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The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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The Fabulous Baker Boys
Soundtrack album by
Released1989 (1989)
Recorded1989
StudioSunset Sound, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length43:47
LabelGRP
ProducerDave Grusin, Joel Sill
Dave Grusin chronology
Collection
(1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys
(1989)
Migration
(1989)

The Fabulous Baker Boys is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. This album is the soundtrack to the motion picture The Fabulous Baker Boys directed by Steve Kloves. The album reached No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Grusin's score received numerous accolades, including a 1989 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, a 1990 Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score, a 1990 nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and was the 1990 Grammy winner for the best score soundtrack for visual media. Grusin's arrangement of "My Funny Valentine," sung by Michelle Pfeiffer, won the 1990 Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals.

Track listing

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All tracks written by Dave Grusin except where noted

  1. "Main Title – Jack's Theme" - 6:40
  2. "Welcome to the Road" - 5:33
  3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:09
  4. "Suzie and Jack" - 5:00
  5. "Shop Till You Bop" - 4:35
  6. "Soft on Me" - 2:30
  7. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:26
  8. "The Moment of Truth" - 3:55
  9. "Moonglow" (Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 3:25
  10. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 2:32
  11. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:02

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1989/90) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[1] 90
Billboard Jazz Albums[2] 3

References

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  1. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 121.
  2. ^ "Dave Grusin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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