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05-27-2018, 09:51 PM
Original Score by David Shire
"I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair. "
"You know, you and I got the same last initial.
Wow. Does that mean when we get married I won't have to change the monogram on my luggage?"
"There's ways of killing yourself without killing yourself"
see below
_________________________________
SYNOPSIS
OK, so in case you've been living under a rock and never saw "Saturday Night Fever", here's the Cliff Notes:
John Travolta stars as a local disco kingpin at the peak of his popularity.
Once a week, after six full days of work in a Brooklyn paint store, Tony (Travolta) douses himself with Brut cologne, dons a floral bodyshirt, gabardine pants and platform shoes - and ritualistically prepares himself for "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" (original movie title).
Through the influence of Stephanie, his more sophisticated dance partner, and Tony's brother a disillusioned priest, Tony begins to question the way his views life and the narrowness of his perspective.
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ABOUT THIS SOUNDTRACK
Using the 2017 Director's cut as a template, I've reconstructed the complete soundtrack (in order). First off you'll notice that the "main" disco tracks now appear as extended Promo (DJ) versions. Upon listening to these tracks you'll notice not much is new, just mostly repetition of bars, beats and verses;
"Disco Inferno" does have an added instrumental verse though.
But for the disco buffs from the 70's, you'll recognize these are the original tracks played in the clubs.
Also appearing on this album are the repeated tracks and reprises (usually underneath the dialogue). Interestingly, all of these tracks are remixes of the original songs, but with verses mixed out of order.
For example "If I Can't Have You" clips by Yvonne Elliman appear three times; but each version is mixed slightly different.
David Shire was responsible for scoring the background tracks and produced a number of cues that have never been released. The tracks are:
"Tony and Annette Practice", "I Said Maybe", "Tony and Stephanie", "Near the Verrazano Bridge", "Barracuda Hangout", "Death on the Bridge", "All Night Train".
Some of them I was able to recover cleanly, others were just full of Fx that couldn't be completely removed. Case in point, the track "Near the Verrazano Bridge" is a beautiful instrumental version of "How Deep Is You Love". The problem is, it suffers from "birds" in the middle of the track!
If you're keeping score, you'll notice that "Jive Talkin'" and "Calypso Breakdown" are not here. Sources across the internet claim "Jive Talking" appeared in a scene that was "cut" from the film.
I could not find it anywhere in the "Director's" cut either; The same goes for "Calypso Breakdown".
Though it's not perfect, it's a realistic representation of the entire movie.
So go put on your polyester suit and your platform shoes; turn up your stereo and
have a listen!
Enjoy.
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TRACK LIST
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INFILM TRACK
00:55 01 Staying Alive (Promo 12" Version) - The Bee Gees (06:59) Tony strutting the street with can of paint
06:39 02 Night Fever (clip,mix) - The Bee Gees (01:45) Tony fixing himself up to go to 2001 Odyssey disco
11:32 .. (heavy metal music in background) club Bargain basement tapes in car
12:08 03 Dr. Disco - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (04:47) Tony and gang arrive at disco night #1
12:59 04 A Fifth Of Beethoven (Promo 12" Version) - Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band (05:35)
Tony enters disco
14:45 05 Disco Inferno (Promo 12" Version) - The Trammps (10:51) Tony and Annette dance
18:31 05a Disco Duck (clip) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (01:17) DELETED SCENE: Tony dances (full scene) with Doreen
18:40 06 Salsation - David Shire (03:51) Tony sees Stephanie for the first time and Tony asks
Joey if he knows her.
