61* (Original Film Score by Marc Shaiman) Marc Shaiman

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  • Release Date: 08/07/2001
  • Label: JELLYBEAN RECORDS
  • UPC: 713117504827

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61* (Original Film Score by Marc Shaiman)

1LISTEN61*, television score~Opening Trumpet 0:20
2LISTEN61*, television score~Scrapbook 1:14
3LISTEN61*, television score~Flashback 0:49
4LISTEN61*, television score~Mickey's Drunk 1:13
5LISTEN61*, television score~Mickey & Whitey Dance 0:23
6LISTEN61*, television score~The Fat F**k 0:47
7LISTEN61*, television score~Post Kidney Threat 1:52
8LISTEN61*, television score~Underdog 1:37
9LISTEN61*, television score~One-Armed Homer 2:18
10LISTEN61*, television score~On the Bust 1:33
11LISTEN61*, television score~Hate Mail 0:45
12LISTEN61*, television score~Pillow Talk 2:46
13LISTEN61*, television score~Hair & Hip 0:48
14LISTEN61*, television score~Out of the Race 2:37
15LISTEN61*, television score~Roger Hits #59 1:38
16LISTEN61*, television score~Every Pitch Could Be the One 1:37
17LISTEN61*, television score~The Knuckleball 3:23
18LISTEN61*, television score~Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1:05
19LISTEN61*, television score~Regret 0:54
20LISTEN61*, television score~Roger Wants #61 1:21
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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

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