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Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) [6] is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album Song Cycle and for his collaborations with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (particularly the album Smile ).
Year Title Notes 1996 Idiosyncratic Path: Best Of Van Dyke Parks. Released: 1996; Label: CD sold during live performances. 2011 Arrangements: Volume 1
The arrangement is characteristically jumbled, featuring multiple overlapping vocals by Parks, as well as a jazzy piano and a busy mandolin. He's said it to have been inspired by Snuff Garrett ’s "50 Guitars Go South of the Border" and his father’s Depression-era dance band The White Swan Serenaders. [ 1 ]
Orange Crate Art is the first collaborative studio album by American musicians Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, released in 1995 on Warner Bros. Records.The album consists mostly of songs written and arranged by Parks, with Wilson featured as lead and backing vocalist.
Song Cycle is the debut album by the American recording artist Van Dyke Parks.Released in November 1967 by Warner Bros. Records, the album unperformed in sales but was largely acclaimed by critics, and it later became a cult classic.
Van Dyke Parks – vocal arrangements (5) David Pack – vocal arrangements (8) Mervyn Warren – vocal arrangements (9) Angelica Azero – narrator (10) Production.
Van Dyke Parks worked on the arrangement. [5] In 1967, "The Bare Necessities" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle. [6] A hip-hop version of the song performed by Lou Rawls was used as the theme song for Jungle Cubs. [7]
Ys (/ ˈ iː s / EESS) is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, released by Drag City on November 14, 2006. It was produced by Newsom and Van Dyke Parks, recorded by Steve Albini and mixed by Jim O'Rourke, with orchestral arrangements by Van Dyke Parks.