
La-La Land Records, which specializes in expanding and reissuing classic soundtracks, will be reissuing Somewhere in Time this month. No word yet if there will be unreleased cues, but hopefully this will be an expanded edition of John Barry's much-loved score.
I finally saw this film only a few years ago. Growing up, I heard how incredible the music was for this film. When I finally watched it, it was easy to understand why this song is used for weddings. But it's also a very good film, with great performances by Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer and an intriguing story of time travel.
Are you a fan of the score and the film?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 23 | July 8, 2021 1:24 PM |
I’m glad things like this are getting reissued again. So many things are out of print now. :(
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 8, 2021 1:59 AM |
I wish it was possible to just will yourself back in time.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 8, 2021 2:08 AM |
I've only run out of a movie to buy the soundtrack three times: Somewhere In Time, The Last Emperor and,especially, Once Upon A Time In America.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 8, 2021 2:11 AM |
I think the film stands on its own without the (gorgeous) score. However, I think the music makes it even better.
I love movies about time travel and I love this one because unlike, say, Back to the Future, it's a bit more understated as the lead character wills himself back in time.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 8, 2021 2:14 AM |
Reeve was gorgeous in it but his doe eyed staring was a distraction.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 8, 2021 2:29 AM |
One of my favorite movies. One of my favorite soundtracks.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 8, 2021 2:48 AM |
"Somewhere in Time" soundtrack is gorgeous and very romantic.
Another outstanding, hauntingly beautiful soundtrack is "The Mission," a 1986 British period drama film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America. Directed by Roland Joffé and written by Robert Bolt, the film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi, and Liam Neeson.
The soundtrack for "The Mission" was written by Ennio Morricone. Beginning with a liturgical piece ("On Earth as It Is in Heaven") which becomes the 'Spanish' theme, it moves quickly to the 'Guaraní' theme, which is written in a heavily native style and uses several indigenous instruments. "The Mission" theme as a duet between the 'Spanish' and "Guaraní" themes.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | July 8, 2021 3:01 AM |
Shomewhere in Time with Chrish Reevesh and Jane Sheymour...givesh me gooshebumpsh!
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 8, 2021 3:53 AM |
I'm a romantic, so I am a fan of the movie and soundtrack. I haven't seen it in years, but reading this makes me want to see it again this weekend.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 8, 2021 4:00 AM |
This seems so frau-ish but... I want to do it!!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | July 8, 2021 4:05 AM |
I am not at all a romantic. This movie is my one exception. Beautiful in every way, including the soundtrack.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 8, 2021 4:17 AM |
Actually, “Somewhere in Time” was not a success when released to theaters. However, when HBO started showing it on cable, first, the soundtrack lp took off, then the movie, itself.
There had been problems with preview audiences even before release, leading the filmmakers to go back about six months after filming to shoot the sequences with Teresa Wright, as the elderly Jane Seymour’s companion. This added backstory to an otherwise confusing opening.
Curiously, the notion of willing oneself back into time was not an original notion, but borrowed from Jack Finney’s novel, “Time and Again,” in which the hero learns to surround himself with period details, until he crosses over into 1880’s New York City.
As a soundtrack collector, I avidly look forward to this extended release, even though there has already been a very good re-recording of John Barry’s complete score on CD, conducted by Joel McNeely, on the Varese Sarabande label, still available on Amazon.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 8, 2021 4:30 AM |
Back in 1981, several soap operas used the Somewhere in Time soundtrack as background music for romantic scenes. All My Children used it heavily. It just seemed like you could not escape that soundtrack.
After my mother learned where this background music on the soaps came from, she then made a point of watching the movie on HBO. Of course, she fell in love with the movie.
So, the soundtrack is what lured my mother into watching the movie.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 8, 2021 8:13 AM |
My father loved the movie and the soundtrack, and he was a man of few emotions. I remember when All My Children used the Somewhere in Time music when Erica and Jeremy were dating. My dad would come into the living room just to hear the music, then leave when the scene changed. It has a hauntingly romantic quality.
I liked the movie. I saw it on HBO when I was a young teenager. As R13 pointed out, it wasn't a hit in theaters but found a second life when it went into heavy rotation on HBO. Some films did that back in the day. I'll have to give it another watch. I haven't seen it in years.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 8, 2021 8:56 AM |
Thanks OP, I am looking forward to getting this soundtrack., which came to my attention decades ago. I was in one if the great, long gone 5th Ave bookstores. This was playing on the record player in the 2nd floor music section. A young woman came right up to the counter and said "Please tell me what is playing right now!?" The clerk replied "The theme from Somewhere In Time." She immediately bought the record.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 8, 2021 9:53 AM |
This is ridiculous I know, but about 20 years ago I got into a nasty fight with an actor who insisted Somewhere in Time never had a theatrical release. He had just been hired on by Amazon as a stealth brand ambassador for the IMDb and was insufferable and bossy. He then went out of his way in an "interview" (where he made sure to promote the IMDb) to say something along the lines of "the IMDb is a great resource because if you're ignorant and think Somewhere in Time was released in theaters, it'll tell you otherwise."
The IMDb said it WAS released in theaters, had the release dates and everything. It was nominated for an Oscar! He was such an idiot.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 8, 2021 10:11 AM |
It's based on the book Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 8, 2021 10:18 AM |
Go back to i-village, fraus!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 8, 2021 11:34 AM |
John Barry wrote a lot of fine scores but he did not write this:
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | July 8, 2021 12:57 PM |
Somewhere in Time did for Paganini what Ordinary People for Pachelbel’s Canon.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 8, 2021 1:24 PM |
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