20:26 07 If I Can't Have You (Promo 12" Version) - Yvonne Elliman (04:03)
Tony goes into bar with Annette where a girl dances
topless
23:17 08 Night Fever (Promo 12" Version) - Bee Gees (05:06) Tony and his friends (Except Bobby C) line dance
26:17 .. Opera Tony wakes up
28:37 09 Tony Caresses the Bridge - David Shire (00:44) RE-ADDED SCENE: After Tony's first night at the disco, he and
his buddies cruise the bridge, He gets out of the car, and
begins to caress the bridge's structure with his fingertips
(How Deep Is Your Love instr.#1)
31:55 .. Boogie Shoes (background) Tony meets Annette at Dance Studio
33:01 10 Stephanie Practicing Alone1 (clip Nocturne No2 In E-Flat Op 9 No2) - Fr�d�ric Chopin (00:15)
Tony first sees Stephanie practicing
33:15 11 Tony and Annette practice (cue) - David Shire (00:34) David Shire cue#1 not on Soundtrack
Composer David Shire, who scored the film, had to
write a song to match the original dance steps to
(Boz Scaggs 'Lowdown') and eliminate the need
for future legal hassles.
34:15 12 Stephanie Practicing Alone2 (clip Nocturne No2 In E-Flat Op 9 No2) - Fr�d�ric Chopin (00:33)
Tony surprises Stephanie.
40:24 13 Disco Duck (Promo 12" Version) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (06:21)
Pete teaches people to dance as Tony asks Pete about
40:52 14 Manhattan Skyline - David Shire (04:45) Stephanie. Tony enters the room the 2nd time
were Stephanie is and asks her out for lunch.
54:30 15 More Than A Woman - Tavares (03:17) Tony and Stephanie practice
55:40 16 Bongos - David Shire (00:47) Running To Ballroom
55:56 17 More Than A Woman (background instr.) - Tavares (01:54) Do you know the Tango Hussle?
59:27 18 If I Can't Have You (clip,mix) - Yvonne Elliman (01:53) Tony, his brother Frank Jr. and the gang enter the
club, night #2
61:22 19 Disco Inferno (clip,mix) - The Trammps (01:38) Connie dances with Tony offers to have sex with him
62:53 20 You Should Be Dancing (Promo 12" Version) - The Bee Gees (04:47)
Tony's iconic solo dance
68:06 21 Boogie Shoes - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (02:18) Frank leaves, Joey and Double J leave the table while
Annette begs Tony to make it with her.
70:25 22 Night On Disco Mountain - David Shire (05:13) Tony and the gang fool around on the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge.
74:17 23 I Said Maybe (cue) - David Shire (00:50) David Shire cue#2 not on Soundtrack
80:28 24 Tony and Stephanie (cue) - David Shire (00:39) Driving to Manhattan (How Deep Is Your Love instr.#2)
81:16 25 Jazz Music (outside Jay's house) - David Shire (00:24) Tony and Stephanie outside new apartment
81:45 .. piano music in Jay's house Inside new apartment
84:23 26 Near the Verrazano Bridge (cue) - David Shire (02:28) Tony and Stephanie sit on park bench talking
(How Deep Is Your Love instr.#3)
87:29 27 If I Can't Have You (clip,mix) - Yvonne Elliman (01:27) Tony and Stephanie argue about Pete
89:05 28 Barracuda Hangout (cue) - David Shire (01:13) The gang attacks the Barracudas for beating up Gus
94:31 29 Open Sesame - Kool and The Gang (08:47) Tony arrives at disco night #3; A black couple dances in the
contest
96:37 30 More Than a Woman (movie version) - The Bee Gees (03:17) Tony and Stephanie dance in the contest
100:28 31 K-Jee - M.F.S.B. (04:13) A Puerto Rican couple dances in the contest
103:12 32 Stayin Alive (reprise clip) - The Bee Gees (01:14) Tony and Stephanie win 1st prize but think the
competition is rigged
110:01 33 Death on the Bridge (cue) - David Shire (01:44) Bobby falls off the bridge
112:39 34 All Night Train (cue) - David Shire (01:08) Tony waits for subway
113:44 35 How Deep Is Your Love (clip) - The Bee Gees (01:02) Tony rides subway
119:15 36 How Deep is your Love (complete) End Credits#1 (04:05) Tony and Stephanie holding hands, freeze to credits
121:05 37 Staying Alive (reprise) End Credits#2 - The Bee Gees (01:08) More credits
BONUS TRACK
...... 38 Nocturne No2 In EFlat Op 9 No2 complete) - Fr�d�ric Chopin (04:48)
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Additional David Shire Cues Heard In The Film, Unreleased on CD.
