover of The Drifters' 1960s classic "Under the Boardwalk". That song alluded to the title of the movie and the place where the movie's main characters, rich girl Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) and child performer Cecilia Carol "CC" Bloom (Midler) first meet. Midler's version of "Under the Boardwalk", released to tie in with the premiere in December 1988, peaked outside the Billboard Hot 100 chart and passed by mostly unnoticed, although it reached the Top 30 of the ARIA singles chart in Australia.

"Wind Beneath My Wings", which had been recorded by several other artists before Midler in the early 1980s, among them Sheena Easton, Roger Whittaker, Gary Morris, Perry Como, Gladys Knight & the Pips and Lou Rawls, was released as the second single in February 1989, following the box office success of the movie. The song instantly became a number-one hit on the US singles chart, reached number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, number 3 in the UK, number 1 in Australia and was a top 10 hit single in many other parts of the world. Midler's recording of the song was later awarded a platinum disc by the RIAA for sales exceeding one million copies in the US alone.[3] It also won Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1990, and remains Midler's signature tune to this day. The recording of the song appearing in the film is notably different from the one released on the soundtrack, and the movie also includes an orchestral version over the end credits.

The remainder of the soundtrack musically follows C.C. Bloom's rise to fame as an artist, from doing Cole Porter standards like "I've Still Got My Health" to moderately appreciative audiences in dive bars, appearing in burlesque shows singing about the supposed German inventor of the brassiere ("Otto Titsling", a song Midler herself had co-written and which had already appeared on her 1985 album Mud Will Be Flung Tonight), joining an experimental theater group ("Oh Industry"), to becoming a successful pop star ("I Know You by Heart", a duet with David Pack, originally recorded by Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson in 1987) with the right to record material of her own choosing (Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today").

A recurring theme in the movie is Billy Hill's old swing standard "The Glory of Love", first made famous by Benny Goodman in the mid-1930s. In Beaches the song is first reluctantly sung as an upbeat showtune by a very young C.C. Bloom at an audition in the company of her overbearing stage mother. In the final scene the song is performed as a ballad by the character as an adult, and then in the context of the movie taking on an entirely different meaning.

The track "Baby Mine", originally from Walt Disney's 1941 movie Dumbo, was released in two versions with slightly different arrangements; one on the original vinyl album and another on the CD edition.

The version of "Oh Industry" on the soundtrack has a fade out ending, whereas the version in the film features an alternate cold ending.

The only track on the album not to involve Midler is "The Friendship Theme" from the movie's score, composed by Georges Delerue in his only work for a Garry Marshall film.

Commercial performance edit

The Beaches soundtrack is the best-selling album of Midler's career to date, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, number 21 in the UK, number 1 in Australia and eventually achieving triple platinum status in the US for having sold more than three million copies.[3]

Track listing edit

Side A

  1. "Under the Boardwalk" (Artie Resnick, Kenny Young) – 4:18 * Includes uncredited instrumental intro.
  2. "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar) – 4:52
  3. "I've Still Got My Health" (Cole Porter) – 1:32
  4. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 3:31
  5. "Otto Titsling" (Bette Midler, Jerry Blatt, Charlene Seeger, Marc Shaiman) – 3:13

Side B

  1. "I Know You by Heart" (Dean Pitchford, George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam) – 4:40 * Duet with David Pack
  2. "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill) – 3:16
  3. "Baby Mine" (Ned Washington, Frank Churchill) – 2:27 * Note: CD includes alternate version.
  4. "Oh Industry" (Midler, Wendy Waldman) – 4:06
  5. "The Friendship Theme" (Georges Delerue) – 1:59 * Instrumental

Personnel edit

Musicians

  • Bette Midler – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–9)
  • Angela Cappelli – additional vocals
  • Rachele Cappelli – additional vocals
  • Gail Farrell – additional vocals
  • Ula Hedwig – additional vocals
  • Angie Jaree – additional vocals
  • David Lasley – additional vocals
  • Marcy Levy – additional vocals
  • Melissa Mackay – additional vocals
  • Arnold McCuller – additional vocals
  • David Pack – lead vocals (6)
  • Gene Merlino – additional vocals
  • Joe Pizzulo – additional vocals
  • Bob Tebow – additional vocals

Production

Production edit

  • Arif Mardin – producer
  • Teri Schwartz – executive producer
  • Jack Joseph Puig – recording, remixing
  • Joey Wolpert – recording
  • Ian Eales – additional engineer
  • Richard McKernan – additional engineer
  • Michael O'Reilly – additional engineer
  • Bill Schnee – additional engineer
  • Bruce Wildstein – additional engineer
  • Frank Wolf – additional engineer
  • Ted Blaisdell – assistant engineer
  • Ken Felton – assistant engineer
  • Ellen Fitton – assistant engineer
  • Rob Harvey – assistant engineer
  • Wade Jaynes – assistant engineer
  • Michael C. Ross – assistant
  • Joe Schiff – assistant engineer
  • Barton Stevens – assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering

