A TIME FOR US

RAY CONNIFF

SONGWRITER: NINO ROTA & HENRY MANCINI

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: THE ESSENTIAL RAY CONNIFF

LABEL: SONY

STAMP: COLUMBIA/LEGACY

GENRE: ROMANTIC SONG

YEAR: 2004

"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet", also known as "A Time for Us", is an instrumental arranged by Henry Mancini (from Nino Rota's music written for Franco Zeffirelli's film of Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey). It was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.

Rearranged by Mancini, the song started competing with rock and roll songs from The Beatles and the Rolling Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of Get Back by the Beatles as the top song.

This release also topped the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks where it was Mancini's sole number one on the chart.

A time for us some day there'll be

When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free

A time when dreams so long denied and flourish

As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us at last to see

A life worthwhile for you and me

And with our love through tears and thorns

We will endure as we pass surely through every storm

A time for us someday there'll be

A new world, a world of shining hope for you and me

A time for us some day there'll be

A new world, a world of shining hope for you and me.

MOON RIVER

ANDY WILLIAMS

SONGWRITERS: HENRY MANCINI & JOHNNY MERCER

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: MOON RIVER AND OTHER GREAT MOVIE THEMES

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1962

"Moon River" é uma música composta por Henry Mancini com letra de Johnny Mercer em 1961. Foi interpretado no filme Breakfast at Tiffany's por Audrey Hepburn, a estrela dos filmes, enquanto a própria música ganhou o Óscar de Melhor Canção Original daquele ano por Mercer e Mancini. O sucesso da música foi responsável pela re-estréia da carreira de Mercer como compositor, que fez sucesso em meados de 1950 com a substituição do rock and roll pelo jazz padrão como a música popular da época.

Mercer e Mancini inicialmente escreveram a música para Hepburn adaptar o alcance limitado da voz da atriz (Hepburn não era uma talentosa e estabelecida cantora). "Moon River" é introduzido por Hepburn durante a sequência onde o personagem de George Peppard, Paul 'Fred' Varjak, encontra Holly Golightly (Hepburn) cantando (com seu violão) na janela do seu apartamento.

Ainda que uma seleção original para o álbum Breakfast at Tiffany's fosse lançada, ela não contém a versão original de Hepburn. Entretanto, uma versão gravada por Mancini e seu coro foi lançada como uma canção e tornou-se uma música muito conhecida nos anos 60.

Subsequentemente, ela foi lançada pelo cantor sul-africano Danny Williams, que foi o nº 1 do Reino Unido. Logo após, Andy Williams (sem relação) foi quem fez da música um grande sucesso também (do mesmo modo longe de fazer sucesso igual à música-tema). Muitos outros artistas, incluindo Frank Sinatra, The Afghan Whigs, Morrissey, REM, Bradley Joseph, Victoria Williams e The Innocence Mission também fizeram suas versões da música. Ela esteve apenas alguns meses depois da morte de Hepburn em 1993 da qual a versão original foi finalmente lançada em um álbum. Apesar dos dois sucessos de Williams com a música, para muitos, a simples gravação de Hepburn é considerada a performance absoluta.

Uma entrada próxima de Savannah, Georgia, cidade natal de Johnny Mercer, foi nomeada "Moon River" em honra de sua música. Williams depois nomeou sua companhia de produção em Branson, Missouri depois da sua música.

Moon river, wider than a mile

I'm crossin' you in style someday

Oh, dream maker, you heartbreaker

Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way

Two drifters, off to see the world

There's such a lot of world to see

We're after the same rainbow's end

Waitin' 'round the bend

My huckleberry friend

Moon River, and me

Moon river, wider than a mile

I'm crossin' you in style someday

Oh, dream maker, you heartbreaker

Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way

Two drifters, off to see the world

There's such a lot of world to see

We're after the same rainbow's end

Waitin' 'round the bend

My huckleberry friend

Moon River, and me.

RAUTA

KORPIKLAANI BANDA

SONGWRITERS: JONNE JÄRVELÄ; LYRICS: TUOMAS KESKIMÄKI

ALBUM: MANALA

DIRECTOR: MARKKU KIRVES

FORMATS: CD, LP,

LABEL: NUCLEAR BLAST

GENRE: FOLK METAL

YEAR: 2012

Korpiklaani é uma banda de folk metal da Finlândia, fundada pelo vocalista e guitarrista Jonne Järvelä. Originalmente era chamada Shamaani Duo na época de sua formação, em 1993, e então mudou para Shaman em 1996.

Vocalista: Jonne Järvelä, Início da carreira: Lahti, Finlândia, Integrantes: Jonne Järvelä, Juho Kauppinen, Jarkko Aaltonen, Gravadoras: Nuclear Blast, Napalm Records

Iske rauta, synny rauta,

Synny kuumassa tulessa.

Iske rauta, nouse maasta,

Synny povissa luonnotarten.

Iske rauta, tapporauta,

Iskemällä sinä synnyt.

Iske rauta, musta rauta,

Kuuma tervan polttorauta.

Iske, iske, iske, iske….

Iske!

Kolme rautaa iskekäähän,

Teidät iski ilmarinen.

Iskeäkseen nosti maasta

Jäljistä petojen jalkain.

Iske rauta, synny rauta,

Muutu kuumassa tulessa.

Vanno rauta, tapporauta,

Älä koskaan omia iske.

Iske rauta, vaskirauta,

Iskuista teräsi saanet.

Iske rauta niin punainen,

Kuuman polton poikkirauta.

Iske rauta kauniin kirkas,

Iskuista sinäkin synnyt.

Iske rauta valkehinen,

Teroitettu tapporauta.

Iskuista sinäkin synnyt,

Iske, iske,

Iskuista sinäkin synnyt,

Iske, iske, iske!

Kolme rautaa iskekäähän,

Teidät iski ilmarinen.

Iskeäkseen nosti maasta

Jäljistä petojen jalkain.

Iske rauta, synny rauta,
Muutu kuumassa tulessa.
Vanno rauta, tapporauta,
Älä koskaan omia iske.

CHARADE

ANDY WILLIAMS

SONGWRITERS: HENRY MANCINI

& JOHNNY MERCER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE COLLECTION

LABEL: SONY MUSIC

STAMP: MÉLODIE

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2005

 

       Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold-certified and 3 platinum-certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, and numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy awards. The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri, is named after the song for which he is best known—Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini's "Moon River". He sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.

Williams was active in the music industry for over 70 years until his death in 2012.

Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, to Florence (née Finley) and Jay Emerson Williams, who worked in insurance and the post office. While living in Cheviot, Ohio, Williams attended Western Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He finished high school at University High School, in West Los Angeles, because of his family's move to California.

   

When we played our charade

We were like children posing

Playing at games, acting out names

Guessing the parts we played

 

Oh what a hit we made

We came on next to closing

Best on the bill, lovers until

Love left the masquerade

 

Fate seemed to pull the strings

I turned and you were gone

While from the darkened wings

The music box played on

 

Sad little serenade

Song of my heart's composing

I hear it still, I always will

Best on the bill, charade.