Apologies if this has been done before
The version of "The Weight" in the film Easy Rider is the original by The Band, but the soundtrack album commissioned a cover by the band Smith.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 23:59 (four years ago) link
Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is performed by John Cale in the film Shrek but by Rufus Wainwright on the soundtrack.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:00 (four years ago) link
That's all I got for now, wondering if there are any more.
Not exactly the same, but the vocalist for the Carrie Nations on the Beyond The Valley of The Dolls soundtrack LP wasn't the vocalist who supplied the vocals for Dolly Read to lipsync in the film. However now you can get both versions on CD.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 January 2020 00:14 (four years ago) link
Not by a different artist, but the recording of the Who’s “A Quick One, While He’s Away” in Rushmore is from The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus in December, 1968. However, that recording is controlled by Allen Klein, who either a) was a dick about licensing, b) wanted an exorbitant amount of money, or c) all of the above. So the version on the Rushmore soundtrack album is from the Who’s February 14, 1970 Leeds show instead.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 2 January 2020 02:47 (four years ago) link
i’ll take both of those, thanks
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:02 (four years ago) link
Dionne Warwick sings the theme song to Valley of the Dolls in the 1967 film, but she was under contract to Scepter Records who wouldn't allow her recording to be on the soundtrack album. Instead, co-writer Dory Previn sung it on the album. Meanwhile, Warwick recorded a new version with slightly different lyrics that appeared on a Scepter Records single and became a huge hit.
― Josefa, Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
Vaguely related situation in Saturday Night Fever where a pivotal dance scene is scored by the Bee Gees' recording of "More Than a Woman," but it was a different version of the song by Tavares that became a Top 40 smash as a single. Both versions are on the soundtrack album, however.
― Josefa, Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:40 (four years ago) link
Always thought it was weird that their version of If I Can't Have You wasn't also on there.
Possibly related; often on the back of VHS tapes in the 80s, you'd see 'Home Video Version: Some music has been rescored'. Never knew exactly what that meant or why it was there.
― piscesx, Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:55 (four years ago) link
^It probably meant the music was licensed only for theatrical use, before home video was contemplated (and it would have been too expensive or impractical to renegotiate the license for the HV release). This is also why you can’t buy early seasons of MTV’s The Real World or Daria (or pick your example) on DVD with the original music.
― the beer of champagnes (morrisp), Thursday, 2 January 2020 04:08 (four years ago) link
(Or maybe you can now, I don’t know; but I recall those being specific instances where fans complained because of the loss of key music cues in the HV releases. Apparently, even in the early/mid-’90s, MTV didn’t think there’d be a market for those shows on home media formats, or just didn’t bother negotiating music licenses that covered more than cable broadcast.)
― the beer of champagnes (morrisp), Thursday, 2 January 2020 04:11 (four years ago) link
the bee gees' version of "more than a woman" was arguably a bigger hit than tavares's, despite its absence from the hot 100. the only reason it wasn't on the hot 100 was because it wasn't actually released to retail as a single -- which was fair enough, as "night fever" and "if i can't have you" were both smashing at the time, with "disco inferno" also on the rise ("stayin' alive" was still on the hot 100, but declining).
if you check radio & records, the trade journal that was geared toward the radio segment of the industry, for the issue corresponding to tavares's hot 100 peak for "more than a woman" you'll see that it was actually the bee gees' version that was getting more airplay -- it was #22 on that mag's airplay chart, on the way to a #21 peak, with the tavares version listed among 'others getting significant action' but not actually on the 30-position chart. (link -- you'll also notice it's the only tune on the chart that's listed as an lp cut, i.e. unavailable as a single.)
― dyl, Thursday, 2 January 2020 04:48 (four years ago) link