Studios

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Weekly chart performance for Beaches
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 21
US Billboard 200[7] 2

Year-end charts edit

Year-end chart performance for Beaches
Chart (1989) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 22
US Billboard 200[10] 14
Chart (1990) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 87
US Billboard 200[11] 74

Certifications edit

Certifications for Beaches
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[12] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 731. ISBN 9780823076772. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b United States RIAA June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on February 28, 2008.
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack / Bette Midler – Beaches". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  5. ^ "Charts.nz – Soundtrack / Bette Midler – Beaches". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "Bette Midler | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "Bette Midler Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 187.
  9. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1989". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  10. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End – 1989". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  11. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End – 1990". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  12. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Beaches - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Music Canada. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  13. ^ "British album certifications – Bette Midler – Beaches Ost". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Bette Midler – Beaches (Soundtrack)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 20, 2021.

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Beaches Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to the Academy Award nominated 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey Midler performs most of the tracks on the album released on the Atlantic Records label The album also reunited her with producer Arif Mardin It features one of Midler s best known songs the ballad Wind Beneath My Wings which was a number one hit Beaches Original Soundtrack RecordingSoundtrack album by Bette MidlerReleasedNovember 22 1988Recorded1988GenrePop adult contemporaryLength33 54LabelAtlanticProducerArif MardinBette Midler chronologyJust Hits 1987 Beaches Original Soundtrack Recording 1988 Some People s Lives 1990 Singles from Beaches Original Soundtrack Recording Under the Boardwalk Released December 1988 Wind Beneath My Wings Released February 1989 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Songs 3 Commercial performance 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Production 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 ReferencesBackground editThe original script merely indicated that traditional music was to be played at certain times Marc Shaiman Midler s longtime music arranger served as music supervisor for the film and the two of them worked together to determine what songs Midler could sing for the film Shaiman was already a fan of Wind Beneath My Wings and suggested the song to Midler 2 Songs editThe track that was chosen to promote both the movie and the album was not Wind Beneath My Wings but the song heard in the movie s opening scene and also the opening track on the album Midler s cover of The Drifters 1960s classic Under the Boardwalk That song alluded to the title of the movie and the place where the movie s main characters rich girl Hillary Whitney Barbara Hershey and child performer Cecilia Carol CC Bloom Midler first meet Midler s version of Under the Boardwalk released to tie in with the premiere in December 1988 peaked outside the Billboard Hot 100 chart and passed by mostly unnoticed although it reached the Top 30 of the ARIA singles chart in Australia Wind Beneath My Wings which had been recorded by several other artists before Midler in the early 1980s among them Sheena Easton Roger Whittaker Gary Morris Perry Como Gladys Knight amp the Pips and Lou Rawls was released as the second single in February 1989 following the box office success of the movie The song instantly became a number one hit on the US singles chart reached number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart number 3 in the UK number 1 in Australia and was a top 10 hit single in many other parts of the world Midler s recording of the song was later awarded a platinum disc by the RIAA for sales exceeding one million copies in the US alone 3 It also won Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1990 and remains Midler s signature tune to this day The recording of the song appearing in the film is notably different from the one released on the soundtrack and the movie also includes an orchestral version over the end credits The remainder of the soundtrack musically follows C C Bloom s rise to fame as an artist from doing Cole Porter standards like I ve Still Got My Health to moderately appreciative audiences in dive bars appearing in burlesque shows singing about the supposed German inventor of the brassiere Otto Titsling a song Midler herself had co written and which had already appeared on her 1985 album Mud Will Be Flung Tonight joining an experimental theater group Oh Industry to becoming a successful pop star I Know You by Heart a duet with David Pack originally recorded by Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson in 1987 with the right to record material of her own choosing Randy Newman s I Think It s Going to Rain Today A recurring theme in the movie is Billy Hill s old swing standard The Glory of Love first made famous by Benny Goodman in the mid 1930s In Beaches the song is first reluctantly sung as an upbeat showtune by a very young C C Bloom at an audition in the company of her overbearing stage