The Prince of Tides Motion Picture Soundtrack 1991

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“The Prince of Tides” 

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991)

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Catalog Number: CK 48627

ABOUT THE ALBUM:
  • Released November 12, 1991
  • Original Score Composed by James Newton Howard
  • Produced by Barbra Streisand and James Newton Howard
  • Orchestra Conducted by Marty Paich
  • Orchestrations by Brad Dechter, Marty Paich, Humme Mann
  • A&R for Columbia Records: Jay Landers
  • Assistant to Ms. Streisand: Ari Sloane
  • Original Recording Engineers & Mixers: Shawn Murphy, John Arrias, Bill Schnee
  • Photography: Jurgen Vollmer
  • Liner Notes: Barbra Streisand
  • “Please note—Ms. Streisand's vocal performances were recorded exclusively for this Compact Disc release. They do not appear in the film The Prince of Tides.”

Tracks

  1. Main Title [4:27]
  2. Teddy Bears [0:55]
  3. To New York [1:28]
  4. The Bloodstain [1:18]
  5. The Fishmarket [0:58]
  6. The New York Willies [2:42]
  7. The Village Walk [2:59]
  8. Lila's Theme [3:09]
  9. Home Movies [1:35]
  10. Daddy's Home [1:37]
  11. The Hallway (Love Theme) [2:43]
  12. They Love You Dad [0:43]
  13. So Cruel [1:33]
  14. Savannah Awakes [1:02]
  15. Love Montage [3:59]
  16. Tom Comes Home [1:13]
  17. The Outdoors [1:16]
  18. Tom's Breakdown [1:04]
  19. The Street [3:10]
  20. For All We Know (instrumental) [2:17]  (J.F. Coots / S.M. Lewis)
  21. The Reunion [2:21]
  22. End Credits [3:45]
  23. FOR ALL WE KNOW (vocal by Barbra Streisand) [4:14] (J.F. Coots / S.M. Lewis)
  24. PLACES THAT BELONG TO YOU (vocal by Barbra Streisand) [3:38] (J. Newton Howard / A. Bergman / M. Bergman)

About the Album

Barbra Streisand originally intended for Oscar-winning film composer John Barry to write the score for her film The Prince of Tides. But when Streisand the director and Barry the composer could not come to an agreement on how to work together, Barry left the project. 


John Barry’s explanation of what happened — from his interview at the Cinemusic conference interview in Gstaad, Switzerland (March 7, 1996) — sounds a bit naive. “I was asked by Barbra Streisand to do The Prince of Tides — I live in New York, she lives in Los Angeles — and I went and met with her, and she showed me some footage, and she said, ‘Why aren't you moving to Los Angeles?’ and I said, ‘Absolutely not.’ And she said, ‘Well, I like to know what's going on’. Barbra's an extreme case, by the way—and I said, ‘Even if I did move to Los Angeles, I have no desire to meet with you once I know what I'm going to do. I can't work with someone over my shoulder, absolutely no way.’”


That didn't stop John Barry from recording his rejected Prince of Tides theme and performing it in concert with an introduction in which he said it was a theme Barbra Streisand “didn't like.” Retitled “Moviola,” the theme appeared on Barry's 1992 movie theme album.


James Newton Howard was nominated for an Oscar for Original Score.


BILLBOARD CHARTS


The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine.


Here's the numbers for this Streisand album:

 

  • Debut Chart Date: 1-11-92
  • No. Weeks on Billboard 200 Albums Chart: 12
  • Peak Chart Position: #84
  • Gold/Platinum: none awarded

 

The “Prince of Tides” Songs

Barbra Streisand sings one of The Prince of Tides songs.

