FLAC (tracks) | 1h 13 min | Genre: Soundtrack | Label: WaterTower Music | 331 MBAmerican pop music composer Gene DePaul was writing successfully throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and is best known for his songs and scores for movie musicals, particularly Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), co-written with Johnny Mercer.

DePaul got his start in the music business as an arranger for vocal groups and a pianist in theaters and dance bands.

He started composing songs in 1940, and had his first hit that same year with “Your Red Wagon.

” The following year, he worked on music for two films, including Keep ‘Em Flying, which featured the songs “You Don’t Know What Love Is” and “Pig Foot Pete,” an Oscar nominee.

DePaul often collaborated with lyricist Don Raye for the earlier part of his career, but through the years also worked with such acclaimed lyricists as Mercer and Sammy Cahn.

In addition to Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, DePaul and Mercer scored the Broadway musical, Li’l Abner (1956), which was later adapted for film.

Cahn and DePaul teamed up, for instance, to pen the 1954 hit pop tune “Teach Me Tonight.

” Other songs counted among DePaul’s best include “I’ll Remember April,” “You Were There” (Academy Award nominee for Best Song), “Rockin’ and Reelin'” (1942), “He’s My Guy” (1942), “Cow Cow Boogie” (1943), “Irresistible You” (1944), and “If I Had My Druthers” (1956).

In all, DePaul wrote music for over 15 films, including Disney animated features like Alice in Wonderland (1952).

He is also a member of the American Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.

Tracklist:01. Adolph Deutsch – Main Title (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers)02. Howard Keel – Bless Yore Beautiful Hide03. Adolph Deutsch – Do Unto Udders04. Howard Keel – Bless Yore Beautiful Hide05. Jane Powell – Wonderful, Wonderful Day06. Adolph Deutsch – Adam In Treetop07. Jane Powell – When You’re In Love08. Jane Powell – Goin’ Co’tin’09. Adolph Deutsch – Barn Dance10. Adolph Deutsch – Barn Raising11. Howard Keel – When You’re In Love12. Adolph Deutsch – Brotherly Advice / Lonesome Winter13. Matt Maddox – Lament (Lonesome Polecat)14. Adolph Deutsch – Lovesick15. Howard Keel – Sobbin’ Women16. Adolph Deutsch – Kidnapped and Chase17. Virginia Gibson – June Bride18. Jane Powell – June Bride19. Howard Keel – Spring, Spring, Spring20. Howard Keel – When You’re In Love21. Adolph Deutsch – End Title (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers)22. Howard Keel – Bless Yore Beautiful Hide23. Stanley Donen – Goin’ Co’tin’24. Stanley Donen – Queen Of The May25. Stanley Donen – When You’re In Love26. Johnny Mercer – Spring, Spring, Spring27. Johnny Mercer – Sobbin’ Women