Goodfellas (soundtrack)

Infobox Album
Name = Goodfellas Music from the Motion Picture
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Various Artists


Released = October 9, 1990
Recorded =
Genre = Soundtrack
Length = 37:23
Label = Atlantic / Wea
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = Goodfellas Music from the Motion Picture
Next album =
Martin Scorsese chose the songs for "Goodfellas" only if they commented on the scene or the characters "in an oblique way".cite news | last = Gilbert | first = Matthew | coauthors = | title = Scorsese Tackles the Mob | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = Boston Globe | date = September 16, 1990 | url = | accessdate = ] The only rule he adhered to with the soundtrack was to use music which could only have been heard at that time.cite news | last = Thompson | first = David | coauthors = Ian Christie | title = Scorsese on Scorsese | work = | pages = 150-161 | language = | publisher = Faber and Faber | date = 1996 | url = | accessdate = ] For example, if a scene took place in 1973, he could use any song that was current or older. According to Scorsese, a lot of non-dialogue scenes were shot to playback. For example, he had "Layla" playing on the set while shooting the scene where the dead bodies are discovered in the car and the meat-truck. Sometimes, the lyrics of songs were put between lines of dialogue to comment on the action. Some of the music Scorsese had written into the script while other songs he discovered during the editing phase.cite news | last = Kaplan | first = Jonah | coauthors = | title = Getting Made: The Making of "Goodfellas" | work = Goodfellas: Two-Disc Special Edition DVD | pages = | language = | publisher = Warner Bros. | date = 2004 | url = | accessdate = ]

Track listing

Songs on the movie's soundtrack CD.

#"Rags to Riches" - Tony Bennett
#"Sincerely" - The Moonglows
#"Speedo" - The Cadillacs
#"Stardust" - Billy Ward and His Dominoes
#"Look in My Eyes" - The Chantels
#"Life Is But a Dream" - The Harptones
#"Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" - Shangri-Las
#"Baby, I Love You" - Aretha Franklin
#"Beyond the Sea" - Bobby Darin
#"Sunshine of Your Love" - Cream
#"Mannish Boy" - Muddy Waters
#"Layla (Piano Exit)" - Derek and the Dominos

Complete song list

Songs used in the movie in chronological order:

*"Rags to Riches" by Tony Bennett - Opening credits, opening narration.
*"Can't We Be Sweethearts" by The Cleftones - While young Henry is parking cadillacs.
*"Hearts of Stone" by Otis Williams and The Charms - When they threaten Henry's mailman.
*"Sincerely" by The Moonglows - The wiseguy get-together (cookout) at Paulie's home.
*"Firenze Sogna" by Giuseppe Di Stefano - New suit/shooting victim (aprons.)
*"Speedo" by The Cadillacs - When Jimmy Conway is first introduced.
*"Parlami d'amore Mariu" by Giuseppe Di Stefano - When young Henry gets pinched.
*"Stardust" by Billy Ward and His Dominoes - when they first show the grown-up Henry Hill.
*"This World We Love In (Il Cielo In Una Stanza)" by Mina - In the bar when the various mobsters are being introduced.
*"Playboy" by The Marvelettes - Narration, business partners, Henry and Tommy burn the restaurant.
*"It's Not for Me to Say" by Johnny Mathis - The double date; Karen's introduction.
*"I Will Follow Him" by Betty Curtis - Karen is stood-up by Henry.
*"Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals - When Henry and Karen enter the club from the rear.
*"Look in My Eyes" by The Chantels - They divide the money from the airport heist.
*"Roses Are Red" by Bobby Vinton - Henry and Karen at the resort and at the club.
*"Life Is But a Dream" by The Harptones - Henry and Karen's wedding and reception.
*"Leader of the Pack" by The Shangri-Las - The hostess party.
* "Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye" by Al Jolson (clip from "The Jazz Singer") - FBI Agents are searching the Hill's house.
* "Happy Birthday to You"
*"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" by Dean Martin - Narration, life in the mob/no outsiders.
*"He's Sure the Boy I Love" by The Crystals - Billy Batts is introduced.
*"Atlantis" by Donovan - Billy Batts is beaten and kicked in the bar.
*"Pretend You Don't See Her" by Jerry Vale - The night out with the girlfriends.
*"Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)" by The Shangri-Las - Digging up Billy Batts' body.
*"Baby I Love You" by Aretha Franklin - When Janice is showing her girlfriends their apartment.
*"Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin - Prison life/dinner
*"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Performed by Tony Bennett - At Paulie's after Henry is paroled.
*"Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones - When Henry is cutting cocaine at Sandy's place.
*"Wives and Lovers" by Jack Jones - Karen shows off the new house/furniture.
*"Monkey Man" by The Rolling Stones - The babysitter (with baby) is introduced.
*"Frosty the Snowman" by The Ronettes - Jimmy chews out Johnny Roastbeef for the Cadillac.
*"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Darlene Love - After Jimmy chews out Johnny Roastbeef.
*"Bells of St. Marys" by The Drifters - The execution of Stacks.
*"Unchained Melody" by Vito and The Salutations - In the bar, "They're going to 'make' him."
*"Danny Boy"
*"Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream - Jimmy contemplates killing Morrie.
*"Layla (Piano Exit)" by Derek and The Dominos - Dead bodies are being discovered and Tommy is executed.
*"Jump into the Fire" by Harry Nilsson - At the beginning of the helicopter sequence.
*"Memo from Turner" by The Rolling Stones - After Henry leaves Jimmy's with the silencers.
*"Magic Bus" by The Who - When Henry almost has the car accident.
*"Jump into the Fire" by Harry Nilsson - (2nd time played) Henry drives his brother home from the hospital.
*"Monkey Man" by The Rolling Stones - (2nd time played) Henry drops off the guns at Karen's mother's house.
*"What Is Life" by George Harrison - When Henry and Karen drive to his cocaine connection's motel.
*"Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters - When Henry is at Sandy's place mixing the coke.
*"My Way" by Sid Vicious - End credits.
*"Layla (Piano Exit)" by Eric Clapton and Derek and The Dominos - (Played again) second song in the end credits.

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