Working Girl (soundtrack)
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Working Girl is the soundtrack to the 1988 movie Working Girl
directed by Mike Nichols
and starring Harrison Ford
, Sigourney Weaver
and Melanie Griffith
. Music by Carly Simon
, scored by Rob Mounsey
. The soundtrack features several songs and instrumental compositions by Simon and others. It features Simon's award winning song, "Let the River Run
".
Working Girl
Working Girl is a 1988 romantic comedy film written by Kevin Wade and directed by Mike Nichols. It tells the inspiring story of a Staten Island-raised secretary, Tess McGill , working in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank...
directed by Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols is a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian. He began his career in the 1950s as one half of the comedy duo Nichols and May, along with Elaine May. In 1968 he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Graduate...
and starring Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford is an American film actor and producer. He is famous for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. Ford is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in...
, Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is best known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition .Other notable roles include Dana...
and Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
. Music by Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
, scored by Rob Mounsey
Rob Mounsey
Rob Mounsey is an award-winning composer, music producer, and musician. He was born in Berea, Ohio and grew up in Seattle, Washington and several Ohio towns. At the age of 17, he was awarded a BMI Student Composer's Award in New York. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1971 to 1975...
. The soundtrack features several songs and instrumental compositions by Simon and others. It features Simon's award winning song, "Let the River Run
Let the River Run
"Let the River Run" is a song first featured in the 1988 film Working Girl, with music and lyrics by Carly Simon. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989...
".
Track listing
- Carly Simon - "Let the River RunLet the River Run"Let the River Run" is a song first featured in the 1988 film Working Girl, with music and lyrics by Carly Simon. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989...
" (C. Simon) — 3:40 - Carly Simon - "In Love (Instrumental)" (C. Simon) — 3:55
- Rob Mounsey, George Young, Chip Jackson, Grady TateGrady TateGrady Tate, , is a hard bop and soul-jazz drummer and singer.He has played with Lional Hampton, Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count...
- "The Man That Got AwayThe Man that Got Away"The Man that Got Away" is a popular song, published in 1953 and was written for the 1954 version of the movie A Star Is Born. The music was written by Harold Arlen, and the lyrics by Ira Gershwin...
(Instrumental)" (H. Arlen/I. Gershwin) — 2:48 - Carly Simon - "The Scar (Instrumental)" (C. Simon) — 1:22
- The St. Thomas Choir of Men and BoysSaint Thomas Choir SchoolSaint Thomas Choir School is a church-affiliated boarding choir school in Manhattan, New York. It was founded in 1919 and is supported by the nearby Saint Thomas Church, an Episcopal church continuing the Anglican tradition of all-male choral ensembles...
- "Let The River Run" (C. Simon) — 3:01 - Chris De Burgh - "Lady In Red" (C. De Burgh) — 4:16
- Carly Simon - "Carlotta's Heart" (C. Simon) — 4:18
- Carly Simon - "Looking Through Katherine's House" (C. Simon) — 2:07
- Sonny Rollins - "Poor ButterflyPoor Butterfly"Poor Butterfly" is a popular song. It was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly and contains a brief musical quote from the act 2 duet Tutti i fior in the verse....
(Instrumental)" (R. Hubbell) — 6:04 - Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited" (A. Pointer/J. Pointer/R. Pointer/T. Lawrence) — 5:39