MIDNIGHT COWBOY SOUNDTRACK (1969) BEST 2 SONGS FROM THE FILM скачать в хорошем качестве

MIDNIGHT COWBOY SOUNDTRACK (1969) BEST 2 SONGS FROM THE FILM

The 2 BEST tunes from this movie, are back to back in this video - along with a presentation storyboard of key scenes from the movie itself. CONTAINS SPOILER Film & related Facts below :::: Everybody's Talkin' (c) 1967,1968 Third Story Music INC. Midnight Cowboy Theme (c) EMI 1969 FACTS: Midnight Cowboy was released on May 25th 1969. It was based on the 1965 novel by author, James Leo Herlihy 1927-1993 (born Detroit Michigan). Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Directed by John Schlesinger. Midnight Cowboy the motion picture, won Academy awards for: Best Picture 1969 and Best Director. Won 6 BAFTA Awards - and was the only 'X' rated film to have won an Oscar. THE ACTORS: Jon Voight (real name Jonathan Vincent) born Dec 29th 1938, Yonkers New York USA. Midnight Cowboy was his first major starring role and he's had many successes since. He came back into the mainstream with the release of Mission Impossible (with Tom Cruise) in 1996. He's known for his parts in 63 movies/tv related projects. He won a BAFTA award for Best Newcomer. Dustin Hoffman: Born Aug 8th 1937 Los Angeles, California. Began his acting career in 1960 - but came to the forefront after his role as Benjamin Braddock in the now famous movie called 'The Graduate' (1967) with Anne Bankcroft. He's won 2 Academy Awards for the movies, 'Kramer V Kramer' and for 'Rain Man' with Tom Cruise. 3 BAFTAS, 3 Drama Desk Awards, A Genie Award, An EMMY Award and received the 'Life Achievement Award' in 1999. THE MUSIC: The song 'Everybody's Talkin' was originally written by American folk singer, FRED NEIL in 1968. Fred Neil was born in 1936, Cleveland Ohio, but moved later to Florida. He died in 2001, having never reached commercial success, mainly in part to his unwillingness to tour - a trait he shared with Nilsson. The song was memorably performed by: HARRY NILSSON. Born 1941, Brooklyn and was of Swedish descent. Nilsson (as he preferred to be known) was the subject of a documentary called: ''Who is Harry Nilsson (and why is everybody talkin' about me?)'' He won 2 Grammy Awards for the album, '' Nilsson Schmilsson'', and awards for Everybody's Talkin' and 'Without You'. THE MUSICIANS: The now FAMOUS and hauntingly memorable Midnight Cowboy Instrumental Theme was penned by composer JOHN BARRY OBE (Yorkshire UK 1933). He moved to the USA in 1975. John Barry was best known for composing the musical film scores to 11 of The James Bond movies (something that can be evidenced in the MC theme)... From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), ThunderBall (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), MoonRaker (1979), OctoPussy (1983), A View To A Kill (1985) and, The Living Daylights (1987). He also penned the scores for 'Dances With Wolves' and 'Out Of Africa'. He learnt to play the trumpet during his National Service in Cyprus - and went on to from his own band 'The John Barry 7', in 1957. He discovered a love for composing music and first came to be noticed by The James Bond film makers after he arranged Monty Norman's 'The James Bond Theme' for Dr No (1962). He's won 5 Academy Awards - 2 for Born Free, one each for The Lion In Winter, Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa. He died in January 2011. The other person responsible for making the MC Theme so memorably haunting is: TOOTS THIELEMANS. Born Belgium 1933, and famous for whistling, guitar and of course Harmonica. He moved to the US in 1994 and was a member of ''Charlie Parker's All Stars''. He's played with some of the greatest of artistes during his career (e.g.Dinah Washington, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones) and is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century. He has 17 albums to his name - all since 1955. Sadly, Toots passed away on August 22nd 2016 - he was 94. In 1994, Midnight Cowboy (the motion picture) was deemed so culturally and historically significant by the Library of Congress - that it was selected for preservation by The US Film Industry. NOW GO WATCH THE FILM :) Made with ProShowGold video editing software