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Big Night: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 
 enlarge | Creator: Gary Demichele
Label: Tvt
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $10.03
You Save: $6.95 (41%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 6963
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 016581804029
EAN: 0016581804029
ASIN: B000000GTH
Release Date: September 17, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New. Ships direct from Australia via Airmail. Please allow approx. 14 days for delivery. Please Note: Not all items from Australia are factory-sealed.
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| Tracks:
| • | Stornelli Amorisi - Demichele, Gary | | • | Il Pescivendolo - Demichele, Gary | | • | La Strada del Bosco - Demichele, Gary | | • | Art of Art - DeMichele, Gary | | • | Oh Marie - DiCapua, Eddie | | • | Mambo Italiano - Demichele, Gary | | • | Love of My Life (O Sole Mio) - Traditional | | • | Dinner - DeMichele, Gary | | • | Tic Ti, Tic Ta - Lama | | • | Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days - Morris, Debbie | | • | Don't Take Your Love from Me - Nemo, Henry | | • | Buona Sera - DeRose, Peter | | • | Angular Dissent - DeMichele, Gary | | • | Mo Ve' la Bella Mia da la Mintagna - Demichele, Gary | | • | Pascal's Waltz - DeMichele, Gary | | • | Big Night Theme - DeMichele, Gary |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The great acting by Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci, and Tony Shalhoub explains only some of the magic of Big Night, for the trio share the screen with shot after shot of mouthwatering food and a lively Italian-American score featuring Louis Prima, Rosemary Clooney, Claudio Villa, and Keely Smith. The appearance of Prima himself at a restaurant opening plays a crucial role in the film's plot, but his music included here tells a different, much more joyous and carefree, story. This is one of the few retro soundtracks that don't resort to kitsch or lounge cliches, and all the Italian-American tracks work together well. --Jason Verlinde
Album Description
This 1996 film about two brothers struggling to keep their Italian restaurant open stars Stanley Tucci, Campbell Scott, and Tony Shalhoub. The soundtrack album features a great line up of beloved `50s era Italian-American classics including several cuts by the one and only Louis Prima. Out of print and unavailable for several years.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 never received December 24, 2008
I would love to review this item, but it NEVER arrived. I have sent 3 different emails to the vendor of this item, none of which have elicited a response. I ordered this item Nov 23rd as a gift for my wife - needless to say, she will not be receiving this gift. I am very disappointed in Amazon's service. I have done an online dispute, but have received no confirmation or resolution. Amazon should have an immediate refund policy when an item is not received. I will be very reluctant to use or recommend Amazon in the future.
 Haven't gotten tired of this soundtrack yet after 11 years! December 20, 2007
I saw the movie, Big Night, when it came out in 1996. Love Stanley Tucci in this! I bought the soundtrack soonafter. I literally wore out the cassette. After learning that Elvis Presley's Blue Christmas is no longer available, I didn't want to eventually discover that this soundtrack would suffer a similar fate. I am purchasing the cd today. It is a lively soundtrack that is a classic and can get you moving, singing, and in a good mood every time.
 Big Night Soundtrack March 8, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great Italian music. Makes you think of the movie as you listen to it.
Really good used good September 14, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The quality of the CD is excellent and I am completely satisfied with the transaction.
Great intro to Italian-American experience June 28, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
My husband is a second generation Italian-American and played this CD so much that it started growing on me. Actually, he played the movie from which this sound track was derived until I went nuts and got this CD for him. Although the movie is wonderful until you've seen it more than ten times, then it gets old, this soundtrack is timeless, and all the more so when my husband tells me what it was like growing up in his culture and listening to Louis Prima and other Italian and Italian-American music.Everything on this CD by Louis Prima is excellent. My favorite track of his is Buona Sera, but I also love the rendition of O Sole Mio with Sam Butera's fantastic saxophone work. Rosemary Clooney's Mambo Italiano is the sort of song that stays in your head even when you wish it would leave. It's delightful, but a tad too catchy. A bit of history: this was a successful hit for her, but she didn't like it, nor did she understand why it became a hit. Claudio Villa's "Strada del Bosco" (road through the woods) and "Tic-Ti Tic-Ta" are two of my favorite Italian tracks, with "Pescivendolo" (fish monger) a close third. Of course, if you saw the movie, the first track, "Stornelli Amorisi" by Claudio Villa will be immediately recognizable and will stick with you. I was not keen about the instrumentals ("Art of Art", "Dinner", "Pascal's Waltz", or "Big Night Theme"), but that may be because those tracks were so integrated into the movie that they just didn't sound right on a CD. I was also not too keen about Keely Smith's "Don't Take Your Love from Me". It just didn't have the same energy as some of the recordings she made on other records with Louis Prima. They were made for each other, and this track without his strong (overpowering?) presence and style shows it. All in all, this is a well put together set of tracks that capture the very essence of the Italian-American experience of my husband's generation, and that before him. It will also give you an aural reminder of how delightful the movie - The Big Night - was the first time you saw it. And if you haven't seen it, you should.
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