Michel Legrand - Theme from "Summer of '42"
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2012
- Michel Legrand composed the soundtrack for the 1971 coming-of-age movie "The Summer of '42," including its poignant main theme, "The Summer Knows." From what I understand, the LP marketed as the time as the film's soundtrack actually had only two tracks from the film: the main theme and the end titles track. The remainder of the material on the LP - now as a pricey out-of-print CD - came from the score Legrand composed for the 1969 film, "Picasso Summer." Anyway, here's the main theme from "The Summer of '42."
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My high school boyfriend and l saw this, and of course, l cried. In the summer of 72, he was killed in a construction accident. To this day, this music-lovely as it is-makes me a little heartsick.
Saw this movie when I was a teenager and when I heard the song I started to cry. ❤😢
Me too.😢
So do I. Such a beautiful and haunting song.
I saw this movie on my first date with my husband in 1972. He is now 81 and I am 73, we are no longer together but this music takes me back to a time when we were happy. This haunting melody is one of my favorites
A lot of music brings me back to so many memories too. Although I have no specific memory to this beautiful piece of music except for the movie, it's timeless and so deep. Check out the version by Peter Nero , or Nyro... it's my favorite version.
Well I hope you stay in contact, sometimes friendship is so much better without the relationship part! All the Best to you both!Cheers!
One of my favorite film scores. When my husband passed I kept hearing this music. 5 years later it plays in my mind when I remember all of our times together. Beautiful score for our love story ⚘️
That's how God operates! Your husband was sending his love to you. O what a romantic story. I just love it!
Sorry for your loss. This song holds many memories over the years
Hope Becker Me and my husband used hear this so beautiful song.
And he passed too.
When I hear this song I remember all the special moments that we lived together.
I love too much this song.
When I was a little girl I whatched the movie with my sisters, on tv, while our parents sleeping at night.
12.06.2023 ⚘❤
One of mine too, my best wishes to you.!
My mother sat me down to watch this at an informative age, the score has haunted my life like a welcome friend- I loved reading your comment- she obviously adored my father and love itself - walk tall and know even more music is waiting in the beyond - love is a ripple of the total - keep listening, in the 'end' it all makes sense x
Saw this movie when I was 15 with a bunch of my buddies. We were mesmerized. Could something like this really happen - Every young boy’s dream. We all could talk the talk, pound our chests, act like studs and every older girl’s desire….. and that was as close as any of us ever came to such a boy’s dream….we walked home, opened our books and did our homework for the next week’s assignments. But the movie and the music never left me.
I married my dream girl. I was 19 and she was 23. Still together since 1972 and here we are in 2023.
@@howardfox5996. . . Always reassuring to read, Howard, when , every once in a long while, we (the one’s who didn’t make the ‘long run’) can take a sort of delight and a sort of pleasure … in your good choice’s.
Both be well .
Sorry to say my great girl left this world on May 13th, 2023. It was a good life together not so much now. Only memories and loneliness
Wonderful comment.
@@howardfox5996. . . Only just read and re-read your reply to my good wishes sent to you both last year.
Ah, Howard … what can one say in your time like this?.. For it is ‘only time’ and I know we’ve all heard that since we were young fellows … and ‘it’ was - a l l - afore us. Be as grateful as you possibly can be for what you both experienced and shared is way above and beyond most people’s version and outcome .
Be well .
Oh, Gosh! How could 60 people dislike this masterpiece?
@Eva Ivy I totally agree with you! Did you know A Picture of You from City of Westminster, The Golden Boy from Quincy Jones, and White Fox from Archie Butler? I could suggest you others. Waiting your comments and suggestions!
Michel Legrand really understands the language of Love with this Beautiful Masterpiece!
My late husband’s favourite film and melody. So miss you, my love, every minute of every day.......hope you can see how well your son and grandchildren are doing...we will love you forever. 💐💞
What you wrote is beautiful; he was a lucky man !!!!
