The Best of the Movie Album: As Time Goes By

Performer: Neil Diamond
Artist: Elmer Bernstein
Engineer: John Rodd; Bernie Becker; Bill Schnee
Producer: Bob Gaudio
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: THE BEST OF THE MOVIE ALBUM contains songs culled from AS TIME GOES BY: THE MOVIE ALBUM. Personnel includes: Neil Diamond (vocals); Elmer Bernstein (conductor). Includes liner notes by Neil Diamond. Personnel: Ramon Stagnaro, Weldon Dean Parks, George Doering (guitar); JoAnn Turovsky, Marcia Dickstein, Gayle Levant (harp); Assa Drori, Carolyn Osborn, Jennifer Walton, Anatoly Rosinsky, Tamara L. Hatwan, Robin Olson, Mark Sazer, Alan Grunfeld, Harris Goldman, Shari Zippert, Ken Yerke, Ronald Folsom, Gary Kuo, Jeanne Evans, Olivia Tsui, Julian Hallmark, Lily Chen, Rene Mandel, Mari Tsumura, Dennis Molchan, Lisa Johnson , Andrea Byers, Nicole Bush, Bob Sanov, Robert Brosseau, Patricia Aiken, Elizabeth Wilson, Claudia Parducci, Pip Clarke-Ling, Galina Golovin, Rachel Purkin, Margaret Sims, Ayke Agus, North Wood, Isabella Lippi, Connie Kupka, Jennifer Bellusci, Liane Reynolds-Mautner, Irma Neumann, Juliann French, Tiffany Hu, Jamie Miller, Charles Everett, Joel Derouin, Kevin Connolly, Mark Robertson , Patricia Johnson , Sid Page, Richard Altenbach, Jacqueline Brand, Bruce Dukov, Julie Gigante, Clayton Haslop, Peter Kent, Natalie Leggett, Brian Leonard, Sheldon Sanov, Armen Garabedian, Darius Campo, Susan Rishik, Dimitrie Leivici, Michele Richards, Berj Garabedian, Miwako Watanabe, Polly Sweeney, Rafael Rishik, Ronald Clark, Charlie Bisharat, Mario Diaz de Leon, Endre Granat, Haim Shtrum (violin); Matt Funes, Marlo Fisher, Robin Ross, Dan Neufeld, Jerry Epstein, Lynn Grants, James V. Ross, Scott Haupert, Karie Prescott, Rick Gerding, Ron Strauss, Michael Ramos, Pamela Goldsmith, Marilyn Baker, Keith Greene, Jennie Hansen, Roland Kato, Janet Lakatos, Maria Newman, Simon Oswell, Nancy Roth, Victoria Miskolszy, Harry Shirinian, Raymond Tischer, Denyse Buffum, Mihail Zinovyev, Robert Berg (viola); Paula Hochhalter, Mathew Cooker, Timothy Landauer, Dennis Karmazyn, Daniel Smith, Robert Adcock, Kevan Torfeh, Anne Karam, Ernest Ehrhardt, Miguel Martinez, Suzie Katayama, Paul Cohen , Antony Cooke, Larry Corbett, Stephen Erdody, Dane Little, David Low , Sebastian Toettcher, John Walz, Steve Richards , Roger Lebow, Todd Hemmenway, Christine Ermacoff (cello); Jim Walker , David Shostac, Sheridon Stokes (flute); Ralph Williams , Emily Bernstein, Gary Bovyer, Marty Krystall, Steve Roberts, James Kanter (clarinet); Earl Dumler, Phil Ayling (oboe); Michael O'Donovan, Ken Munday, Charles Coker, Rose Corrigan, David Riddles (bassoon); Gary Grant, Malcolm McNabb, Warren Luening, Tim Morrison (trumpet); Alan Kaplan, Phil Teele, William Booth, Alexander Iles, Ken Kugler (trombone); John A. Reynolds, David Duke, Phil Yao, Brian D. O'Connor, Todd Miller, Kurt Snyder (horns); John Berkman, Michael Lang , Randy Waldman (keyboards); Alan Estes, Thomas Raney, Peter Limonick, Wade Culbreath (percussion). Audio Mixer: Bill Schnee. Recording information: Arch Angel Recording Studio, LA, CA; Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox; Record Plant, LA, CA. Photographers: Rocky Schenck; Neal Preston. Arrangers: Jeremy Lubbock; Alan Lindgren; Patrick Williams; William Ross; Jorge Calandrelli; Jonathan Tunick. Neil Diamond's The Movie Album: As Time Goes By was a double-disc set that didn't even run 70 minutes. It all could have fit on one disc, but it was decided that a double-disc was the best presentation of the music. However, a double-disc set was intimidating to some listeners -- hence, the birth of The Best of the Movie Album, which condenses the 20-track record to a single disc. That the single disc contains a mere eight songs is indicative of the botched marketing job behind this record. The Movie Album would have been a better record if it was concise, but this collection doesn't feature the best songs from the original album and it feels awfully skimpy. Perhaps some budget-minded fans who just want a taste of The Movie Album will be interested in this, but the fact of the matter is, this is music for the devoted and they'll only be pleased be the full-blown double-disc set, even if it isn't among Diamond's best. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

With a career as a hitmaker stretching across the decades, Neil Diamond has purveyed catchy, three-chord pop/rock, progressive singer/songwriter material, middle-of-the-road balladry, and even traditional country. He started out as a Brill Building hitmaker; a songwriter for hire, he worked alongside the likes of Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and penned hits for the Monkees and Jay & the Americans. His solo career took off in the mid 1960s and made him one of America's most successful recording artists and concert attractions for a long time to come. Even decades down the road, younger groups such as UB40 in the '80s, Urge Overkill in the '90s, and Smash Mouth in the 2000's were still scoring hits with Diamond's evergreen compositions.

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