mother In the final scene the song is performed as a ballad by the character as an adult and then in the context of the movie taking on an entirely different meaning The track Baby Mine originally from Walt Disney s 1941 movie Dumbo was released in two versions with slightly different arrangements one on the original vinyl album and another on the CD edition The version of Oh Industry on the soundtrack has a fade out ending whereas the version in the film features an alternate cold ending The only track on the album not to involve Midler is The Friendship Theme from the movie s score composed by Georges Delerue in his only work for a Garry Marshall film Commercial performance editThe Beaches soundtrack is the best selling album of Midler s career to date peaking at number 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart number 21 in the UK number 1 in Australia and eventually achieving triple platinum status in the US for having sold more than three million copies 3 Track listing editSide A Under the Boardwalk Artie Resnick Kenny Young 4 18 Includes uncredited instrumental intro Wind Beneath My Wings Larry Henley Jeff Silbar 4 52 I ve Still Got My Health Cole Porter 1 32 I Think It s Going to Rain Today Randy Newman 3 31 Otto Titsling Bette Midler Jerry Blatt Charlene Seeger Marc Shaiman 3 13 Side B I Know You by Heart Dean Pitchford George Merrill Shannon Rubicam 4 40 Duet with David Pack The Glory of Love Billy Hill 3 16 Baby Mine Ned Washington Frank Churchill 2 27 Note CD includes alternate version Oh Industry Midler Wendy Waldman 4 06 The Friendship Theme Georges Delerue 1 59 InstrumentalPersonnel editMusicians Bette Midler lead vocals backing vocals 1 9 Angela Cappelli additional vocals Rachele Cappelli additional vocals Gail Farrell additional vocals Ula Hedwig additional vocals Angie Jaree additional vocals David Lasley additional vocals Marcy Levy additional vocals Melissa Mackay additional vocals Arnold McCuller additional vocals David Pack lead vocals 6 Gene Merlino additional vocals Joe Pizzulo additional vocals Bob Tebow additional vocals Production Robbie Buchanan keyboards synthesizers arrangements Claude Gaudette acoustic piano synthesizers synthesizer programming drums percussion other instruments Randy Kerber acoustic piano keyboards Robbie Kondor synthesizers arrangements Steve McNicholas musician Jimmy Rowles acoustic piano 3 Dann Huff guitars Paul Jackson Jr guitars Dean Parks guitars Michael Thompson guitars Abraham Laboriel bass Neil Stubenhaus bass Eric Van Essen bass Vinnie Colaiuta drums Luke Cresswell drum programming Paul Leim drums percussion Joe Mardin drums Carlos Vega drums Gary Coleman percussion Arif Mardin arrangements Marc Shaiman arrangements music supervisor Georges Delerue original scoring 10 Endre Granat concertmaster Frank DeCaro contractorProduction editArif Mardin producer Teri Schwartz executive producer Jack Joseph Puig recording remixing Joey Wolpert recording Ian Eales additional engineer Richard McKernan additional engineer Michael O Reilly additional engineer Bill Schnee additional engineer Bruce Wildstein additional engineer Frank Wolf additional engineer Ted Blaisdell assistant engineer Ken Felton assistant engineer Ellen Fitton assistant engineer Rob Harvey assistant engineer Wade Jaynes assistant engineer Michael C Ross assistant Joe Schiff assistant engineer Barton Stevens assistant engineer Doug Sax mastering Studios Recorded at Schnee Studios North Hollywood CA Ocean Way Recording and Conway Studios Hollywood CA Studio 55 Los Angeles CA Atlantic Studios New York NY Mixed and Mastered at The Mastering Lab Hollywood CA Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Beaches Chart 1989 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 4 1 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 5 2 UK Albums OCC 6 21 US Billboard 200 7 2 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Beaches Chart 1989 Position Australian Albums ARIA 8 8 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 9 22 US Billboard 200 10 14 Chart 1990 Position Australian Albums ARIA 8 87 US Billboard 200 11 74Certifications editCertifications for Beaches Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 8 4 Platinum 280 000 Canada Music Canada 12 2 Platinum 200 000 United Kingdom BPI 13 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 14 3 Platinum 3 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Allmusic review Bronson Fred 2003 The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits 5th ed New York Billboard Books p 731 ISBN 9780823076772 Retrieved 23 December 2020 a b United States RIAA Archived June 26 2007 at the Wayback Machine Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved on February 28 2008 Australiancharts com Soundtrack Bette Midler Beaches Hung Medien Retrieved April 17 2021 Charts nz Soundtrack Bette Midler Beaches Hung Medien Retrieved April 17 2021 Bette Midler Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart Retrieved January 31 2021 Bette Midler Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved January 31 2021 a b c Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 PDF ed Mt Martha Victoria Australia Moonlight Publishing p 187 Top Selling Albums of 1989 Recorded Music NZ Retrieved April 17 2021 Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1989 Billboard Retrieved April 17 2021 Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1990 Billboard Retrieved April 17 2021 Canadian album certifications Various Artists Beaches Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Canada Retrieved March 20 2021 British album certifications Bette Midler Beaches Ost British Phonographic Industry Retrieved March 20 2021 American album certifications Bette Midler Beaches Soundtrack Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved March 20 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beaches soundtrack amp oldid 1181127647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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