Tim Klein ......we were together for 52 years....I was 22, he was 23.....we worked in the Arts together.....a beautiful man!
@@janwar68 42 for me; thanks for your response !!!
My heart and condolences go out to you. I know the feeling. Been a widower for 15 years. Painful as all heck.
What a love message!
It was the summer of 71 that I saw this film while visiting my brother in Colorado Springs. I was about to turn 20. It changed my life forever. I started to see the world as an adult and no longer as a teenager.
I was in 8th grade when this movie came out. My parents wouldn’t allow me to go see it. I was so captivated by this song that I remember walking to the library to borrow the album. I played so much on my record player I thought I’d wear it out!
It still captivates me after all this time❤️
I was in 11th grade, and I went with my parents to see this movie during the summer of 1971. We’re only 3 years apart. Funny how 3 years can make a difference. I bought this LP and played it repeatedly on my parent’s record player before school in the morning. Seems like you and I had similar experiences. Today, I still enjoy this music, but it’s no longer “captivating.” One changes a lot after 50 years, even though the music stays the same.
Sounds like we're around the same age cool. This movie really touched my heart
@@jameshicks8634 Me too James !
@@jameshicks8634 My birthday is in September, September 17th
When is your birthday James?
@@frederickrapp5396 I did too! Over and over again. I still have the original album in the original sleeve. It’s such a treasure to me 🥰❤️
A true, precious and deeply touching Masterpiece! How blessed I consider myself for listening to so many musical jewels like that, in my childhood and teenager years.
One of the most beautiful and moving pieces of music ever written. Thank you Michel Legrand for your musical genius and R.I.P.
Such a beautifully romantic score
It’s as if the musical instruments actually talk to you I can listen to it forever ❤️
That´s because the best musicians don´t just play notes - they tell a story with their instrument.
@@1981stonemonkey You are so right 🥰
@@nancyherman570 you have captured it. The instruments have captures the ocean. It is so amazing . Yes the instruments are speaking to us.
I watched this movie as a kid and it still affects me to this day, a beautiful thing. My inner soul touched deeply.
Like me.
One of the most beautiful movie themes of all time. Schinndler´s List and Cinema Paradiso are painfully beautiful too. If you´re not moved listening to it you have a heart of stone.
I was 20 when this one hit the theatres. That makes me a nostalgic 69. Loved the film and "Windmills of Your Mind". Keep safe and we'll all get through this TOGETHER!
I am 69 now. I like the song “Summer of 42” and “The Windmills of your Mind” same as you. We will be safe together.
Wonderful
I listened to this album every morning before high school 50 years ago, especially the first two selections. It was a simpler, more innocent time. Still have the album, but don’t listen to it anymore. 50 years is long ago. I’ve passed from a young to an old man. The times have changed, and so have I.
Summer of 42 goes through the soul of the listener ! I love it.
Truly it does❤️
The pathos and eternal longing just drips from this haunting theme. It was the first thing I could crudely pluck out on a piano. Thank God we don't have passion, Mr. Spock. It fills the asylum of our life, doesn't it?
Simply the most romantic gentle score ever written
One of the all-time great movies. They sure don't make films like this anymore.
So true ... I was wondering how it would fare today with all the political correctness .. it was so beautifully and tastefully done ... such a fabulous film
The strings had me from the start, then that sax enters.... I always think I am weary of it after all these years, then I'm pulled back in. One of Legrand's sweetest, full-bodied themes.
One of my favorite movie themes and everytime I hear it I remember the film I saw long ago. I like the skill with which it was composed, one of those timeless melodies, music for all times.
back in mid 70's I obtained a wonderfully arranged sheet music for solo piano that was just so melodically complete with complex cords and voicings. Still one of my fave melodic songs to play to this day 40+ years later.
3/10/22 Just watched for the 5th time. Hauntingly beautiful. My favorite movie and theme of all time. 1942 was 3 years before I was born , so relatable and compelling . I cry through it each time. Thank you to all involved.
