Various Artists - Great Motion Picture Themes

The original LP of Great Motion Picture Themes - on CD here for the first time - containing songs from hit movies of the time, such as Exodus, The Alamo, Magnificent Seven, Never on Sunday and The Big Country.

The LP Great Motion Picture Themes reached number 2 in the Best Selling Albums chart in 1961 and remained in the charts for a staggering 81 weeks earning itself a gold album award. This was a compilation album of mainly motion picture theme songs derived from the United Artists film catalogue. Some of the numbers were solo hits - Theme from The Apartment and Exodus were both Top Ten hits, Never on Sunday reached #19, Theme from The Magnificent Seven and TV's Bonanza also charted. On this release Marilyn Monroe appears singing I Wanna Be Loved By You from Some Like It Hot. This expanded compilation appears on CD for the first time with additional tracks taken from volume 2 of the LP release.