The movie Ghost Ship open with a beautiful woman vocalist singing an
Italian or French song. What is the name of that song?

don1012 --

The name of the song is "Senza Fine," and it was sung was Monica
Mancini in the opening scene of "Ghost Ship."

"Missing from the [soundtrack] album is the opening big-band song
"Senza Fine", sung by Monica Mancini (no appearance in the film),
which can be found on her 'Cinema Paradiso' album."

Film Tracks: Ghost Ship
http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/ghost_ship.html 


Here is a link (with a sound clip)to Barnes & Noble's ordering page
for "Cinema Paradiso":

Barnes & Noble: Cinema Paradiso
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?sourceid=00401402268288224336&ean=013431498827&bfdate=08-29-2004+13:02:44

Finally, here is a link to the lyrics of the English-language version of the song:
Lyrics Playground: Senza Fine
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/s/senzafinevarious.shtml



Additional Facts:

The song was written by Gino Paoli in 1960 and has been recorded (in
English and Italian versions) by various pop artists, including Peggy
Lee and Dean Martin.

The song was also the love theme of the 1965 film "Flight of the Phoenix."

Monica Mancini is the daughter of legendary
arranger/composer/conductor Henry Mancini.


Search Strategy:

I used the Internet Movie Data Base listing for the movie to learn
that the song was featured in the film:
Internet Movie Data Base: Ghost Ship
http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0288477/

I then used the following Google search to determine that it was used
in the opening scene:
"senza fine" "ghost ship" scene
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=%22senza+fine%22+%22ghost+ship%22+scene

I then used the All Music Guide to get more information about the song:
All Music Guide
http://www.allmusic.com/



I am certain that this is the information you are seeking, and I am
glad I was able to provide it to you promptly.  If anything is
unclear, please ask for clarification before rating the answer.


markj-ga

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Clarification of Answer by markj-ga on 30 Aug 2004 12:05 PDT

don1012 --

I have been in touch with the Google Answers editors, and I think I
have accomplished the goal of preventing you for being charge twice
for the same question.  This is the answer that I posted early
yesterday (soon after you posted your question).

I apologize for the inadvertent delay, but the answer would have
prompt if you had been able to access it yesterday!

markj-ga