I feel the same way. It was as if it was yesterday
Sorry I missed your comment Kathleen by so long
I first saw this film in the early 70s...a very young teen myself..growing up wondering how things were going too be...wasnt still i was 19..hanging around girls my age...I had met a woman much older...attractive and going through a divorce...as I remember....that too had ended so abruptly..with not knowing or understanding...what it's all about....as we pass in n out of each others lifes...leaving memories for us too recall through music like this....all lessons in life...to give us experience..and to help us go forward...as now i have reached 60 yrs of age...yet feel just the young and same lad of 19..when hear this score...it takes me right back ..music doesn't grow old...we do....
I loved your thoughts and words. I believe you’re right, music doesn’t grow old we do. Part of music’s beauty is it’s ability to take us back to a time we always remember. I was only 13 when this movie came out. My parents Wouk day not allow me to see it, but the music had already captivated me. I finally watched it in my junior year of high school. I have never forgotten the story , nor the beauty of the music❤️
One of the most beautiful sensitive songs I've ever heard.
Yes! You’ve captured it perfectly❤️
I listened to this record album before school exactly 50 years ago. I played the “Summer of 42” theme and then “Summer Me, Winter Me” from the Picasso Suite. These 2 selections really touched me.
The original version and best! Brings a wave of memories to my mind.
This is probably why I play the tenor sax! I fell in love with the sound. Of course this my all time favorite movie music score, like many other people. It won the Academy Award for Best original dramatic score for 1971. It is timeless!
The Grammys reminded me to come and listen again; so incredibly beautiful! An artist in every sense of the word-Michel Legrand
I was looking for films based in the 1940's today and picked this one, just watched this movie and I loved the theme music. I looked it up on youtube (reason why I'm here) turns out the composer passed away today. RIP
Michel Legrand wrote so many beautiful songs and movie themes.
Amazing. I do love Legrand. The best version . The first I've heard. Sweet Memories ♥️♥️♥️
Essa canção é tão bela, transmite uma harmonia tão grande que é até difícil descrever em palavras!!!
Absolutamente único, esse maravilhoso Michel Legrand...fantástico! sem mais o que dizer...Parabéns! ..obrigado!
Haunting. And magical.
Like Spideraxis, I've seen this movie 40 years ago, now I'm 54!
Where all these years are gone? And everyday, I ask me for why so many people prefer "hurt" the others?.. It's so easy to give LOVE (in the most wide sense of the word, a smile to somebody who seems sad is also LOVE!!!). And at the end of the way, there's the only thing who will matter. LOVE given and received, nothing else!
You're certainly right, in the end there's only LOVE. Someone has already written, a long time ago I must say, his name was Paul ( the saint ). It was something like this: throughout our lives, we strive for FAITH, HOPE and LOVE, but the first two pass away, in the end LOVE remains. LOVE as you wisely pointed. is much more than we can actually fathom.
I'm 54 and I watched it just couple of years ago. I knew the song, but didn't know the movie. I love Legrand
So beautifully put dear friend
When i heard this song, my soul sink and i had a strong feelings that i lived in the past life..
So beautiful it takes you to a good place
Meu velho pai tinha um gosto musical .fino ele amava essa musica e cada vez q escuto lagrimas aparecem .linda demais
The opening notes of the song always make me draw a deep breath, instantly and automatically.
I return here, time and again, when my breath feels shallow or "stuck", because of tension. Starting this song always helps.
What a beautiful song. I saw the movie again recently, fell in love with the movie and especially Michel Legrands quite exquisite soundtrack! 2020 still love it ! 😚😚
I am sitting here listening to it and crying.
Great song. Brought me back 50 years immediately! Great film!
After watching the movie, I keep coming back to this theme song like forever. Haunting ...
