Ports of Paradise

by Alfred Newman & Ken Darby

Ports of Paradise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:06
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Utilizing the immense resources of a Hollywood soundstage, these celebrated film composers craft an opulent, highly romanticized vision of the South Seas. The integration of a massive orchestra and sweeping choral arrangements expands the typically small-combo exotica aesthetic into a grandiose, widescreen cinematic experience.

Genres

Descriptors: choral

Tracklist

  1. Ports of Paradise (3:51)
  2. The Enchanted Sea (4:12)
  3. Blue Tahitian Moon (2:15)
  4. Farewell (For Just Awhile) (2:24)
  5. Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) (4:09)
  6. Isa Lei (3:11)
  7. Whispering Wind (3:50)
  8. My Little Grass Shack (2:26)
  9. Forever More (Lei Aloha Lei Makamae) (3:42)
  10. Madonna of the Flowers (5:17)
  11. To You Sweetheart, Aloha (4:44)

Credits

  • Alfred Newman - primary artist
  • Ken Darby - primary artist
  • Bill Lee - guest
  • Mavis Rivers - guest
  • Norma Zimmer - guest

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