"Tony and Annette Practice" (later reworked to become the NFL theme)
"I Said Maybe"
"Tony and Stephanie" (adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love"),
"Near the Verrazano Bridge" (adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love"),
"Barracuda Hangout"
"Death on the Bridge"
"All Night Train" (variation of "Here Comes That Sound" by Love Deluxe)
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Additional Songs Recorded For The Film But Not Used
"Emotion" - Samantha Sang
"If I Can't Have You" - Bee Gees
"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" - Bee Gees
"Warm Ride" - Bee Gees
"Calypso Breakdown" - Ralph MacDonald
"Jive Talkin'" was included in the original soundtrack album, but not in the film.
It was to have been used in a deleted scene taking place the day after Tony Manero's first Saturday night at the disco, but as the sequence was cut for the final film, the song was cut as well.
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NOTES
* "Stayin' Alive", "If I Can't Have You", "Open Sesame", "Night Fever", "Disco Inferno", "Disco Duck", "A Fifth Of Beethoven" and "You Should Be Dancing" are featured here in extended Promo versions; in all cases these are not the 2017 remixes.
* "Doctor Disco" and "Disco Duck" were both featured in the film
but not in the original soundtrack release.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Classic References
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (A Fifth Of Beethoven)
CHOPIN - Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Stephanie Practicing Alone)
MUSSORGSKY- St. John's Night on Bald Mountain, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" (Night On Disco Mountain)
"I work on my hair a long time and you hit it. He hits my hair. "
"You know, you and I got the same last initial.
Wow. Does that mean when we get married I won't have to change the monogram on my luggage?"
"There's ways of killing yourself without killing yourself"
see below
_________________________________
SYNOPSIS
OK, so in case you've been living under a rock and never saw "Saturday Night Fever", here's the Cliff Notes:
John Travolta stars as a local disco kingpin at the peak of his popularity.
Once a week, after six full days of work in a Brooklyn paint store, Tony (Travolta) douses himself with Brut cologne, dons a floral bodyshirt, gabardine pants and platform shoes - and ritualistically prepares himself for "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" (original movie title).
Through the influence of Stephanie, his more sophisticated dance partner, and Tony's brother a disillusioned priest, Tony begins to question the way his views life and the narrowness of his perspective.
__________________________________________________ ______________
ABOUT THIS SOUNDTRACK
Using the 2017 Director's cut as a template, I've reconstructed the complete soundtrack (in order). First off you'll notice that the "main" disco tracks now appear as extended Promo (DJ) versions. Upon listening to these tracks you'll notice not much is new, just mostly repetition of bars, beats and verses;
"Disco Inferno" does have an added instrumental verse though.
But for the disco buffs from the 70's, you'll recognize these are the original tracks played in the clubs.
Also appearing on this album are the repeated tracks and reprises (usually underneath the dialogue). Interestingly, all of these tracks are remixes of the original songs, but with verses mixed out of order.
For example "If I Can't Have You" clips by Yvonne Elliman appear three times; but each version is mixed slightly different.
David Shire was responsible for scoring the background tracks and produced a number of cues that have never been released. The tracks are:
"Tony and Annette Practice", "I Said Maybe", "Tony and Stephanie", "Near the Verrazano Bridge", "Barracuda Hangout", "Death on the Bridge", "All Night Train".
Some of them I was able to recover cleanly, others were just full of Fx that couldn't be completely removed. Case in point, the track "Near the Verrazano Bridge" is a beautiful instrumental version of "How Deep Is You Love". The problem is, it suffers from "birds" in the middle of the track!
