Description
The original MGM soundtrack to Gigi represents one of the crowning achievements of the classic Hollywood musical era, featuring the incomparable songwriting partnership of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. This CD brings together the full sweep of the score, from the sweeping Overture through to the bittersweet charm of ‘I Remember It Well’ and the grandly theatrical ‘Gaston’s Soliloquy’. The film swept the 1958 Academy Awards, and the music was central to that triumph — elegant, witty, and deeply romantic in equal measure. Tracks like ‘The Night They Invented Champagne’ and ‘I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore’ showcase the score’s remarkable range, blending Parisian sophistication with genuine emotional warmth…
- Overture
- Honore’s Soliloquy
- Thank Heaven For Little Girls
- It’s A Bore
- The Parisians
- The Waltz At The Ice Rink
- The Gossips
- She Is Not Thinking Of Me
- It’s A Bore (Reprise)
- The Night They Invented Champagne
- Weekend At Trouville
- I Remember It Well
- About Gigi
- Gaston’s Soliloquy
- Gigi
- I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore
- Say A Prayer For Me Tonight
- Gaston’s Despair
- Thank Heaven For Little Girls (Reprise)
