Okay, uncageg---I'll bite!
1: Introduction Lost Horizon --- Sean Phillips! They billed him like he was some kind of superstar in the making. I still have no idea who he is/was, but he had one of those granola "Grant Goodeve sings Eight Is Enough" voices. The bridge is the best, where he over-emotes and jerks his voice around. Brilliant stuff.
2. Share The Joy --- Proof positive that you can be gay AND in love with Olivia Hussey, even if that isn't her voice, and she's 30 pounds overweight. I love her back up dancers and her twisty robe. Completely beautiful.
3. The World is a Circle --- Liv Ullman and her swaying arms, and all those children rolling down the hill. We sang this song in grade school, as if it was going to become a kiddie "standard." Favorite part, the over-thought orchestrations during the Bobby Van dance section on the playground equipment. The violins are working WAY too hard... but I love every sixteenth note played.
4. Living Together, Growing Together -- It starts out sounding like an elephant in labor, and goes downhill from there. That weird fertility ritual with the man, woman and Cabbage Patch Doll is very strange. And poor James Shigeta, so happy to be in another musical after Flower Drum Song. And this one was recorded by the Fifth Dimension!! I remember hearing it in an elevator only a couple of months after the film came out. That says it all, right there.
5. I Might Frighten Her Away --- It's all about the pom-poms on the horse's satchel bags, while Liv and Peter have their riverside picnic. They look so happy to be singing with other people's voices. So happy that they don't even move their mouths. It's that wonderful '60s "think singing" inner monologue style that was SO popular for about five minutes.
6. The Things I Will Not Miss --- My favorite because of slinky Sally and plump Olivia workin' that Hermes Pan choreography. Not exactly the library dance from Music Man, but they sell it like New Coke! This is probably my favorite song of the bunch. As a kid, I used to dance around my room whenever this one came on. And it was covered by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye on their duet album! They do a great job with it too.
7. If I Could Go Back --- Peter Finch tries to "Dream the Impossible Dream" with this song. Glad they cut it, but I do love the orchestrations when it builds to the climax. Very imperial and grand! Incidentally the guy who dubbed Peter's voice was married in real life to the lady who dubbed Liv's voice. I wonder if they're still married, or if this film was used as grounds for divorce. I know no court of law would argue with them.
8. Where Knowledge Ends (Faith Begins) --- Okay, if you say so. Liv wanders around, in a daze, a capella, and dubbed. Next.
9. Question Me An Answer --- The "Jeopardy" song. Should have been sung by Alex Trebek. Bobby is so ultra-lounge here. Best part: When he teaches those "simple" Asian children to tap dance, barefooted. Hermes Pan shines again! Crazy-weird number.
10. I Come to You -- Unnecessary---even amongst these songs.
11. Reflections --- Sally again, limp-wristed, dangling, gangling and goofy. You've got to love how George Kennedy is enamored with her on this song. Now, THAT's acting.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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i found this thread while searching for something GLEBBY wrote about the movie THE COMPANY, as i just watched it on DVD ... i have so many questions for GLEBBY now about that movie ... sigh 
