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Johnny Mandel - MASH

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Track List: MASH

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  1. Suicide Is PainlessDownload & Buy
  2. Duke And Hawkeye Arrive At M.A.S.H.: A. Dedication Scroll/B. Jeep Ride To Camp...Download & Buy
  3. The Operating Theater: A. Happy Days Are Here AgainDownload & Buy
  4. Major Houlihan And Major Burns: A. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo/B. Hail To The Chief/C. Sayonara...Download & Buy
  5. Painless' Suicide, Funeral And Resurrection: A. The Jig's Up/B. Suicide Is Painless...Download & Buy
  6. 'Hot Lips' Shows Her True Colors: A. Chattanooga Choo ChooDownload & Buy
  7. Moments The Remember: A. Happy Days Are Here AgainDownload & Buy
  8. The Football Game: A. The Washington Post March/B. Kill 'Em GalopDownload & Buy
  9. Going Home: A. Happy Days Are Here AgainDownload & Buy
  10. M.A.S.H. ThemeDownload & Buy
  11. Dedication Scroll/Jeep RideDownload & Buy
  12. The Jig's UpDownload & Buy
  13. To JapanDownload & Buy
  14. Japanese Children's HospitalDownload & Buy
  15. Tent SceneDownload & Buy
  16. Kill 'Em GalopDownload & Buy

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Album Details: MASH

Release Date:
01/01/1970
Label:
Sony
UPC:
074646680421

User Reviews: MASH

  1. Great

    , March 15, 2001
    Reviewer: Mark Stolpe - See all Mark Stolpe's reviews
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  2. M*A*S*H

    , March 13, 2001
    Reviewer: the_great_allmighty_powerful_bob - See all the_great_allmighty_powerful_bob's reviews
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From AMG Reviews

On face value, this soundtrack made a lot more sense as a release in 1970, before the advent of home video, than it seems to in 2000. The movie MASH was part of that new wave of American cinema in which the traditional Hollywood method of scoring, with original, Romantic-style instrumental music backing many of the most important scenes, was abandoned. Instead, Johnny Mandel's work largely involved arranging period tunes and effect music (especially military and football-related themes), although he also wrote a memorable main title theme ("Suicide Is Painless"), which proved to be a gold mine many times over with its use in the long-running television series spawned two years after the movie. The "Theme From MASH," as it's usually known, is heard in several different arrangements, including the often heard jazz version by Ahmad Jamal, and its very first appearance, with its thoroughly depressing lyric sung in the style of the Lettermen (vocals credited to "The Mash"). It also reappears in its best incarnation ever, as a folk-blues solo number in the middle of the sequence labeled "Painless' Suicide, Funeral, and Resurrection" (and one wishes the singer were credited). The rest is primarily incidental music evoking the period and setting within the film and the ironies behind its violent, comical action, arranged by Mandel, all interspersed with extended dialogue sequence. It holds up much better than one would expect, the editing of the dialogue and music summing up the movie beautifully and in a surprisingly lively and exciting fashion. And that bluesy rendition of "Suicide Is Painless" is a good musical bonus as well, and points up one bet that the producers of the television series missed -- in the first season, when they had Loudon Wainwright III as a recurring character (Captain Spaulding), he sang a few songs, but he never sang "Suicide Is Painless."

- Bruce Eder, All Music Guide



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