Tiffany

Hello everyone, this weekend we are here to discuss "Tiffany" and everything related to it. Since our blog is all about music, I thought about starting with the soundtrack of the movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's", which is about Tiffany. So the hole soundtrack was composed by a man called Henry Mancini, and he was an american composer, conductor and arranger. Mancini was born in Cleveland, in the neighborhood called Little Italy to be more precise, he started to have piano lessons at the age of 12, played flute in the Aliquippa band, in 1942 attended to Julliard School of Music in New York, which he interrupted to join the United States Army. In 1952 he joined the Universal Pictures music department, and for 6 years we composed and contributed to more than 100 movies. In 1958 he left the company to become a independent composer, and helped for hundreds of tv shows, recorded more than 90 albums, and performed more than 600 live symphony's in his lifetime. His worked was well recognised and incredibly awarded with nominations for 72 Grammys, winning 20, nominated to 18 Academy Awards, winning 4; won a Golden Globe Award and 2 Emmy nominations. Unfortunatly he died in June 14, 1994, but his work will be forever remembered.
Tiffany was also famous for being referred in a song performed by Marylin Monroe called "Diamonds are a girl's best friend". This song had many versions and was singed by various artist like Nicole Kidman in the "Moulin Rouge", Kylie Minogue in 1995, Beyoncé in 2007, Christina Aguilera in the movie "Burlesque".

The reason why the version performed by Marylin Monroe became so popular, was due to the celebrity status of the actress. Marylin was an actress, singer, model and showgirl, born on June 1, 1926, spent most of her childhood going from one foster home to another, started her career as a model which then changed to actress when she signed a contract in 1946 with 20th Century Fox, starting with minor roles, but gathered attention from the audience with her blonde looks. Quickly she progressed to leading roles, becoming not only a movie star, but a sex symbol of her time. She was also known for her life of excesses and drug abuse, leading to her very premature death by overdose, which circunstances were odd and uncertain, being classified has a "probable suicide", but not ruling out homicide.
Well, we hope you have enjoyed our post, and that it has been informative. Thank you all, and nice weekend to everyone.

"Rebel Without a Cause"

"Rebel Without a Cause" is a movie  about a group of teenagers confused and tormented by their age's problems, starring James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. This motion picture as a very short soundtrack of only 4 tracks.

The first is "Ride of the Valkyries made in 1856 by Richard Wagner. Richard Wagner was a german composer and theatre director born on 22 May of 1813, known for his musical themes of complex texture, rich harmonies and orchestration. He died on 13 February of 1883.
The next track is "I'll String Along With You" made in 1934 by Harry Warren. He was a composer and lyricist who won 3 oscars for composing three songs.
The 3rd track is "Five O'Clock Whistle" made in 1936 by Gene Irwin and Josef Mirow. Josef Mirow was a russian composer nominated for an Academy Award.
Thr final track is "Wiegenlied" made by Johannes Brahms. He was a German composer and pianist.

Finally we would like to finish with a curiosity about the vehicles used in the movie. The main character's car is a "41 Chevrolet Special De Luxe with a straight six-cylinder engine with 90 horsepower and the white stripe tires characteristic of the 40's. The car used by the police was a "55 Ford Mailine with a powerful V8 engine with 162 horsepower and chromed rims with a classic style.