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| | Lost Horizon: Original Soundtrack (1973 Film) | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Razor & Tie | | Release Date : | | 1997-08-19 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Introduction/Lost Horizon - Shawn Phillips
2. Share the Joy - Olivia Hussey
3. World Is a Circle - Liv Ullman, Bobby Van
4. Living Together, Growing Together - Shangri-La Chorus
5. I Might Frighten Her Away - Peter Finch, Liv Ullman
6. Things I Will Not Miss - Olivia Hussey, Sally Kellerman
7. If I Could Go Back - Peter Finch
8. Where Knowledge Ends (Faith Begins) - Liv Ullman
9. Question Me an Answer - Bobby Van
10. I Come to You - Peter Finch, Liv Ullman
11. Reflections - Sally Kellerman
12. Lost Horizon [Single Version] - Shawn Phillips
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Lost Horizon
Submitted on: 2009-09-29 |
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| Lamentyablemente cometi un error al solicitar este producto pues yo crei que era la pelicula. Me interesaria obtener esta version de Lost Horizon y no la mas antigua. La musica sin la pelicula no tiene realmente valor |
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 A fond memory of a simpler time...
Submitted on: 2009-09-20 |
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| I remember seeing Lost Horizon in the theater and loving the music (and developing a crush on Bobby Van). I found the soundtrack on LP for 3 bucks at the grocery store not long after and still have it. Great fun, I mean, Peter Finch sings! Liv Ullmann dances! What's not to love about that!? This is after all, music by Hal David & Burt Bacharach. The only song I don't care for is probably the only one that charted, the Living Together, Working Together song that 5th Dimension also recorded. |
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I love it
Submitted on: 2009-09-07 |
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| A great CD. I knew it was very old and I didn't think it was available any longer. I was thrilled to get it! |
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WAKE UP PEOPLE! This is a WONDERFUL and unique kind of musical
Submitted on: 2009-07-15 |
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The 1973 musical version of LOST HORIZON is the most wonderful endearing and campy musical films of ALL TIME. The 1973 musical remake of the James Hilton novel about mythical SHANGRI-LA! is a real special gem. Music by BURT BACHARACH and lyrics by HAL David. A strange mixture of straight drama, adventure and musical sequences. It has the distinction of being the ONLY anti war musical fantasy ever filmed.
This film was a critical and financial disappointment in the United States, but made a lot of money overseas. Only in America did it fail. Highly different and unique in it's approach as a film musical, it deserves far better credit than it's given. As a story, LOST HORIZON is an incredible adventure and both the 1937 Frank Capra film and this 1973 musical are faithful adaptations of the James Hilton novel. What I like about the 1973 version is the freedom in which the musical numbers are presented. The film has a prestigious cast and a gifted director and cinematographer. This is a BURT BACHARACH Shangri-La and it's a wonderful place. Songs like THE WORLD IS A CIRCLE, SHARE THE JOY and LIVING TOGETHER, GROWING TOGETHER evoke a happiness that Hilton wrote about in his novel. Why shouldn't Shangri-La be a slightly goofy place? The two love songs, I MIGHT FRIGHTEN HER AWAY and the deleted I COME TO YOU are the sensitive spots in the picture. There's a peacefulness and soft spoken quality in both these songs that is very much keeping with the philosophy of the story. Moreover, THE THINGS I WILL NOT MISS is a good duet with a strong melody. It's a nice exchange of different types of perspective and who can fault with Olivia Hussey and Sally Kellerman stomping, singing and dancing on tables? They're a wonderful team and the number is well staged.
I always found it interesting in this story how the High Lama kidnaps someone from the outside world to take his place in Shangri-La. The character of the High Lama is a gentle soul but somewhat radical in his view of mankind as a whole. He has no hope for the world outside of Shangri-La. If this film were to be remade today, it would be interesting to see more emphasis put on the leading character, RICHARD ONWAY'S conflict with what he left behind in the outside world as opposed to what he's found in Shangri-La.
Of course, for the film to be believable, the character of RICHARD CONWAY must be presented as suffering amnesia at the end, like he was in the book. Neither film versions of LOST HORIZON were faithful to the novel in that regard. Did Conway find Shangri-La or was it imagined? Did they all die in the plane crash? Every man has his own idea of what his Shangri-La would be. The conflict with Conway wanting to believe in Shangri-La and returning to his old life in the outside world is powerful. I like the melancholy on the faces of Kellerman, Kennedy and Van as they watch their friends leave the mystical valley. Interesting how Conway doesn't want to leave paradise, but is being pressured out by his brother. Both versions of LOST HORIZON work in different ways, but both are successful in probing James Hiltons ideas of a hidden valley where money has no value and moderation is the rule. So in a sense it's anti capitalism in it's theme where as money and materialism is not the motivation. Human kindness, decency, compassion, courtesy, etiquette and living harmoniously with each other is the rule.
LOST HORIZON has a much stronger story than most musicals. It attempts to answer the basic fundamental questions of life and one can hardly fault it for not succeeding. One has to remember that LOST HORIZON in 1973 was post CABARET. It was no longer fashionable for characters to break out in song in a musical, much less to be dubbed by other singers. LOST HORIZON was an easy target for jaded critics. The expectations for it were high, almost unreasonable. There were two targets to be hit, the producer, ROSS HUNTER and BURT BACHARACH and the critics were out to get both of them. Ross Hunter had enjoyed decades of financial success as a producer and LOST HORIZON was his follow up film to his 1970 blockbuster AIRPORT That film was Universals biggest moneymaker up to that time and the success of that picture triggered a decade of disaster films. For years AIRPORT was the most watched film ever to be shown on television. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture. At the time, Burt Bacharach and Hal David were the most successful songwriters in the country. The unabashed sentimentality of LOST HORIZON hardly had a chance in the wake of the breakdown of censorship in films like EASY RIDER, MIDNIGHT COWBOY and THE GODFATHER. Sex and violence was a new frontier in the late 60's and early 70's Audiences were flocking to films with content that they were not use to seeing on the screen. Lavish musicals were no longer well received no matter how well they were made. Today LOST HORIZON can be enjoyed and appreciated on several levels. It's the ultimate escapist film with a strong story, wonderful music, an expensive budget and some quirky humor. It's unconventional in the sense that the music is not introduced until 45 minutes into the film. It changes course mid way when the mystical valley is introduced and why not? LOST HORIZON '73 is a heavenly film that deserves rediscovering. A lost and legendary treasure deserving far better than it's reputation. |
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A Delight Almost Lost
Submitted on: 2009-03-08 |
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| The songs from the much maligned musical of 1973 are a delight to hear and the lyrics a delight ponder. The production was panned for various reasons -- among them: the music being too upbeat or frivolous for such a serious subject, the principal cast having almost no Asians, a plethora of Western values inappropriately transplanted into the esoteric milieu of Shangri-La, and being just plain "corny". However, the lamented Westernized emphasis was not only traditional in Hollywood but understandable because the film was designed to appeal to Western audiences. Regretfully, some material deleted from the original released version due to poor audience acceptance has become lost over the years. Thankfully, the final released version has been preserved. Apart from the justification of some of the criticisms, perhaps the critics failed to appreciate what the 14th Dalai Lama has often stated: the purpose of life is to be happy. |
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