Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the Grammy Award winning soundtrack album to the 1973 American film Jonathan Livingston Seagull, recorded by singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and produced by Tom Catalano.
The album was released on Columbia Records. The album grossed more than the film itself. It was Diamond’s ninth studio album, and his first album after his successful 1972 live album Hot August Night.
It won the 1974 Grammy as Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special...
Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the Grammy Award winning soundtrack album to the 1973 American film Jonathan Livingston Seagull, recorded by singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and produced by Tom Catalano.
The album was released on Columbia Records. The album grossed more than the film itself. It was Diamond’s ninth studio album, and his first album after his successful 1972 live album Hot August Night.
It won the 1974 Grammy as Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special.
Track Listing
Side one
01. - “Prologue” - And here begins our story – the sky, the sea, the flock. - 3:19
02. - “Be” - Introduction of Jonathan – his flight and fall. - 6:28
03. - “Flight Of The Gull” - Jonathan is carried to the heights of ambition, and to near catastrophe. - 2:23
04. - “Dear Father” - Battered, and near death, Jonathan asks for reasons. - 5:12
05. - “Skybird” - Returning home to show what he has learned, his acrobatics only serve to anger the flock elders. He is put on trial, and forever…outcast. - 1:12
06. - “Lonely Looking Sky” - Alone and adrift. - 3:12
Side two
07. - “The Odyssey (Be – Lonely Looking Sky – Dear Father)” - And so begins a journey, an odyssey, a test of the spirit. - 9:28
08. - “Anthem” - “Transcend, purify, glorious.” - 3:03
09. - “Be” - Jonathan returns to teach the flock. - 1:06
10. - “Skybird” - The lesson - 2:18
11. - “Dear Father” - Rebuked again by the elders, Jonathan attempts to rally the flock. - 1:14
12. - “Be” - Recapitulation and farewell to Fletcher - 3:26
Personnel
Produced by Tom Catalano
Engineered by Armin Steiner
Executive Art Director: Ron Coro
Art Direction and Design: David Larkham, Michael Ross
Album Design and Photography: Ed Caraeff
Inside Cover Portrait Photo by Tom Burke
Arranged and Conducted by Lee Holdridge
Released: 1973
Genre: Motion Picture Soundtrack
Length - 43:29
Label: Columbia
Producer: Tom Catalano
Review scores
Rolling Stone - (mixed)
Allmusic - 3.5/5 stars
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