Summer of 42 - Music by Michel Legrand

[KathyWaikoloa]

One of my all-time favorite themes - thank you for posting!

[spideraxis]

This movie, song and story can bring me to tears in a matter of seconds. I love it as much now as I did in 1971 when it was released.

[msirukandjisting]

@msndhfycyydbeb - yes - I play it well on my piano and have since learnt Schindlers List as well - 2-3 weeks ago I started learning violin, teaching myself - ups and downs, but its getting there - I so love Summer of 42 - thanks for asking too :)

[lancieannie]

Lovely slide show.

[hacialaroca]

EXCELENTE !!!! GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR CON TODOS!!!!!!

[SunnyDays951]

This is music that moves the soul.

[msirukandjisting]

My job this week is to learn how to play this on my piano - truly beautiful

[msndhfycyydbeb]

@msirukandjisting Did you end up learning it? :)

[mtadams64]

What Album/CD is this particular recording version on? I love this version but can't find it anywhere, (even the movie soundtrack doesn't have this version), lots other versions but not this particular arrangement. Can you tell me what CD I can find it on?

[Maureen712]

@mtadams64 Sorry, I don't have that information. I usually google the song and ask if there is a free mp3 download for it. I often find the song but very seldom any details about it.

[ramnik63]

first movie i saw after bunking from my school many years back,thank you very much Maureen 712 for bringing back nice old memories

[brickpaverr]

@mtadams64 Get a free youtube download from the net and download this clip, then get a free mp4 or avi to mp3 converter, also from the net and you'll have the audio as you hear it now, in mp3 format.

[shirl328]

IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR.

[flauretta]

classic movie...one of my favorites...

[QuantaFilms]

Maureen, what a lovely set of images. I remember the song from when I was a child. Lovely !

[patertre]

My promise. Never forget this awesome movie and song.With me forever!!

[jovezere]

Maureen712 : very nice and congratulations for your work !!!

[ramnik63]

@jovezere 

[Lily4743]

Obrigada Maureen! Esta música é simplismente imortal. Um presente que Michel confiou aos amantes(Lê-se amantes=aqueles que amam). Passam-se os anos e as melhores lembranças afloram neste momento. Viva as melhores recordações!! Que não sejem poucas. Obrigada.

[Dipsodan]

Thank you Maureen! It brought tears to my eyes, but I'm just an old softie.... great job!

[daisies53]

Wonderful. Simply wonderful and yes, thank you for posting! :)

[Maureen712]

@daisies53 I'm happy you enjoyed it! Thank you for your nice comment! :D <3 Maureen

[MrFeefifum]

@daisies53 I asked my girlfriend to watch this movie with me. She didn't like it. She's now my ex :-p

[mrashwan90]

Please,Do you know where I can get a free copy of the book by "Herman Raucher" ??

I've searched a lot...

[sandramara5]

Muito lindo esse filme ...eu adoro!!!!!

[PcolaSteve4234]

Absolutely beautiful.

[indianasoul]

This song does not need words...Has been my favorite since I was 15 :) The movie is my fav too! So sweet and innocent..sigh*..so unlike today.

[LIBBIEKITTY]

Thankyou for uploading this, this song melts my heart. I'm only 15 years young aswell.

[archer641]

Beautiful, thanks for posting it. I remember going to see the movie when it first came out. A great movie wth a haunting melody.

[GLDHUNTRS]

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO GARY GRIMES?

[paduaprs]

R >

e o verão te levou.

sei quando ele volta.

e tu, amada minha vida?

quando te verei outra vez?

acaso devo de esperar -te

por toda eternidade?

Deus ó Deus,

por que me deixaste tão só?

..> A

[paduaprs]

R> mulher, woman, femme, donna, como devo de chamar-te amada minha vida? muito mais que em meu desejo tu vives em minha alma. tu és mais que uma vida tu és um sonho eterno. tu és muito mais que o tempo tu és a eternidade. sei que estavas na hora de partir. onde quer que estejas lembra de mim amada minha vida. já que me deixaste agora, vou quere-te hoje, vou esperar-te amanhã ..> A

[Rustina61]

This song always made me cry. It's playing on an old record player when Hermie reads the letter informing the beautiful lady that her husband had been killed in the war. Thank you for this, very moving.

[jet7111]

i love this song, a song like this tugs at the soul beautiful

[wrmconstu]

Thanks Maureen, very beautiful indeed !

[maisqpoesia9999lcg]

jamais vou esquecer...

[Houmatt]

What exactly is this track featured on? I have been looking for it as an mp3 on Amazon.

[Peacenrespect]

I was his age .. maybe 12 and going to my cousins house on Nantucket Island in the summer. I was imagining for an encounter like this. I cried in empathy with her grief and loneliness.

[franklindavid]

This was my summer of 45!

Every young mans dream of romance, mature the woman the better.

[mark0454]

You said; "It was made many years ago" That is a starling fact that is hard to accept. It is hard to think that the memories that I have of my teen age years can now be characterized as "many years ago"

But the colors were so vivid and the music so moving. And Mary Anne sat so close to me in the theater, and I smelled her hair. How can that be "so many years ago"

Thanks for the memory. But, sorry it was at the expense of the realization of my advancing age.

[libralady1010]

Thank you for this post. It's wonderful. Have said before, we owe so much-SO MUCH-to the Greatest Generation. People need to remember that and remember THEM.

[454something]

Thanks for posting this Maureen712. I'm an old rock and roll guy, but this just melts my heart.

[Maureen712]

@454something Thanks for letting me know. You made me feel really good!

<3 Maureen

[msmomony]

@454something Hermie was MOLESTED. He was only 15. She in her late 20s. Why do we look the other way when a woman molests a boy?

