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Manhattan is the original motion picture soundtrack to Woody Allen's 1979 film Manhattan with music by George Gershwin. It was performed by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas. It was nominated for Best Soundtrack in the 33rd British Academy Film Awards.
Manhattan is a 1979 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen and produced by Charles H. Joffe from a screenplay written by Allen and Marshall Brickman.Allen co-stars as a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl (Mariel Hemingway) but falls in love with his best friend's (Michael Murphy) mistress (Diane Keaton).
The song describes, in several choruses, the simple delights of Manhattan for a young couple in love. The joke is that these "delights" are really some of the worst, or cheapest, sights that New York has to offer; for example, the stifling, humid stench of the subway in summertime is described as "balmy breezes", while the noisy, grating pushcarts on Mott Street are "gently gliding by".
David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. [1] Among his best known works are the motion picture soundtracks to The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline".
The second half is followed by "First We Take Manhattan" sung by Leonard Cohen. The song "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning", composed by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins for the soundtrack of Batman & Robin, although used in a promotional trailer, was not included on the soundtrack of Watchmen.
Manhattan, a 1990s board game by Andreas Seyfarth; Manhattan (cocktail), an alcoholic drink; Manhattan, a 1979 novel by Neal Travis; Manhattan Avenue (Brooklyn), in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, New York; Manhattan Avenue (Manhattan), in Harlem and the Upper West Side, New York; Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn
On the 22nd of the same month, the band published a video showcasing all the songs of the single and a part of the music video of "Undying". [5] The single was released on April 27, 2016. The limited edition featured two tracks on CD: "Undying" and "Malum", and a DVD with the music video for the title track and its making-of. The regular ...
The soundtrack debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 175,000 copies sold on its first week. It sold 100K digital copies the next week, making it the highest one-week total for a theatrically released movie soundtrack in digital history. [9] It has been certified as Gold by the RIAA since April 27, 2012. [10]