''The Movie Album'' is the thirtieth studio album by American singer

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, released on October 14, 2003, by

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. Overall, her sixtieth release with her record label, it was executively produced by Streisand and her manager, Jay Landers. A

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, it contains twelve songs from the singer's favorite films ranging in release from 1935 to 1988. While curating the album, Streisand was inspired by her marriage to actor

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to record songs about love and relationships. To better fit her needs, songwriting duo

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were commissioned to add lyrics to several of the songs Streisand had chosen to record. Individual songs on the parent album were produced by Streisand, Robbie Buchanan, and

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. The record contains

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compositions accompanied by a 75-piece film orchestra, recorded on set at various studio locations in

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during June and July 2003. Simultaneously with the release of ''The Movie Album'', Columbia Records distributed a sampler

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(EP) version of the album titled ''Selections from the Movie Album''. A deluxe edition with audio commentary and music videos for her covers of "

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" and "

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" was released exclusively in the United States. Streisand also performed live on ''

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'', marking her first televised performance in forty years.

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highlighted Streisand's singing ability and the lushness of the album as a whole. However, some felt the collection of songs was boring and ultimately disappointing. Nonetheless, it received a

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for

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in 2004. Commercially, ''The Movie Album'' reached the top ten of

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s in Canada and the United States. It also received record certifications in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ''The Movie Album'' is Streisand's best-selling studio album from the 2000s and has since sold over 694,000 copies in the United States.

Background and development

''The Movie Album'' is Streisand's sixtieth album overall as a signed artist with

. It contains twelve songs from some of the singer's favorite films released since her birth year. Furthermore, she told Ileane Rudolph in an interview with ''

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'' that her covers of "

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" and "More in Love with You" are her two favorite tracks on ''The Movie Album''. Regarding her decision for to record a

, she said: "I’ve always been very influenced by the movies, ever since I was a kid and kind of dreamed in the movies. A lot of the songs come from my memories of how that music affected me." The album was released on October 14, 2003, through her label and is the singer's thirtieth studio effort and first studio album of original material in the 2000s. Despite the title of the record being ''The Movie Album'', it does not contain any of the songs that Streisand has recorded specifically for any of her films. However, the singer did state, in an interview with ''

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'', that "she would like to work again in film and would even consider doing another movie musical". Recording sessions for ''The Movie Album'' took place at various studio locations throughout

in June and July 2003: Streisand worked at

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, Grandma's House in Malibu, and The Hop in

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. A limited edition deluxe version, limited to 250,000 CD copies, with a bonus DVD including two previously unreleased music videos for "Wild Is the Wind" and "I'm in the Mood for Love" was released. It also features a live visual with Streisand discussing the album's tracks titled "Song Commentary". Alongside the release of ''The Movie Album'', Columbia Records distributed a sampler

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(EP) version of the album titled ''Selections from the Movie Album'', featuring Streisand's renditions of "Smile", "

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", and "

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". For further promotion, the singer was a guest on ''

'' on October 14, 2003, and performed songs from ''The Movie Album''; it marked her first appearance on national television since 1963.

Inspiration and songs

With ''The Movie Album'', Streisand wanted to share her favorite tracks written specifically for movies from the years 1935 to 1988. To achieve a cinematic quality to the album's songs, she sung over a 75-piece orchestra that is rarely seen in popular music. Conducted by the orchestra,

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s are present on each of the album's twelve tracks. Featuring

pieces, a theme common within the lyrics on ''The Movie Album'' is "mature love", which

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's William Ruhlmann felt reflected the singer's age. The singer was also inspired by her marriage to husband

. Streisand executively produced the collection with her manager, Jay Landers, and Robbie Buchanan and

are credited as additional producers on four of the album's tracks. It opens with a cover of

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's "

", from the 1936 film '' Modern Times''. According to Streisand, she was inspired to record the song after receiving a new dog from her husband as a birthday present, following the decision to put down her Bijon Frise dog earlier that same year. The second song is "Moon River", which was originally performed by

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and taken from '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961). Streisand's cover of "

", from 1935's ''

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'', is the oldest song that appears on ''The Movie Album'', and was written by

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and

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. In the album's fourth track, "

", Streisand places emphasis on the romantic song lyric "You're life itself!", which Ruhlmann from AllMusic considered to be convincing as a singer. She claimed that she had always wanted to perform a rendition of "Wild Is the Wind" after hearing

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sing it live on ''

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''. " Emily" follows and is the only track on ''The Movie Album'' to receive additional production from

, who is also credited as one of its four registered songwriters. Written by Mandel for the 1964 film ''

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'', he was also commissioned to write an additional verse for "Emily" to fulfill Streisand's likings. The singer expressed interest in recording

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's instrumental theme "More in Love with You", from

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's 1962 film ''

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'', after it served as one of the songs in her wedding to Brolin. Since the track contained no lyrics, songwriter duo

received permission from Previn's family to contribute verses over the original composition. "

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", used in 1982's '' Best Friends'', is the collection's seventh song and was written by the Bergmans and

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. Like "More in Love with You", it features additional "bittersweet" lyrics that were not used in the original version of the song; it contains a "flowing melody" and the lyrics "represent a larger-than-life

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kind of love". The singer sang " But Beautiful" because she considered it to be a "positive song" with a tinge of sadness to it; she elaborated: "It’s a fantastic lyric, because it’s the truth. It talks about love. It’s cheerful, gay, sad, happy, quiet, mad, but it’s beautiful. Love is all those things. And you want it, no matter how painful it is." It was originally heard in the 1947 American film ''

