The Studio Sound Ensemble record re-imagined versions of popular hits.
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Their version of Beatles' Got To Get You Into My Life, is often played on the Iain Lee show on Absolute Radio in the UK as a music-bed. Iain tends to perform karaoke over the top, either as an intro to the next call or a segué between songs. Iain also uses other examples of their work as music-beds.
<… Read Full Bio ↴The Studio Sound Ensemble record re-imagined versions of popular hits.
Their version of Beatles' Got To Get You Into My Life, is often played on the Iain Lee show on Absolute Radio in the UK as a music-bed. Iain tends to perform karaoke over the top, either as an intro to the next call or a segué between songs. Iain also uses other examples of their work as music-beds.
Days of Wine and Roses: Days of Wine and Roses
The Studio Sound Ensemble Lyrics
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Imagine Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below…
You Light Up My Life: You Light Up My Life So many nights I'd sit by my window, Waiting for someone To …
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jennifer86010
Regarding your comment about Henry Mancini appearing on the Lawrence Welk show, yes, the orchestra was applauding with the audience. The audience gave Henry a very unusually long standing ovation when he walked out. Lawrence was a bit shocked, but at that time (1973) Mancini was at the peak of his career, having written so many
movie scores which became popular standards. At that time in Hollywood, Mancini was commercial musical royalty, much the same as John Williams is today. A movie score composer whose work always seemed to turn into popular gold.
Every studio musician in L.A. wanted to work on any recording date with Henry Mancini, if he was conducting or simply co-producing in the recording booth. But beyond his commercial success and his popularity, Mancini also wrote timeless beautiful music, an artistic accomplishment that can't be said of many popular composers today.
Every musician in the Welk orchestra was thrilled when they heard that Hank Mancini was going to appear on the show. I used to see the same reaction from the Tonight Show orchestra players when an accomplished composer or really talented musician or singer would appear on that show. For these great studio musicians and performing back-up musicians it is always a special treat to play with a performer or composer who is highly respected in their artistic field.
Most of these players have played these popular tunes many times in the past, but when the composer joins in and they can accompany him, it really makes the performance a special privilege. In the music business, Lawrence Welk was always regarded as a novelty joke, mostly because of his very folksy German personality and the way he spoke...certainly the opposite of "hip" or "cool".
Yet, Welk hired many of the best musicians in Hollywood, and despite much of the mediocre and hokey performances on his shows, the musicianship and the singing was really top notch, regardless of what was being performed. Musicians who played in the Welk orchestra loved their gig, because Lawrence treated them like family, and always took care of them as family. That's why many of them stayed with Lawrence for decades.
Jack Lemmon, who starred in the movie "The Days of Wine and Roses" with Lee Remick, recalled the first time he ever heard this tune. Johnny Mercer, who wrote the lyrics, and Henry Mancini took Jack over to a vacant studio on the lot where they were filming the movie, and as they entered, Jack saw a single piano parked next to a single janitor's light stand. When Henry sat down and started playing as Johnny started singing the lyrics, Jack was brought to tears. Jack was also an amateur piano player, and even years later, as he sat at a piano and recalled this story, he got choked up just talking about it when he heard the first few bars of this great tune.
As a jazz pianist, I have played this tune hundreds of times, and depending on how you arrange it and depending on the tempo you play it in, it can be an exciting tune as well as a very sad tune. I remember the night Henry Mancini also played on the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson was host. After playing, he walked over to meet Johnny and sat down. They began to talk, and Henry's health came up in conversation and he said "well, I've got the big "C"....."and I hope it doesn't turn into the big "D". He was announcing that he had cancer and he hoped it would not result in his death.
For those of us who love his music and play it, a great composer like Mancini never dies, since he continues to live through others who still play his music. For me, his music is as fresh today as it was decades ago when he wrote it. I can say the same about Bach, whose music is still as fresh today as it was three hundred years ago.
Great music is timeless no matter when it is played. Singing melodies, rich harmony and great musical construction sounds always fresh, because it has all the elements of beauty, geometry and humanity in it. We're lucky that Henry Mancini was so talented in using all those elements to give us the wonderful music he wrote.
Bengt Krantz
The gift of melody and themes is made of a genius: Henry Mancini.
Pulsar Stargrave
This tune is so melancholy even under such pleasant circumstance it still chokes me up a little...
Gianni Giumpup
He knew when to shine and when to let others shine.
caroleborsu
Class, elegance, grace, and humility, all rolled into one human! Oh, and did I mention a great composer and musician too 😊
Carola Becker
Oh my gosh, what a master’s touch on those keys. Mr. Mancini was and will always be, a treasure. You are much missed, sir.❤️
life in general
The best there ever was, rest In peace Henry
Ed Keaton
Classic! He was one of the greats. Long live Mr. Mancini.
Pepper Williams
Henry Mancini couldn't do no harm! His arrangements and playing were flawless. And composed some of the best melodies ever!!! I bought his arranging book when I was in College and wore it out! Another genius gone way too soon RIP
TheMindensFinest
I have to cry with joy it's so nice that these melodies really fill my heart 🥰
Luis Humberto Vega
I have been a musician since my teens and as such I find so intriguing the use of the word 'play' in the English language. Being from Puerto Rico, the only Spanish translation of 'play' we use is 'jugar', which refers to what childen do with their toys, not what musicians do with their instruments. The word we use is 'tocar', which in English is 'touch', not 'play'. So 'yo toco (from 'tocar') el piano' is 'I play the piano'. The same occurs with 'play' as used related to the theater, the word we use in Spanish is 'obra', which means 'work'.