Romantically haunting . It never leaves you❤️
Thank you Michael LeGrand for sharing your amazing wonderful talent with all of us❤️ Rest In Peace Always
A heartbroken cop, sitting in a pub on a cold rainy night after duty, and remembering his wife. Seems like a good opening scene for a cult classic with this background score 🤘🏻
Nikhil Patel Awwwwwww, may GOD watch over you & strengthen your heart to do HIS will. Ode to those ppl who enter our lives and make such an impact.
Un autre joyau de l'immense Michel Legrand...Tout est magnifique, les arrangements à tomber à la renverse...
et l'éblouissement de la beauté et du désir, si proche...
only a genious like michel could concieve such a sublime and soothing musuc.When ever i want some peace of mind i hear this masrer piece.
Tellement romantique... Merci M. legrand de nous avoir fait rêver avec toutes vos mélodies uniques au monde...RIP Dear Michel..
Me lembra minha juventude.
Melhor época de Minha VIDA.
Quanta SAUDADES!!!!
Saw this when I was 15. Such a simple but memorable movie .
I Love Michel Legrand's music
this soundtrack is what i consume with morning tea in my garden
What could be better ? ❤️
This is not hyperbole this is simply my favorite song PERIOD my earliest memory of music is this song and I judge all other music by it my father had a SHIRT TAIL cousin who came to a party at our house and played this FLAWLESSLY on our grand piano thanks for posting ❤️
this music transcends me to a different dimension and sensation.. i truly do not understand why...but i love it so dearly and tenderly.. Michel Le grand is a genius , a transporter... because his music can take us to our past Re-membering our souls...and to the future... wondering if our fantasy , dreams , wishes and hopes could come true.. Thank you to God for gifting us you, Michel Legrand... i wish one day i could hear you play live...amen.
no such thing as god stupid!
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My favorite movie theme. I could easily identify because when I saw the film, I was in my teens, one year older than central character Hermie. That was 43 years ago. Forty-three years have come and gone, and no movie or theme ever affected me so poignantly. Today this song still brings me to tears.
Yes, saw this when in my twenties and just saw again on TV. Extraordinary composition.
Same here.
you guys and gals, should read the book, it is Hilarious, from chapter 8 on OMG, laugh out load funny.
FYI, Hermie was a real character, and this was his Bio, all the things said and done were all real. He said the book started out as a Tribute to his mother and his Best Friend, Oscy, aka Oscar, who was killed during the Korean war as a Medic on Hermie's 24th Birthday, after that he never celebrated his birthday again. The book and movie evolved from a Tribute to Oscar and their friendship to a love story and coming of age.
Hermie originally sold the screenplay as a screenplay, then after they filmed the movie, the producers asked him if he could write a book. Hermie finished the book in 2 weeks, and the book became an instant best seller. Also, the producers of the movie weren't sure if it would be a hit, and offered Hermie a percentage instead of a salary. Hermie accepted and the movie became the Sleeper hit of 1973. He said the movie and book made him so much money he never had to work again just from the residuals.
Jennifer O'Neil when she acted in this film this was the exact age of Dorothy character was in real life when Hermie met her. Dorothy was a 20-21 newlywed bride.
Jennifer O'Neil bought the rights to the book, in hopes of making a sequel but obviously that never happened as Mrs. O'Neil is in her Seventies now.
When the movie came out in 1973, about 12 women wrote to Hermie claiming to be Dorothy. One of them was the real Dorothy, Hermie could tell because of the hand writing and the contents of the letter. This was in 1973, and the movie took place in 1942, so the real Dorothy who was then 20, would have been in her 50's. The letter suggested they let things lie, because Dorothy remarried and was happy and was a Grandmother. So neither of them revisited the past.
The whole movie was real, the only thing made up was the Packet Island, which was supposed to be Nantucket Island off of Massachusetts. But the movie was filmed in California up North of San Francisco, off of Mendocino. It's funny because it was filmed on the west coast they had to film the sunset as a sunrise where Dorothy says to Hermie as she's finishing writing her letter to her husband. What a beautiful morning!, was actually a sunset. LOL
trangenusa oh thanks for the information,was a beautiful film and more better than the music!!!!! I never had listen it but make me feel fine because i was born on this year Greetings from Chile
Yes, this film, this score...so tragic and uplifting at the same time. Genius.