If you're keeping score, you'll notice that "Jive Talkin'" and "Calypso Breakdown" are not here. Sources across the internet claim "Jive Talking" appeared in a scene that was "cut" from the film.
I could not find it anywhere in the "Director's" cut either; The same goes for "Calypso Breakdown".
Though it's not perfect, it's a realistic representation of the entire movie.
So go put on your polyester suit and your platform shoes; turn up your stereo and
have a listen!
Enjoy.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
TRACK LIST
<HTML><PRE><p style="line-height:50%">
INFILM TRACK
00:55 01 Staying Alive (Promo 12" Version) - The Bee Gees (06:59) Tony strutting the street with can of paint
06:39 02 Night Fever (clip,mix) - The Bee Gees (01:45) Tony fixing himself up to go to 2001 Odyssey disco
11:32 .. (heavy metal music in background) club Bargain basement tapes in car
12:08 03 Dr. Disco - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (04:47) Tony and gang arrive at disco night #1
12:59 04 A Fifth Of Beethoven (Promo 12" Version) - Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band (05:35)
Tony enters disco
14:45 05 Disco Inferno (Promo 12" Version) - The Trammps (10:51) Tony and Annette dance
18:31 05a Disco Duck (clip) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (01:17) DELETED SCENE: Tony dances (full scene) with Doreen
18:40 06 Salsation - David Shire (03:51) Tony sees Stephanie for the first time and Tony asks
Joey if he knows her.
20:26 07 If I Can't Have You (Promo 12" Version) - Yvonne Elliman (04:03)
Tony goes into bar with Annette where a girl dances
topless
23:17 08 Night Fever (Promo 12" Version) - Bee Gees (05:06) Tony and his friends (Except Bobby C) line dance
26:17 .. Opera Tony wakes up
28:37 09 Tony Caresses the Bridge - David Shire (00:44) RE-ADDED SCENE: After Tony's first night at the disco, he and
his buddies cruise the bridge, He gets out of the car, and
begins to caress the bridge's structure with his fingertips
(How Deep Is Your Love instr.#1)
31:55 .. Boogie Shoes (background) Tony meets Annette at Dance Studio
33:01 10 Stephanie Practicing Alone1 (clip Nocturne No2 In E-Flat Op 9 No2) - Fr�d�ric Chopin (00:15)
Tony first sees Stephanie practicing
33:15 11 Tony and Annette practice (cue) - David Shire (00:34) David Shire cue#1 not on Soundtrack
Composer David Shire, who scored the film, had to
write a song to match the original dance steps to
(Boz Scaggs 'Lowdown') and eliminate the need
for future legal hassles.
34:15 12 Stephanie Practicing Alone2 (clip Nocturne No2 In E-Flat Op 9 No2) - Fr�d�ric Chopin (00:33)
Tony surprises Stephanie.
40:24 13 Disco Duck (Promo 12" Version) - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (06:21)
Pete teaches people to dance as Tony asks Pete about
40:52 14 Manhattan Skyline - David Shire (04:45) Stephanie. Tony enters the room the 2nd time
were Stephanie is and asks her out for lunch.
54:30 15 More Than A Woman - Tavares (03:17) Tony and Stephanie practice
55:40 16 Bongos - David Shire (00:47) Running To Ballroom
55:56 17 More Than A Woman (background instr.) - Tavares (01:54) Do you know the Tango Hussle?
59:27 18 If I Can't Have You (clip,mix) - Yvonne Elliman (01:53) Tony, his brother Frank Jr. and the gang enter the
club, night #2
61:22 19 Disco Inferno (clip,mix) - The Trammps (01:38) Connie dances with Tony offers to have sex with him
62:53 20 You Should Be Dancing (Promo 12" Version) - The Bee Gees (04:47)
Tony's iconic solo dance
68:06 21 Boogie Shoes - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (02:18) Frank leaves, Joey and Double J leave the table while
Annette begs Tony to make it with her.
