Barbra Streisand – Yentl – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:46:39 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Soundtrack, Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the film and soundtrack ‘Yentl’. The movie established Barbra Streisand as a director of uncommon depth and sensitivity. Her efforts were rewarded with two Golden Globe awards – one for Best Motion Picture Musical, and most notably, another for Best Director. Barbra was the first woman to win in this prestigious category. This anniversary edition of the ‘Yentl’ OST runs over 2 discs: Disc one features the original ‘Yentl’ soundtrack. Disc two features 15 tracks that Barbra recorded as demos in her living room – on a stereo cassette deck – in order to get the movie made – with Barbra narrating each track. The recordings feature Barbra accompanied only with Michel Legrand on piano.
Billed as both a Barbra Streisand album and as an original motion picture soundtrack, Yentl contains the songs, sung by Streisand and written by Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, that the character played by Streisand sings as internal monologues in the film, sometimes with spoken dialogue interspersed. (The album is filled out by “studio versions” of two of the songs, “The Way He Makes Me Feel” and “No Matter What Happens,” played on contemporary electronic instruments, rather than in the orchestral settings used for the rest of the songs.) With such a thematic base, the music has an unusual consistency, and written specifically for Streisand, it makes use of her emotional expressiveness, phrasing, and timing as a singer. But it was also written as a complement to the film and on its own comes across as a group of isolated musical plot highlights rather than as a coherent song cycle. (Yentl won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.) – William Ruhlmann
Tracklist:
1-1. Barbra Streisand – Where Is It Written? (04:54)
1-2. Barbra Streisand – Papa, Can You Hear Me? (03:33)
1-3. Barbra Streisand – This Is One Of Those Moments (04:12)
1-4. Barbra Streisand – No Wonder (02:31)
1-5. Barbra Streisand – The Way He Makes Me Feel (03:46)
1-6. Barbra Streisand – No Wonder (Part Two) (03:25)
1-7. Barbra Streisand – Tomorrow Night (04:45)
1-8. Barbra Streisand – Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way (03:06)
1-9. Barbra Streisand – No Matter What Happens (04:04)
1-10. Barbra Streisand – No Wonder (Reprise) (01:07)
1-11. Barbra Streisand – A Piece Of Sky (04:24)
1-12. Barbra Streisand – The Way He Makes Me Feel (Studio Version) (04:13)
1-13. Barbra Streisand – No Matter What Happens (Studio Version) (03:19)
1-14. Barbra Streisand – Where Is It Written? (Demo) (05:16)
1-15. Barbra Streisand – Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Demo) (03:12)
1-16. Barbra Streisand – The Way He Makes Me Feel (Demo) (03:36)
1-17. Barbra Streisand – Several Sins A Day (Demo) (03:53)
1-18. Barbra Streisand – No Wonder (Demo) (05:35)
1-19. Barbra Streisand – Tomorrow Night (Demo) (06:06)
1-20. Barbra Streisand – Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way (Demo) (03:32)
1-21. Barbra Streisand – The Moon And I (Demo) (04:30)
1-22. Barbra Streisand – A Piece Of Sky (Demo) (04:31)
1-23. Barbra Streisand – Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Studio Version) (03:35)
1-24. Barbra Streisand – Several Sins A Day (Orchestrated Version) (03:09)
1-25. Barbra Streisand – Where Is It Written? (02:37)
1-26. Barbra Streisand – Papa, Can You Hear Me? (Single Version) (02:59)
1-27. Barbra Streisand – This Is One Of Those Moments (Reprise) (01:21)
1-28. Barbra Streisand – End Title: Where Is It Written? / Papa, Can You Hear Me? / This Is One Of Those Moments / No Wonder / The Way He Makes Me Feel / Will Someone Ever Look At Me That Way / No Matter What Happens / No Wonder (Reprise) / A Piece Of Sky (Instrumental Medley) (05:13)