“For All We Know”

  • Performed by: Barbra Streisand
  • Produced by: Barbra Streisand & James Newton Howard
  • Written by: J. Fred Coots & Sam M. Lewis
  • Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by: Johnny Mandel
  • Saxophone Solo by: Kirk Whalum
  • Recorded at Capitol Studios by: Shawn Murphy
  • Mixed at Schnee Studio by: Bill Schnee

Johnny Mandel started working with Streisand on “For All We Know” in late spring 1991. “I played some synthesizer parts for her and she sang,” he said. “I worked out what chords I needed, then went home and wrote the arrangement.”


Mandel then took about a week to score the chart for the song before returning to the studio to record it. “The recording, done in June in Capitol Records' Studio A, didn't take long,” Mandel said. “Barbra came in, and we did eight or nine great takes, each one of which could have been a release.”


Streisand wrote some interesting liner notes for this song:


One of the presents my son Jason gave me for my last birthday was a CD of the classic Billie Holiday album “Lady in Satin”—it was one of the few albums I'd ever bought when I was 16 years old.


I needed a melody for a scene in THE PRINCE OF TIDES where Nick Nolte and I dance together at The Rainbow Room. One of the songs on Billie's record was “For All We Know”. It was so beautiful and the lyric was so perfect—as if it were written especially for the film ...


Kirk Whalum, the jazz saxophonist from Memphis, soloed on this track. “[Streisand] heard my version of 'For All We Know' and wanted me to be a part of the movie The Prince of Tides,” Whalum told Memphis Flyer. “In the studio, she sang it and I played the solo. Everybody was sort of holding their breath, because she can be a perfectionist. She looks over at me and says, 'What do you think?' Yeah, I'm a boy from Memphis sitting there in Hollywood and Barbra Streisand is asking me what I think. A moment that will live in infamy.”


“Places That Belong To You”


  • Performed by: Barbra Streisand
  • Produced by: James Newton Howard & Barbra Streisand
  • Music by: James Newton Howard
  • Lyrics by: Alan & Marilyn Bergman
  • Orchestra Conducted by: Marty Paich
  • Arranged by: Brad Dechter, Marty Paich, Humme Mann
  • Recorded at Sony Studios Scoring Stage by: Shawn Murphy
  • Mixed at Conway Recording by: John Arrias

I had the great fortune to interview Marilyn and Alan Bergman for Barbra Archives when they were in Washington, D.C. in 2007. I asked them about “Places That Belong To You”.


Matt Howe: I love that song.


Marilyn Bergman: It’s a beautiful melody that James Newton Howard wrote.


MH: I reviewed the lyrics and the song is from Barbra’s character’s perspective, right?


Alan Bergman: You have a combination of the character and the story. Also, the melody is indigenous to that story.


MB: Actually, it’s [Dr. Lowenstein’s] story. In the movie, it’s her story, in a way. It’s their relationship, I guess. The book is told from the perspective of [the character] Tom Wingo. At the end of the movie, as I remember, he’s driving over a bridge and he says her name (“Lowenstein, Lowenstein…”).


AB: It’s ambiguous at the end, really.


MB: It’s that idea that whenever there’s a deep relationship in one’s life, even though it’s in the past, there’s always a part – we’ve written about this a few times. We wrote it in “Where Do You Start” – there’s always a little part that stays, that sticks to the lining of your heart.


AB: It’s the same idea, though. Something remains.


MB: We really believe that. The idea keeps coming up.


Streisand explained in her liner notes for the CD why she did not utilize this song in the actual movie:


As the director of THE PRINCE OF TIDES I felt it wasn't right for Barbra Streisand (or Susan Lowenstein) to sing at the end of the film. But it was such a beautiful melody that we asked Alan and Marilyn Bergman to write a lyric to it so I could include it on this soundtrack recording. If Lowenstein did sing, I think this is what she would say.


Barbra elaborated about keeping the song in the movie to the Boston Globe in 1991: “It's his story,” she said of Nick Nolte's character. “That's why I didn't sing the song at the end of the movie. I would have been paid a lot of money to sing the song, as much as I got paid to produce. But I felt it wasn't right. It was his story and what right would I have to come in and sing this song? My character is a secondary character.”

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