The Family Way (soundtrack)

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The Family Way
The Family Way cover
Soundtrack by Paul McCartney
Released 12 June 1967
Recorded December 1966-February-May 1967
Genre Symphonic rock
Length 24:59
Label London
Producer(s) Paul McCartney, Jean François Jarry and Carl Aubut
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The Family Way is a soundtrack recording composed by Paul McCartney, released in 1967. The album is the soundtrack to a 1966 film of the same name, directed by Roy Boulting. The UK version was the original, but in the USA, an orchestral only version was released under the name The George Martin Orchestra, The Family Way (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

The Family Way won a Ivor Novello Award for Best Music and was remastered and released on CD in 1995.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

  1. "Variation No. 1" – 3:14
  2. "Variation No. 2" – 2:01
  3. "Variation No. 3" – 2:00
  4. "Variation No. 4" – 2:59
  5. "Variation No. 5" – 2:25
  6. "Variation No. 6" – 0:52
  7. "Variation No. 7" – 3:18
  8. "Variation No. 8" – 2:51
  9. "Variation No. 9" – 2:50
  10. "Hymn to the Child" (Dwight Baker/Jean-Marie Benjamin) – 4:12
    • L'Hymne a L'Enfant
    • Reminiscences
    • Double-March
  11. "Theme" – 0:59
  12. "Variation I" – 2:00
  13. "Variation II" – 1:48
  14. "Variation III" – 2:30
  15. "Variation IV" – 1:48
  16. "Variation V" – 1:42
  17. "Capitaine Bonhomme" (Gilbert LaCombe/Michel Noël) – 2:48
  18. "Le Pirate Maboule" (Herbert Ruff/P. Thériault) – 3:53
  19. "Sol et Gobelt" (L. Durand/Herbert Ruff) – 3:30
  20. "Grujot et Delicat" (Herbert Ruff/P. Thériault) – 2:47
  21. "Monsieur Surprise" (Herbert Ruff/P. Thériault) – 2:22
  22. "Sarajevo" (Carl Aubut) – 4:54
    • Children of Sarajevo
    • Les Enfants de Sarajevo

[edit] Personnel

  1. Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, piano, vocals.
  2. George Martin: Concertmaster, Orchestration.
  3. Andre Moisan: Clarinet.
  4. Carl Aubut: Guitar, flute.
  5. Claire Marchand: Flute
  6. Elaine Marcil: Violin
  7. Marie-Josee Arpin: Violin
  8. Therese Motard: Cello
  9. Margot Aldrich: Viola, vocals.
  10. Claudel String Quartet.