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Max Steiner
Casablanca: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Medley: Main Title/Prologue
2. Medley (It Had To Be You/Shine) - Dooley Wilson
3. Knock On Wood - Dooley Wilson
4. Rick And Renault* (The Very Thought Of You)
5. Arrival Of Ilsa And Victor At Rick's (Love For Sale)
6. Play It Sam... Play 'As Time Goes By' (Avalon/As Time Goes By)
7. Of All The Gin Joints In All The Towns In All The World...
8. Medley: Paris Montage
9. Medley: At La Belle Aurore
10. Ilsa Returns To Rick's
11. Medley (Die Wacht Am Rhein/La Marseillaise)
12. Ilsa Demands The Letters
13. Rick Confronts Ilsa And Laszlo
14. Airport Finale/Here's Looking At You, Kid
15. Medley (Shine/It Had To Be You) (Alternate Orchestral Version)
16. Dat's What Noah Done - Dooley Wilson
17. Knock On Wood - Dooley Wilson
18. Medley (Ilsa Returns/As Time Goes By)
19. Medley (Laszlo/As Time Goes By)
20. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson

CD Details

All Artists: Max Steiner
Title: Casablanca: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rhino / Wea
Original Release Date: 10/14/1997
Release Date: 10/14/1997
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 081227291129, 724382350224

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Its exotic locale, the romantic chemistry of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman with a gripping equation of star-crossed romance and hard-boiled valor made Casablanca an Oscar-winning surpise that erased Warner Brothers studio executives' disappointment in George Raft for not signing on as Rick, the suave, mysterious proprietor of the café that serves as ground zero for this timeless 1942 classic. Max Steiner's urgent score, and the equally contentious insertion of Dooley Wilson's now indelible saloon reading of "As Time Goes By," has made the film's music an integral piece of this pop cultural puzzle, finally enjoying a formal soundtrack issue more than a half century after theatrical release. As part of Rhino's ambitious soundtrack project with Turner Entertainment, which owns the film, Casablanca is anything but tossed-off, restoring extensive portions of the original score along with evocative dialog excerpts and annotating the history of the film and its sonic counterpart. Here's looking at you, kid. --Sam Sutherland

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Member CD Reviews

Tess G. (Duplica123) from MADISON, WI
Reviewed on 12/3/2010...

I love this movie and enjoy the soundtrack! This CD also has several scenes of dialogue which is fun at times, but does cover some of the music which sorta defeats the "soundtrack" idea. Also, this could not get a perfect 5 stars because the music is fuzzy, as if you're listening to a vinyl record or the old VHS tape of the movie.

CD Reviews

How Disappointing

Luis M. Ramos | Caracas, Venezuela | 07/08/2000

(2 out of 5 stars)

""Casablanca" is my favorite movie of all time. I felt extremely happy when I heard that an original soundtrack of Max Steiner's great score was to be released. However, my illusions became shattered when I bought this CD because almost all the dialogue from the movie was included on this Rhino release. I felt so disappointed at that. It would be better to buy the movie instead."

As Time Goes By...and other standards

Alex Diaz-Granados | Miami, FL United States | 09/21/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Of all the soundtrack recordings I own, this is the most unusual. Yes, it features Max Steiner's score and the various vocal renditions of standards as we saw and them in Rick's Cafe Americain...including Herman Hupfeld's "As Time Goes By." And although this isn't the first soundtrack to incorporate dialog from the film, it's the only one I have ever owned in this format.The score by composer Steiner is reminiscent of his music for a movie also set in French North Africa (Algiers), with melodies and rhythms that evoke the desert and alien cultures of the region. Interpolating the French national anthem and (reluctantly) As Time Goes By, as well as snippets of Germany's national anthem, Steiner's music sets the tone for the conflict both out in the wider world at war and in Rick Blaine's disillusioned heart. Adding punch and poignancy to Steiner's score are recordings of "Dooley" Wilson, the Warner Bros. Orchestra, and pianist Elliot Carpenter (the real ivories-tickler behind "Sam Waters'" playing) as they performs such wonderful numbers as "Knock on Wood," "It Had To Be You," "The Very Thought of You," "Frenesi," and, of course, the incomparable "As Time Goes By." And as a bonus, Casablanca fans will be thrilled to hear many of the great lines from the movie, spoken by Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, and other cast members. Some of these exchanges will make you smile, others will make you mist up. Others will help you settle bets ("See, no one in the movie ever, ever says, 'Play it again, Sam.'")."