This song still reaches deep down inside me and brings out so many emotions. I'm 61 and it stills has the same effect on me. I hope one day to dance to it. Perfect ending.
dm sim As would I , and yes it would be a beautifully perfect ending ❤️
Quelle merveille que cette musique ! A écouter sans modération mais beaucoup d'émotion et de nostalgie ... quand elle évoque un fait personnel précis.
Genial, comme tous ce que Michel Legrand a créé! Merci pour avoir partagé votre univers avec nous!
I Always Loved this movie!
I have it on DVD, and only recently picked up the Original Soundtrack album, which I believe is a French Import album! The Theme Song, Is Absolutely "Haunting", but in a good way! I was 10 & 1/2 years old, when this movie came out. I didn't see it, until my late teens, and I believe, it was on late night television. Even though the script/dialogue is somewhat simplistic, It Is Still One of
My Favorite All-Time Movies!
I was only a small kid when this film was released and since it was rated R, my parents wouldn't take me to see it. But I bought the LP and still listen to the haunting theme.
Rewelacyjne. Jak tu nie kochać życia jak z jednej strony piękne obrazy przyrody a z drugiej muzyka. Wydaje się, że już wszystko zostało nagrane i nic nie da się nowego stworzyć a tu takie perełki.
Found this record at my local record shop for $2. I was so happy I think the owner thought I was nuts. It doesn't get any better.
No it sure doesn’t ❤️
Damnthe melody is so beautiful.. makes me cry🥺
The arrangement is absolute perfection.
One of the most beautiful movie themes captures the wistful nostalgia ❤of the era of WW2 😊.
Awesome piece of music that is irreplaceable!
The best orchestrated version of all!
RIP Michel Legrand (24 February 1932 - 26 January 2019)
Michael Legrands composition of Summer of '42 is so beautiful. I could listen to it over & over. Thank you for that beautiful piece on your peaceful place!!
Extraordinary
Kris: I think many of us shall miss him. He was such a great composer really as this theme shows. Regards and have a nice day.
The man wrote so much of the beautiful music of my generation. Peace and happiness in the afterlife to one who brought so much of it to us this time around. God bless. 9/2019
@@teresavirina7735 He and Percy Faith were my favorites
inoubliable , je revois ce film au moins une fois par an . magnifique musique qui enrobe cette belle histoire
Saw this movie on the only all night TV channel back in the 70s. I was too young to understand most of it but fir some reason it stuck with through the years. Ordered the DVD last year to add to my collection and ...wow what a movie to pique nostalgia.
Great movie and great music. Seen this movie recently on TCM and was still great.
I saw it during a summer of sorting before moving to St. Louis. It made me think that life had many twists and turns that I had not yet encountered, and I was right. So grateful now for having lived that life!
Master composer, arranger, and musician Michel Legrand has died. He was 86. RIP Michel.
I watched this movie when I was 15 or so.. man, it was impressive
Saw this when I was 14, and it has been a favorite ever since. I moved to the Mendocino coast when I was 19, and only then found out that the movie was filmed there, and not on Nantucket. Dorothy's house was built for the film and then removed, but you can still find Hermie's house on Ukiah St. in Mendocino.
Julie Fleiser great trivia!👍
Incredible !
Moving and beautiful song - with a tinge of sadness.
First heard this music when I was around 15 and loved it , (55 I am now ) it hasn’t lost its impact.. lovely lovely lovely .
Yes, I turned 15 in September of 71. And if you are like me you probably ask the same question of "my God, what happened to the time!??!"
I don't think a theme ever matched up more perfectly with a movie, and I have been following movies for 60 years, and have seen most of the older ones before my time..
