Michael Frayn's stage play "Noises Off" was made into a film in 1992.
The opening theme "Broadway Melody" and the closing theme "There's No
Business Like Showbusiness" were excellent renditions. I'd very much
like to know who sang it and if there are any copies of the tracks
available.

Thanks.

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Clarification of Question by athens-ga on 10 May 2002 07:45 PDT

Sandy DeCrescent is billed as the music contractor and there are some
featured musicians on <a href="http://www.imdb.com">imdb.com</a> but
that doesn't narrow it down too much.

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Request for Question Clarification by alexander-ga on 11 May 2002 23:07 PDT

It appears that there was no soundtrack published. Do you have a copy
of the film to check for music credits? Might the songs have been
performed by the cast?

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Clarification of Question by athens-ga on 14 May 2002 10:07 PDT

This is part of the problem. The film credits (which is no longer on
general release, sadly) list no more than that on
http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0105017 which is vague about music credits.
So I couldn't say who sang the songs.

Dear athens,

I happen to own a video tape of the movie "Noises Off" as aired by
German television. This TV version has full end credits from which I
was able to obtain the following information on the soundtrack music:

The vocalist of the opening song "Broadway Melody" (written by Arthur
Freed and Nado Herb Brown) and the closing theme "There’s No Business
Like Show Business" (written by Irving Berlin) is Niki Haris. She is a
jazz and pop singer who has also done background singing for artists
such as Madonna and Enrique Iglesias. Furthermore, she can be heard
singing on some movie and television soundtracks, among them "Dumb And
Dumber", "Dark Angel" and "Corrina Corrina". But unfortunately, her
performances from "Noises Off" has not been released on any CD.

For more information on Niki Haris, visit the website of her record
company, Caus'N'ff'ct Records:
http://www.housemusic.de/artist_niki_haris.html

You might also want to have a look at Niki Haris’ official website
which is, alas, still under construction and has no information on the
"Noises Off" soundtrack:
http://www.nikiharis.com/

The featured musicians mentioned in the end credits - George Doering,
Chuck Domancio, Gary Grant, Dan Higgins, Michael Lang, Harvey Mason,
Tom Ranier and Jack Sheldon - are renowned jazz performers, as a quick
web search revealed. They have played together in various
combinations, but they too did not release their performances from the
film soundtrack as a CD.

In case you are interested, here are some websites on these musicians:

George Doering, guitarist:
http://www.thebrombies.com/Bios/body_bios.html

Gary Grant, trumpeter:
http://www.garygrantmusic.com/

Dan Higgins, saxophonist:
http://www.danhiggins.net/

Harvey Mason, drummer:
http://fourplayjazz.com/harveyhome.htm

Tom Ranier, clarinetist:
http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/ranierbio.html

Jack Sheldon, trumpeter:
http://www.jacksheldon.com/

Obviously, the "Noises Off" film music has been recorded exclusively
for Buena Vista Productions, and they have decided not to ever release
it commerially. I’m sorry I can’t give you a less dissapointing
answer.

Search terms used:
"Niki Haris": ://www.google.de/search?q=%22niki+haris%22&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&hl=de&meta=
"Niki Haris" soundtrack:
://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&newwindow=1&q=%22niki+haris%22+soundtrack&meta=

Hope that answers your questions!
Regards,
Scriptor

Groovy... ta very much. I've wanted to know the answer to this
question for years and now I know.

I also went to IMDB.com, and I came up with the results that there
hasn't been an audio cd released for this movie.
http://us.imdb.com/Sales?0105017#Soundtrack
Do you know if anyone has an audio cd with the songs from this movie?
there is a list of people and what songs they sang:
http://www.hollywood.com/movies/fullcredits/movie/172110