''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' is a

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by American singer-songwriter

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, released in 1973 by

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. Produced by Tom Catalano, it is the soundtrack to the 1973 film of the same name. The album marked Diamond's return to Columbia and grossed more than the film itself. It won the 1974 Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. Diamond often included a ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' suite in his live performances, as he did in his 1976 '' Love at the Greek'' concert—comprising "Be", "Dear Father", "Lonely Looking Sky", "Sanctus", "Skybird" and "Be (Encore)"—and his show in Las Vegas that same year. A studio version of the suite—comprising "Prologue", "Lonely Looking Sky", "Skybird", "Dear Father (Rebuked)" and "Be"—was presented on Diamond's 1996 box set ''In My Lifetime''.

Reception

''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' and Diamond's subsequent album ''

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'' (1974) have earned a combined 27 gold discs in Australia. As of September 1976, the soundtrack was a bigger financial success than the film, grossing 12 million dollars, while the film itself had grossed 2 million. '' Irvine Herald'' reviewer Willie Freckleton observed that "Be" was "classical Diamond singing a very powerful ballad." In a retrospective review for

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, Shawn M. Haney found the album to be "compelling and rich in texture and melody" and praised Catalano's direction, Holdridge's orchestral arrangements and Diamond's occasional vocals, concluding that the album "fits the piece of the puzzle the motion picture needed so perfectly."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from LP liner notes. Musicians *Paulo Alencar *Phil Azelton *

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*Marilyn H. Baker * Paul Beaver *Myer Bello *Arnold Belnick * Richard Bennett *Dixie Blackstone *

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*Samuel Boghossian *Hoyt Bohannon *Owen Wilson Brady * Larry E. Carlton *Donald Christlieb *

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* David Cohen *Gary L. Coleman *Chase Craig *William Criss *Rollice Dale *Isabelle Dashkoff * Vincent N. DeRosa *Assa Drori *Robert Dubow *David A. Duke *Jesse Ehrlich *John Ellis * Gene P. Estes * Victor S. Feldman *Henry Ferber *Ronald P. Folsom *Norman Forrest *James Getzoff *

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*Philip Goldberg *Harris Goldman * Emory L. Gordy Jr. *Ralph E. Grierson *Allan Harshman *William Henderson *Thomas R. Hensley *Arthur Hoberman *

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Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. An 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News and Documentary Emmy Awards, and o ...

*Luella Howard *Selene Hurford *Harry Hyams *Jules Jacob * John T. Johnson *Yukiko Kanei *George Kast *Pearl Kaufman *Richard S. Kaufman * Raymond J. Kelley *Jerome A. Kessler *Louis Kievman *Lou Klass *Robert Konrad *Jacob Krachmalnick *Raphael Kramer *Bernard Kundell *William Kurasch *Carl LaMagna * Michael Lang *Diana Lee *Gayle Levant *Marvin Limonick *Abe Luboff *Arthur Maebe *Leonard Malarsky *Jack Marsh *Lew McCreary *Ida Sue McCune *Peter A. Mercurio * Joseph Mondragon *Milton E. Nadel *Wilbert Nuttycombe * Michael S. Omartian *

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*Sheldon Sanov *Ralph Schaeffer *Gordon Schoneberg *

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*Sidney Sharp *Stan Sheldone * Thomas N. Shepard *Ray Siegel *Henry Sigismonti *Louis Singer *Arthur C. Smith *Clark E. Spangler *Julian Spear *Sally Stevens *Robert K. Stone *

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*Joseph Di Tullio *John de Voogdt *

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* Andra Willis *Tibor Zelig Bob Mitchell's Singing Boys *Mark Albert *Kirk E. Alley *Timothy John Butala *Christopher J. Cartwright *Michael DeWayne Clark *Dale A. Cohen *John Robert Coniglio *Sean Patrick English *Clement Shuji Hanami *Jeffrey M. Kennedy *Mathew James Leum *Michael Richard Leum *Bruce Douglas MacLeod *Martin Shunji Nomura *Brian Tatsuo Okamoto *Bradford S. Ralston *Jaime Rodriguez *Timothy J. Schmidt *Erik Stanton Simmons *Tracy L. Thielen *Eric M. Williams *Sherman A. Williams III *Paul Watson Wims, Jr. *Ronald Trimby Young Technical * Tom Catalano – producer, musical director *

– orchestral arranger, conductor *Armin Steiner – engineer *Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography *David Larkham – art direction, package design (Tepee Graphics) *Michael Ross – art direction, package design (Tepee Graphics) *Ron Coro – executive art director *Tom Burke – inside cover portrait photo *Bob Mitchell – director; Bob Mitchell's Singing Boys *Burbank staff: **Andy MacDonald – recorder **Bill Gernand – recorder **"Doc" Siegel – mixer

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References

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