Never on Sunday

by Manos Hadjidakis

Never on Sunday cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 1960
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: Greece
  • Length: 34:21
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Hadjidakis' score for the Jules Dassin film is carried by 'Ta Paidia tou Piraia', sung on screen by Melina Mercouri. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first foreign-language winner of the prize.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, orchestral, traditional, ballad, dance

Tracklist

  1. Main Title - Never on Sunday (2:32)
  2. Prologue (3:19)
  3. Bouzoukia (2:19)
  4. Dance Yorgo (2:59)
  5. Taki (1:58)
  6. The Charms of Ilya (2:03)
  7. Ilya (2:29)
  8. Never on Sunday (Children of Athens) - Vocal (3:21)
  9. Hasapico (1:50)
  10. The Lantern (2:05)
  11. Betrayed (1:48)
  12. Speak Softly (1:13)
  13. The Organ Grinder (2:27)
  14. End Title - Never on Sunday (3:54)

Credits

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