Love Story!!!
Assisti esse filme acho q com 13 anos...nunca mais esqueci! Filme lindíssimo e música tbm!!
One of the most romantic themes ever written. RIP Michel.
It truly is that ❤️
A musica da minha vida , a mais linda.
Como e bom amar e ser amado.
What a Film. I was 15 when it came out. I fell in love with Jennifer O'Neal. WHO WOULDN'? It has a very special place in my heart....ALWAYS.
Yeah, I was in 9th grade. I thought "what a lucky kid", to get with Jennifer. Don't think this movie could be made these days, as it would not be politically correct. Remember Jennifer well, what a Goddess that came down to earth!
Like me.
Michel Legrand, my favorite musician of all time.
Romantisme à l'état pur .... le joyau de Michel LEGRAND.
This pulls at your heart strings ❤
A beautiful haunting melody. One of my favorites even as a kid the soundtrack stayed with me.
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Una deliciosa y muy acariciante melodía compuesta por Michel Legrand nos entrega el tema central de la película Verano del 42, donde la orquesta crea toda un aura de fantasía que toca las fibras más sensibles del corazón. Es imposible no llorar cada vez que la escucho, y doy gracias a Dios por haberla escuchado hacia mediados de los años 60, no precisamente en la película, sino como hermosa cortina de fondo para la telenovela venezolana "María Teresa", protagonizada en 1971 por Lupita Ferrer y José Bardina, cuando todavía las telenovelas y los comerciales utilizaban hermosos temas clásicos, populares y contemporáneos para enriquecer la producción, y no teníamos la magia del color que vino desde 1978. La exuberancia y brillantez armónica de las cuerdas guarda un muy delicado equilibrio con los solos del saxo y del piano, alternándose de principio a fin y llenando de brillo multicolor esta majestuosa producción del maestro Michel Legrand.
Não só o filme Summer of 42 é lindo, como seu love theme é de uma beleza indescritível.
Essa musica é tão bonita! Parabens a Michel Legrand.
Just picked up this record,. This movie , this soundtrack, just wonderful.
Une musique qui a fait le tour du monde ! Bravo M. Legrand.
Pérola do gênio M. Legrand! Aliás este LP inteiro foi/é ótimo. O mundo perdeu um dos maiores nomes da música...
One of Michel's most beautiful Themes. R.I.P
Generally speaking, this movie and its soundtrack are immortal, since everybody of us has his/ her own version of Summer of 42.
Yes...first saw this movie in my teens and I have carried that song with me all these years. Love the movie. Most of the movies today are full of violence or senseless crap.
This one was really sweet...But I was really sad for the young bride and her loss but impressed with her tenderness towards the young boy.....Today she would have gone to jail,makes me sad....
Dwight Dodd ❤️
I never saw her again, I never knew what happened to her. In the summer of '42, we attacked the Coast Guard four times, watched five movies and there were nine days of rain. Benji broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica and I , in a very special way, I lost Hermie forever ...
I like your story. I was not born that time yet it fits the music. Thank you. 💐🇵🇭😎
Vicente Caladas - I like your entry. I recognize Hermie’s opening dialogue (voiceover) from the movie❣️
@@cg232 Closing dialogue!
To: Mark Deimel - 😮 Whoops! You’re absolutely right. 🙂
I can close my eyes and hear that opening dialogue, thank you for bringing it back ❤️
Thank you, great Michel Legrand.🇧🇷❤
After all the years I still love the movie and the song.wow I was so young
belíssima canção, sem dúvida uma das mais belas que já tive o prazer de ouvir! 😍
Such a favorite. Never forget the day the needle hit the first groove.
When i was listen to this music,i could not spend the ordinary life. So beautiful and made me crazy. I was so sensitive and destroyed my innocent young time.At that time i was crazy about movie music. When i listen musik of michel lu gran, i remember my beatiful past time. Thank s much for so beautiful music from God!