[mark0454]

@msmomony "Why do we look the other way when a woman molests a boy?"

Right or wrong, movies used to consist of a young man's dreams and an olerr woman's desperate heartache. They weren't concerned with what is now percieved to be molestation.

At the end of the day, in 1971, every boy wanted to be Hermie (myself included) and every young woman wanted to be Jennifer O'neal.

I think, back then, we called it make believe. A lost art.

[Maureen712]

@mark0454 Well said. Our imaginations are our best friends (most of the time). :D

[Houmatt]

@msmomony Have you even seen the film? Look, what ultimately happened between the O"Neill and Grimes characters is not even really what the film is about. What you had was a grieving war widow looking for solace, and Hermie was there. And apparently the story was autobiographical because apparently after the film's release Herman Raucher appeared on a TV show after the film's release and the woman called and said she hoped he wasn't still hurt after all this time.

[angelbe88]

This song sounds familiar. I'm going through my tapes this morning and I hear it. Then an hour or so later I hear it again on an ambient channel from itunes.I must of heard it from a movie. Was it in the classic one with Meryl streep and Rober Deniro. I think it's called, "falling in love."

[Maureen712]

@angelbe88 This song is the theme from the movie "Summer of 42". It was made many years ago but if it's ever on TV, I recommend it to you. I enjoyed it very much!

Maureen

[billboardnumber1]

@Maureen712 So what are you waiting for? UPLOAD IT on YOUTUBE so we can watch IT! sheesh. Hurry I am waiting.

[dormantone]

@Maureen712 Streisand did a very nice job with the vocal of the theme, done as "The Summer Knows", with really great lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman! I think that was one of the first times the Bergmans and Michel LeGrand worked together. Thank you for downloading -- you did a great job with the visuals as well!!

[bamboorepublic]

They showed this movie tonight on TV. Just love it........Can someone tell me; did the boy have sex with her? I know they slept together, but I never knew if he actually had sex with her. I sure would like to know.

[Maureen712]

@bamboorepublic My husband and I also watched this on TV last week. Having read the book and heard Hermie's thoughts after they slept together, I'm sure Hermie had sex with his beloved.

[bamboorepublic]

@Maureen712 THANK YOU!

[RissaInDaSky]

Oh and he also wrote Ode To Billy Joe



[unopsec]

Beautiful thanks for the memories...

[MsJune54]

I read the book when I was in high school, still have it. very sweet and funny, well written. love the movie, thanks so much for this lovely video and song!!!!

[Maureen712]

@MsJune54 I lent my book to a friend and it was never returned so I bought a used copy which I still enjoy reading from time to time. Thank you for commenting...I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! Michel Legrand made beautiful music...this movie theme is one of my favorites!

[bellabecka2You]

Nice piano playing. Such a beautiful piece of music, but Michel Legrand composes such beauitful pieces of music.

[dahsuerk]

A great coming of age movie. It was release in 1971. Afterwords there was "The Class of 44", but not near as good as the first. Every boys dream.

[akatonbo69]

胸にきゅん。と来ます。

[likable72]

one of the most memorable theme song of all time.I fell in love with jennifer and it was my most unforgettable summer.

[peteboy1113]

what year did this come out.

[Maureen712]

1971. One of my favorite movies - love the song!

[Snicki1946]

beautiful song for a beautiful movie

[Sebeaa]

just lovely.......

[Maureen712]

Thank you! Wish I had the movie..I'd like to watch it again.

<3 Maureen

[sussukhan]

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[paduaprs]

hey maureen,

when i was very young, in the times of

dinossaurs, i knew a beautiful married

woman in porto alegre. till today she is

an important love for me. i talked about

all things with her. thank you for your

video. jennifer is a beautiful brazilian

actress. antonio

[Maureen712]

I'm glad my video brought back happy memories for you. Have you read the book? Knowing what he's thinking makes it a lot more interesting (and funny). Maureen

[teacherjoyceann]

BEAUTIFUL Maureen!!!! You really make

stunning videos....hugs...Joyce

[evoe14]

Good work Maureen! I love this song very very much i cant do my work unless i listen first ot this song. Thanks a lot!

[rafaelbydesign]

THANK YOU!!!

[mpsarge2]

the first time I read the book in a Quonset Hut at the DMZ staring at some north koreans back in a day. then saw the movie about 30 yrs later. both were still good.

[peteboy1113]

2nd inf div here, c co 1st bat, 1975-76.

[MoonlightNothing]

My second cousin Sherry, took me to see the movie with her. She was over 18 and I was 13, I think. Anyway, it made quite an impression on my young mind. The song I figured out on my Dad's second hand piano . . . some of it, anyway. My parents never knew what I was playing . . . or what I saw . . . ~e

[Maureen712]

I love both songs, too! I also love "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (I saw you had it on your Favorites List when I visited your page..now it's on my Favorites list, too). Thanks for commenting! My mom used to sing a lot...I have tapes of the two of us singing together (she passed away 14 years ago). I still miss her!

<3 Maureen

[Frapo888]

It's been my favorite since I first heard it when I was in gradeschool. My mom used to sing this in medley with another song, What are you doing the rest of your life. Loved loved loved!!! that's why it's summerknows

[luiz1948]

Maravilhoso vídeo..Musica sublime!

[Maureen712]

Thank you very much!

Maureen

[wilsonchay]

One of the best movies of all time. My best friend and I saw it together. He's dead now, but everytime I see it, it reminded me of him, and the good times we've shared together when we're young. Live the moments - they are precious.

[6littleboyblue9]

One of my all time favorite movies....Nicely done!! :-)

[sugarpig1977]

love this piece of music, didn't know there was a film and book, will defo check it out

[Maureen712]

Alright!!!  Thanks a lot! :D

Maureen

[likekinds]

Classy!