70:25 22 Night On Disco Mountain - David Shire (05:13) Tony and the gang fool around on the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge.
74:17 23 I Said Maybe (cue) - David Shire (00:50) David Shire cue#2 not on Soundtrack
80:28 24 Tony and Stephanie (cue) - David Shire (00:39) Driving to Manhattan (How Deep Is Your Love instr.#2)
81:16 25 Jazz Music (outside Jay's house) - David Shire (00:24) Tony and Stephanie outside new apartment
81:45 .. piano music in Jay's house Inside new apartment
84:23 26 Near the Verrazano Bridge (cue) - David Shire (02:28) Tony and Stephanie sit on park bench talking
(How Deep Is Your Love instr.#3)
87:29 27 If I Can't Have You (clip,mix) - Yvonne Elliman (01:27) Tony and Stephanie argue about Pete
89:05 28 Barracuda Hangout (cue) - David Shire (01:13) The gang attacks the Barracudas for beating up Gus
94:31 29 Open Sesame - Kool and The Gang (08:47) Tony arrives at disco night #3; A black couple dances in the
contest
96:37 30 More Than a Woman (movie version) - The Bee Gees (03:17) Tony and Stephanie dance in the contest
100:28 31 K-Jee - M.F.S.B. (04:13) A Puerto Rican couple dances in the contest
103:12 32 Stayin Alive (reprise clip) - The Bee Gees (01:14) Tony and Stephanie win 1st prize but think the
competition is rigged
110:01 33 Death on the Bridge (cue) - David Shire (01:44) Bobby falls off the bridge
112:39 34 All Night Train (cue) - David Shire (01:08) Tony waits for subway
113:44 35 How Deep Is Your Love (clip) - The Bee Gees (01:02) Tony rides subway
119:15 36 How Deep is your Love (complete) End Credits#1 (04:05) Tony and Stephanie holding hands, freeze to credits
121:05 37 Staying Alive (reprise) End Credits#2 - The Bee Gees (01:08) More credits
BONUS TRACK
...... 38 Nocturne No2 In EFlat Op 9 No2 complete) - Fr�d�ric Chopin (04:48)
</P></PRE></HTML>
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Additional David Shire Cues Heard In The Film, Unreleased on CD.
"Tony and Annette Practice" (later reworked to become the NFL theme)
"I Said Maybe"
"Tony and Stephanie" (adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love"),
"Near the Verrazano Bridge" (adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love"),
"Barracuda Hangout"
"Death on the Bridge"
"All Night Train" (variation of "Here Comes That Sound" by Love Deluxe)
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Additional Songs Recorded For The Film But Not Used
"Emotion" - Samantha Sang
"If I Can't Have You" - Bee Gees
"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" - Bee Gees
"Warm Ride" - Bee Gees
"Calypso Breakdown" - Ralph MacDonald
"Jive Talkin'" was included in the original soundtrack album, but not in the film.
It was to have been used in a deleted scene taking place the day after Tony Manero's first Saturday night at the disco, but as the sequence was cut for the final film, the song was cut as well.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
NOTES
* "Stayin' Alive", "If I Can't Have You", "Open Sesame", "Night Fever", "Disco Inferno", "Disco Duck", "A Fifth Of Beethoven" and "You Should Be Dancing" are featured here in extended Promo versions; in all cases these are not the 2017 remixes.
* "Doctor Disco" and "Disco Duck" were both featured in the film
but not in the original soundtrack release.
__________________________________________________ ___________________
Classic References
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (A Fifth Of Beethoven)
CHOPIN - Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Stephanie Practicing Alone)
MUSSORGSKY- St. John's Night on Bald Mountain, "A Night on the Bare Mountain" (Night On Disco Mountain)