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''. A cover of

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's "Calling You" is the ninth track and was specifically written for the

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to the 1987 German film '' Bagdad Café''. As an addition, it contains a "newly penned third verse" from the song's original writer,

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. Streisand chose to sing

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and

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's " The Second Time Around" as she felt the song's meaning becomes "much more pleasant when you're older". "Goodbye for Now" was written by

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for the American film ''

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'' (1981). Streisand decided to record the version that appears in the actual film rather than what is featured on the accompanying soundtrack. A cover of ''

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''s " You're Gonna Hear from Me" serves as the closing track to ''The Movie Album''. Ruhlmann suggested that it is reminiscent of Streisand's 1964 single "

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Critical reception

Music reviewers appreciated Streisand's decision to record an album based upon songs from films; American film critic

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described ''The Movie Album'' as a "wonderful ndunexpected collection of songs

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beautiful renditions"; describing his admiration for the effort, he said: "Any album that opens with Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile' has got me hooked." Larry Flick from '' The Advocate'' applauded Streisand for "challeng ngherself" on songs like "Moon River", "But Beautiful", and "Calling You". He also compared the film-centric concept for the album to ''The Broadway Album'' and wrote: "Streisand is in top form with a collection that reminds us why we loved her in the first place." William Ruhlmann from AllMusic awarded ''The Movie Album'' three out of his five stars in his album review. He called it remarkable that Streisand was able to "retain ..purity and range in her voice" given her age. Comparing its strength to her 1985 studio album, ''

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'', he wrote that even if others did not agree with him, "it nevertheless gives the listener some superior new takes on standards the singer has not addressed previously and uncovers a gem or two that had been overlooked till now." ''

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''s Michael Paoletta selected ''The Movie Album'' as one of three albums for his "Essential Reviews" column in the weekly magazine. He applauded it for being a "lush collection

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reveals a range of emotions"; he also found the album to prove that the singer "remains in a league of her own". However,

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from ''

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'' felt the exact opposite. While she did find the singer's voice to be "as perfect as ever" and the music to "sound ..lush", she stated: "Yet there's little spark or emotion from Streisand on any of these songs". Concluding her album review, Moody wrote: "What Streisand intended as a loving tribute is instead a sterile treatment that is ultimately disappointing." Tom Santopietro, author of ''The Importance of Being Barbra: The Brilliant, Tumultuous Career of Barbra Streisand'', also disliked ''The Movie Album'' and claimed that its inclusion of too many

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s was one of the issues; he also claimed that the general listener will find the album boring due to the fact that "there is nothing compelling rnothing demanding one's attention". He did, however, highlight Streisand' versions of "More in Love with You" and "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?".

Accolades

Streisand was nominated at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards under the

category for ''The Movie Album''. As a solo artist, it was her 38th nomination overall. However, she lost to

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and

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's joint album, '' A Wonderful World'' (2002).

Commercial performance

''The Movie Album'' debuted and peaked on the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 5, during the week of November 1, 2003. It was the week's third highest entry, behind

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's chart-topping '' Measure of a Man'' and Jagged Edge's effort ''

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'', which entered at number three. It became Streisand's first top ten entry since her twenty-eighth studio album, ''

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'', in 1999. ''The Movie Album'' also was the week's second best-selling digital album according to ''Billboard''s Top Internet Albums component chart, behind ''Measure of a Man''. The record spent fourteen weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was later certified Gold by

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for shipments of 500,000 copies on November 18, 2003, less than three weeks after its release. ''The Movie Album'' serves as Streisand's best-selling album from the 2000s and has sold over 694,000 copies in the United States as of October 15, 2014. On the

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, newly compiled by ''Billboard'', it entered and peaked at number ten, becoming Streisand's first appearance on the chart. In Australia, the record peaked at number 36 on the official albums chart and received a Gold certification from the

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in 2003 for shipments of 35,000 units. In Europe, ''The Movie Album'' entered several record charts in lower positions. According to the

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, the album peaked at number 25 in the United Kingdom, and would go on to receive a Silver certification from the

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for shipments of 60,000 copies. Elsewhere, it reached the top 40 on Belgium's Flanders chart, and in Greece, Scotland, and Spain. Its lowest positions were achieved in Italy, Germany, and on Belgium's Wallonia chart, where it reached positions 50, 85, and 98, respectively.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the standard edition liner notes of ''The Movie Album''. * Barbra Streisand vocals, producer, executive producer * Robbie Buchanan producer , arranger , conductor , orchestration , keyboards * Mike Lang keyboards * Mark Portman keyboards *

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piano, keyboards *

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piano * Tom Rainer piano * Michael Thompson guitar *

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guitar *

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guitar * John Pisano guitar *

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bass * Neil Stubenhaus bass *

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violin * Gayle Levant harp *

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drums *

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drums * Paulinho Da Costa percussion * Tom Scott saxophone * Warren Luening flugelhorn *

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flute *

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harmonica * Windy Wagner backing vocals * David Blumberg transcription * Jeremy Lubbock arranger , conductor *

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arranger , conductor * Alexander Courage orchestration * Richard Jay-Alexander liner notes * Jay Landers executive producer *

producer , arranger , conductor *

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mastering * David Reitzas mixer, recording * Scott Erickson recording * Moogy Canazio recording *

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recording *

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recording * Stewart Whitmore digital editor

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links

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