The Fabulous Baker Boys (soundtrack)

The Fabulous Baker Boys is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. This album is the soundtrack to the motion picture The Fabulous Baker Boys directed by Steve Kloves. The album reached No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Grusin's score received numerous accolades, including a 1989 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, a 1990 Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score, a 1990 nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and was the 1990 Grammy winner for the best score soundtrack for visual media. Grusin's arrangement of "My Funny Valentine," sung by Michelle Pfeiffer, won the 1990 Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals. According to a survey conducted by Billboard, The Fabulous Baker Boys was the fifth best-selling jazz album of 1989.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Grusin except where noted

"Main Title – Jack's Theme" - 6:40
"Welcome to the Road" - 5:33
"Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:09
"Suzie and Jack" - 5:00
"Shop Till You Bop" - 4:35
"Soft on Me" - 2:30
"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:26
"The Moment of Truth" - 3:55
"Moonglow" (Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 3:25
"Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 2:32
"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:02

Personnel

Dave Grusin – Fender Rhodes electric piano, piano, synthesizer, conductor
Ernie Watts – saxophone
Sal Marquez – trumpet
Lee Ritenour – guitar
Brian Bromberg, J. J. Wiggins, Ernie McDaniel – bass
Harvey Mason, Rocky White, Gene Krupa, Earl Palmer – drums
Michelle Pfeiffer – vocals
Norris Turney, The Mariano-Dodgion Sextet - alto saxophone
The Mariano-Dodgion Sextet, Charles Owens, Eddie Daniels, Herman Riley, Benny Goodman - clarinet
Charles Owens - bass clarinet
Mercer Ellington - conductor
Roland Hanna, Teddy Wilson, Karen Hernandez - piano
Eddie Daniels, Herman Riley - tenor saxophone
Al Grey, Britt Woodman - trombone
Chuck Connors - bass trombone
Barry Lee Hall, Clark Terry, Lew Soloff, Ron Tooley - trumpet, flugelhorn
Lionel Hampton - vibraphone, vocals

Charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)	90
US Billboard Jazz Albums	3

References

"The top 15 jazz albums based on Billboard's survey..." United Press International. December 1, 1989. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 121.
"Dave Grusin US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

External links

v t e Dave Grusin
Studio albums	Discovered Again! One of a Kind Out of the Shadows Night Lines Cinemagic Migration The Gershwin Connection Homage to Duke The Orchestral Album Two for the Road Now Playing
Compilation albums	Collection
Collaboration albums	Harlequin (w/Lee Ritenour) Sticks and Stones (w/Don Grusin) Two Worlds (w/Lee Ritenour)
Soundtrack albums	The Fabulous Baker Boys Havana The Firm Mulholland Falls
Live albums	Dave Grusin and the NY-LA Dream Band

v t e Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
1950s	No Award (1958) Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)
1960s	Exodus – Ernest Gold (1960) Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1961) No Award (1962) Tom Jones – John Addison (1963) Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1964) The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1965) Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1966) Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967) The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1968) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)
1970s	Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1970) Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971) The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972) Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973) The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1974) Jaws – John Williams (1975) Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1976) Star Wars – John Williams (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1978) Superman – John Williams (1979)
1980s	The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982) Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1983) Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1984) Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1985) Out of Africa – John Barry (1986) The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1987) The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1988) The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin (1989)
1990s	Glory – James Horner (1990) Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1991) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1992) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1993) Schindler's List – John Williams (1994) Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1995) Independence Day – David Arnold (1996) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1997) Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1998) A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (1999)
2000s	American Beauty – Thomas Newman (2000) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004) Ray – Craig Armstrong (2005) Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2006) Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2007) The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2008) Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s	Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2010) The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2011) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2012) Skyfall – Thomas Newman (2013) The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2014) Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2015) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2016) La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2017) Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2018) Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
2020s	Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020) The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2021) Encanto – Germaine Franco (2022) Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (2023)

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