“On A Clear Day” — Featurettes
A featurette is a brief documentary film covering aspects of the film creation process.
“Barbra: Yesterday, Today and Forever”
Directed by Ronald Saland, Elliot Geisinger.
Written by Jay Anson.
Running time: 12 minutes.
“Barbra: Yesterday, Today and Forever” had behind-the-scenes footage of Vincente Minnelli and producer Howard Koch. It showed the crew filming “Hurry! It’s Lovely Up Here” at the Rose Garden in Los Angeles. Also seen were Streisand and Minnelli discussing “Go To Sleep” on set. The last scene was the crew filming the final number on location.
Reincarnation Ball Featurette
There was also a short film about the Reincarnation Ball that Paramount sponsored to celebrate the commencing of filming On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Footage of Streisand in her Colette costume (alongside manager Marty Erlichman in top hat), as well as Yves Montand, Cecil Beaton, and various other celebrities who attended was shown.
Alternate “Clear Day” Soundtrack
An album containing alternate tracks from the Clear Day soundtrack was produced by Chappell Music (publishers of the Lerner & Lane score) and distributed at industry functions prior to the film’s release to publicize it. Some of Barbra’s songs feature either alternate vocals or different orchestrations.
Track Listing:
- Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here
- Love With All the Trimmings
- Love With All the Trimmings (Reprise) †
- Wait Till We're Sixty-Five †
- Go to Sleep §
- He Isn't You / She Isn't You †
- Who Is There Among Us Who Knows? †
- What Did I Have (part one)
- What Did I Have (part two) *
- On A Clear Day **
† Songs cut from the film or omitted from the soundtrack album.
§ Does not contain Barbra's spoken dialogue.
* Barbra's monologue in the middle was not included. The orchestration of the climax and ending of the song are very different than what was heard in the final film. Click the button below to hear the differently orchestrated version of “What Did I Have...”:
** This version of the title tune includes one minute of orchestral underscoring at the beginning. Streisand sings the first lines of the lyric, then more underscoring. At 2:10, Barbra sings the song uninterrupted, just like in the film. You can hear a choir of voices at the end of the song, ‘ooh-ing’ and ‘aah-ing’ behind Barbra. The choir was nixed altogether for the final soundtrack.
(* Special thanks to LARRY YALKOWSKY for help with the alternate soundtrack info found here.)
Vocal Selections
Chappell & Co. published a “Vocal Selections” book of sheet music of the songs from “On A Clear Day.” It's interesting to note that Alan Jay Lerner's alternate lyrics for “She Isn't You” are included, as well as the music to “Go To Sleep.” The 40-page book is illustrated with black-and-white stills from the film.
“Clear Day” Singles & Live
Columbia Records released a promotional single (mono/stereo) of the title tune from On A Clear Day You Can See Forever in July 1970. It differed from the soundtrack version because it was arranged and conducted by Barbra's main musical collaborator, Peter Matz. (Nelson Riddle arranged the soundtrack version of the song).
Barbra sings the single much like the soundtrack version, although there are different subtleties in her vocals on the single.
The “Clear Day” single was recorded in March 1970 in a studio session produced by Wally Gold (with Matz conducting). At that session, Streisand also recorded single versions of “What Did I Have” and “He Isn't You” which Peter Matz arranged. Those songs have never been released.
Barbra introduced the song “On A Clear Day” in her July 1969 act at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. In fact, she performed an entire Clear Day medley in which she told the story of the film and sang part of “Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here,” as well as “He Isn't You,” and “What Did I Have.”.
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