“For all the times a composer is turned down by a singer, for all the times a composer doesn’t get his first choice of vocalist, for all the frustrations-this high made up for all of them. For Hamlisch, who died in 2012, it remained his personal favorite, as much for the song as the struggle to get it heard. And within minutes, there wasn’t a dry eye left. Hamlisch said, “I heard a woman start to cry. With the song in the final scene, the film was tested again. “Believe me, it wasn’t mere pocket change,” Hamlisch said. They relented, on condition that he pay for the recording session. Hamlisch begged Columbia to let him rescore the scene, with the song. Hamlisch recalls a test screening in which the audience was unmoved by the final scene where Streisand and Redford realize they have no future together. Way We Were, The (4,408) 1 h X-Ray UHD 16+ Set during the politically charged time of pre-WWII McCarthyism, a young couple with diametrically opposing views of politics, friendships and careers find it difficult to balance their private love and desires with their very public lives. “I hate ‘My Funny Valentine,” Streisand snapped.Īfter all the drama, the song was omitted from the original cut of the film. “So is ‘My Funny Valentine,’” Hamlisch countered. The Way We Were Play track Love this track More actions Listeners 104.7K Scrobbles 400.3K Join others and track this song Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account Sign Up to Last. Some reports say that Streisand was the lone vote against having a song in the scene.Īccording to Anne Edwards’ biography on Streisand, she told Hamlisch the song was too sentimental. A vote was taken by director Sydney Pollack, the film’s stars and Columbia executives. There was absolutely no way to rethink it.”īut rethink it they did, creating a second version that was “more complex, and less sentimental.” Streisand recorded both and they were auditioned in the picture. In January 1974, a soundtrack album to the film came out featuring this song as the first track and instrumental scores from the film written by Marvin Hamlisch. “I had poured my heart into what I had written and just didn’t think I had a better ‘The Way We Were’ in me. “It came as a shock, when on the way home, Alan suggested that maybe we could do even better,” he recalled. So I wrote a major key melody that was sad but also had a great deal of hope in it.” Hamlisch said he finally wrote a melody “that just got to me.” He added, “I’d been trying minor key melodies, but thought they might’ve told you too much in advance that Streisand and Redford were never going to get together. At night, my dreams were accompanied by a soundtrack, and it was always Streisand’s voice doing the singing.” I’d work for three hours then leave the piano, and try again the next day. To be honest, my first attempts were in that direction. I was determined not to write something drippingly sentimental. “No matter what I was doing, I could hear Barbra’s voice in my head and recall how wonderful she sounds when she holds certain notes. Knowing the song was for Streisand made him initially cautious. “I wanted to reflect all of the sorrow and despondency and pain of the relationship, the star-crossed nature of it.” Hamlisch aimed to capture the entire script in a song. Then the capper-the picture starred Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand. The basic set-up: A serious Jewish girl falls for the Wasp-y hunk on campus, beginning a decade-long, stormy affair. Ten years and a few movie soundtracks later, Hamlisch got a phone call from his friend Ray Stark about writing a song on spec for a film. Though he’d penned “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows,” a minor hit for Lesley Gore, his credentials were hardly enough to turn the head of the diva-to-be. She also founded the Streisand Foundation in 1986 to support social and political causes.At the time of this prayer, in 1964, Hamlisch was a rehearsal pianist for Streisand’s Broadway debut Funny Girl. She is one of the few celebrities to have launched her own line of beauty products, which was launched in 2002. In addition to her artistic career, Streisand is also a prolific businesswoman and philanthropist. She has become one of the most prolific female artists in the music industry and has won numerous awards, including 10 Grammy Awards and 5 Emmy Awards. 'The Way We Were' (1973) Columbia Records 'The Way We Were' is the title song for the movie starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Streisand has also recorded hit albums, including The Barbra Streisand Album (1963), My Name Is Barbra (1965) and The Way We Were (1974). Since then, she has appeared in a series of films, including A Star Is Born (1976), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) and Meet the Fockers (2004). Streisand entered the film industry at the age of 21 and won an Oscar for her performance in the 1968 film Funny Girl. She went on to win two Tonys, a Grammy and an Emmy for her performances. No woman no cry street cover by Bob MarleyĪt the age of 15, Streisand made her Broadway debut as the young actress in the musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale.
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