I'm up, I've announced and I'm goin' back to bed in a moment. Here are the two official blurbs:
Kritzerland is proud to present its latest release:
SANDY BAINUM – IT MIGHT BE FUN
It Might Be Fun is the follow-up CD to Sandy Bainum’s acclaimed 2013 CD, Simply.
It Might Be Fun is a new and exciting departure for Sandy, an album of all original songs. Back when she and producer Bruce Kimmel were doing Sandy’s first album for Kritzerland, This Christmas, she asked him to write an original song for the album. That song turned out to be the title song of the album and got a lot of notice. When it was time to do Simply, she again asked him if he had an original for her, and “Simply” became that album’s title song, again getting a lot of airplay and notice. When it came time to decide what the new album was going to be, Sandy suggested a CD with all original songs by Kimmel. Kimmel has been writing songs since he was a teenager, has written many produced musicals, several of which have cast recordings, wrote the songs for his cult film hit The First Nudie Musical, as well as songs for other films, TV, special material, and the theater.
Sandy felt a real affinity for the chosen songs – her voice sits so lovingly on the music along with her ability to infuse a lyric with warmth, care, love and humor. Whether the catchy title song or the rueful “Three Acts” or the funny “Who Do I Have to Blank to Get Out of This Show?” Sandy takes you on a journey that runs the gamut of emotion. The final song on the album, “Two Roads,” is a brand new song receiving its premiere recording, written by Kimmel with the amazing and brilliant Richard M. Sherman of The Sherman Brothers.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles at the legendary Capitol Studios Studio A with a phenomenal 35-piece orchestra. It was arranged, orchestrated and conducted by award-winning musical director Lanny Meyers and produced by Grammy-nominated producer Bruce Kimmel.
You won’t want to miss Sandy Bainum’s new CD. It’s Sandy at her most alluring and beautiful, so come along for the ride – why It Might Be Fun!
CD is $17.98 (plus shipping). CDs will ship by the second week of December. We also offer a special combo price with Sandy’s Simpy CD and a trio combo special price for all three CDs, so check out those special offers. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit
www.kritzerland.com.
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Kritzerland is proud to present a new world premiere limited edition soundtrack:
FALLING IN LOVE
Music Composed and Conducted by Dave Grusin
For all of the 1984 trappings, Falling in Love is a throwback to 1940s and 1950s films like Brief Encounter and An Affair to Remember, complete with two stars (Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep), a meet-cute, a budding romance no matter how hard the protagonists try to avoid it (both have settled into routine marriages), and the ins and outs and ups and downs of two people who are, yes, falling in love. At times funny, at times rueful, at times beautifully romantic, at times sad, and at times painful, Falling in Love hits all the right notes and weaves its spell quite effortlessly. And part of what makes it effortless is the incandescent and beautiful score by Dave Grusin.
No one did this type of romantic film better than Dave Grusin. He simply and effectively captures every mood of the film, with several stunningly gorgeous melodies that weave their way throughout the score, along with some classic upbeat Grusin tunes.
As occasionally happens, several wonderful cues went unused in the film, most notably Grusin’s main title theme, which was replaced with an already existing Grusin piece, “Mountain Dance” (tracked into the film several times). For this world premiere release, we’re presenting Grusin’s entire score, including the original main theme and all of the unused cues, exactly as he wrote it, all transferred from the original session masters housed in the Paramount vault.
It’s always wonderful to be able to issue a “new” Dave Grusin score. His brilliant work has graced any number of classic films since he began – his is a distinctive and unique voice in film scoring and Falling in Love is yet another example of his prodigious talents.
Falling in Love is limited to 1000 copies only and priced at $19.98, plus shipping. CDs will ship by the second week of December, but we’ve been averaging three to five weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit
www.kritzerland.com.
