I play this every morining when i get ready…. It makes me feel a rush of vitality and cleanliness nothing can compare to it

Thanks to Joan and Mommie Dearest, I am now a fan of vintage coffee percolators, the opening scene was beautifully filmed.

I always play this music whenever I do my skin care routine

This is one of the greatest soundtracks ever. It certainly is in terms of films centered on the Hollywood mystique or about famous Hollywood figures, for no other effort in that regard comes even close to evoking the quiet desperation and loneliness that some of the greatest film stars, even in our own time, experience at the peak of their stardom. However, in Joan Crawford's day, these were 'deities' who lived in real-life snow globes of their own creation, and whose public image was to mirror the domestic 'fantasy' they had crafted for themselves to suit their fans' expectations. In the days before the social media craze, this was the only reality that fans were privy to, and thus the only reality that mattered, i.e., that of a star who had it all: career, home, and family! Joan Crawford's life ultimately became the quintessential personification of this myth, the perfect evocation of this fantasy, of this tireless drive for complete and total perfection, of a life utterly devoted to and 'lived' for her fans' pleasure. Her personality was indeed tailor-made for this kind of scrutiny. However, in the end, the image of happiness and bliss gave way to the ultimate heartbreak of a life lived alone and with almost no one else who could even relate to what it must be like for someone so instantly famous, that they cannot get away from their own fame monster. So, what else could she do but make peace with it and resign herself to living in her own snow globe; what we today might call a 'bubble,' perfectly insulated from reality. That's the kind of evocation of sadness that this soundtrack conjures up, an evocation perfectly glamorous and gorgeous to behold, but one perfectly sad and lonely at the same time. Fame is a lonely place to inhabit, one seemingly made for perfectly beautiful people and Crawford gave her fans that illusion every single time she stepped into the outside world. That titanic degree of commitment to a role, to an image, to a certain public and private life ultimately became the only reality that mattered to her as well, precisely because that is the only reality she knew. This soundtrack speaks to every single one of those elements: the beauty, the joy, the glamour, the sadness, the heartbreak, the dread. A kind of Sunset Boulevard for our own generation about a Hollywood deity who became a martyr to her own fame and stardom. I honestly feel that Joan Crawford's life is the perfect vehicle for understanding that thing called Hollywood in all of its incarnations and this soundtrack drives that point home beautifully and effortlessly. Thanks for sharing it with us, Soundtrack Fred!

Is it me or is the opening song so relaxing and soothing? It has that early morning bird feel.

Mommie Dearest Soundtrack has such a haunting quality. It completely transforms me into another time and place. The Soundtrack, magnificent sets, and Joan's wardrobe really made the movie for me.

Who would’ve ever thought both scores for Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Mommie Dearest were composed by the same guy.

“Mommie Dearest” was received with very mixed feelings when it came out in 1981. It dealt with the life of Joan Crawford, a golden figure of Hollywood’s golden days, based on her adopted daughter’s biographical book. Faye Dunaway’s portrait of the star in the picture was pretty well received, although based on Christina Crawford’s mainly negative perspectives. The cast received numerous negative-awards, such as worst screenplay, worst movie, worst director and so on, but today the movie is often called a classic. A different kind of classic, with very little and subtle appearing music by one of Hollywood’s finest composers: Henry Mancini, who put some effort and soul into the score. Enjoy!

Beautiful, haunting soundtrack. Thank you very much for this.

I play this when I'm doing my morning routine. Lovely 💕

As for me thanks to the man who put this beautiful sound , song together

Brings back so many memories! Truly music which makes the star even brighter. Long live Joan Crawford!

The opening evokes a glamorous mystery.

Beautiful soundtrack.

2022 I love this!!!

I absolutely love the music, sometimes I skip through the movie just to hear it. Also love, love the alarm clock in the opening of the movie. Would love to have that and an ice box in my bathroom to keep the ice to freeze my pores after a vigorous face scrubbing!

i wish the soundtrack was on Spotify

This is probably one of my favorite openings of all time!

I first heard the main theme on a cassette tape titled 'Mancini in Surround: Mostly Monsters, Murders and Mysteries' that I picked up from a bargain bin at a petrol station, and instantly fell in love with this piece. The chord changes, the variations on the theme, the soaring strings.....just absolutely beautiful! Now hearing this full suite has taken it to a whole new level, thank you so much for uploading this piece, much appreciated.

You should see the movie "Rain" with Joan Crawford ! She actually was a pretty woman back then !

Hoch kultivierte Leistung dieses fein komponierten Meisterwerks mit farbenprächtigen Töne aller Instrumente. Der unvergleichliche Komponist/Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im angemessenen Tempo mit effektiver Dynamik. Einfach wunderschön!

Really A-class composition

Oh Joan..

Thanks so much for this, Fred! You're doing some amazing work.

Awesome compilation - thanks!

Good music

Music to scrub elbows by -

I'm searching for the cd soundtrack!

I did not care for the movie, nor have I ever thought Joan Crawford was that great. (I do think she was great in “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”) However, I do love this soundtrack suite. Love Henry Mancini’s work. Thank you, Soundtrack Fred! Another beautiful suite to enjoy, 😊💕

This soundtrack really is on par if not superior to Flowers in the Attic and Children of the Corn

can you please, please, please do "Deep Blue Sea"? the entire soundtrack used to be on youtube but it disappeared some time ago and I was really upset because I love it so much!

Triple like

I can't find the soundtrack to this anywhere.

Some actors are born to play certain charactors..Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford,Stephen Fry Oscar Wilde, Jemery Brett Sherlock Holmes..Leonardo de Caprio J E Hoover...

I would LOVE to own this sound track but cannot find it anywhere !!

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I found this film extremely entertaining even though die hard fans of Joan Crawford were appalled. It's drama but at the same time it is a dark comedy which you have to see it in a manner not literally believing that it is her, even though her daughter wrote the book. The soundtrack is great!

Fred Could you please put a Mildred Pierce suite together for us. What's on here YT is not up to par, I know you will do a fabulous job of this classic Steiner score. Thank you

#bernadetteflannery

Interview with the vampire please

Best track in this is She's Drunk/First Kiss, or something to that effect. i'd been wanting to get the music by itself forever, I 'd get irritated by Faye Dunaway scoffing when she's trying to stand up as the other two are hoisting her out of bed 😆 - I just roll when carol Ann is really patronizing Christina as mommie moans in the background, "God, Christina daaaaahhling"

I adore Joan Crawford. Not one word of Christina’s ridiculously contrived book could ever make me hate Joan. Bette Davis might have been an actress, but Joan was a star. There will never be another like her. ⭐️

it's a shame, really, that music this beautifully composed and just about mood=altering, that should have been an addition to a great film, yet has to suffer the burden of being attached to a stinking pile of shit which is this movie. I feel bad for Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Henry Mancini, even the great Howard DaSilva (LB Mayer).

Most people know nothing about soundtracks . This is why Hans Zimmer is such an overrated star

MOMMIE DEAREST is hilarious.

The font looks incredibly KILL BILL-like. lol. No offense whatsoever, was that deliberate?! LOL.