The Family Way is a soundtrack recording composed by Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

, released in January 1967. The album is the soundtrack to a late 1966 film of the same name

The Family Way

The Family Way is a 1966 British comedy-drama film based on Bill Naughton's play All in Good Time . It began life in 1961 as a television play entitled Honeymoon Postponed....

, directed by Roy Boulting and starring Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills is an English actress. The daughter of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and sister of actress Juliet Mills, Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for Tiger Bay , the Academy Juvenile Award...

. The album was released under the name The George Martin Orchestra, The Family Way (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

The Family Way won a Ivor Novello Award in 1967 and was remastered and released on CD in 1996.

This recording is sometimes considered to be the first Beatles solo album, but most critics consider George Harrison

George Harrison

George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

's Wonderwall Music

Wonderwall Music

Wonderwall Music is George Harrison's first solo album and the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall. The songs are virtually all instrumental, except for some non-English vocals and a slowed-down spoken word track. The songs were recorded in December 1967 in England, and January 1968 in Bombay, India...

, also a soundtrack album, to be the first, because it was released under George Harrison's name while The Family Way was released under George Martin's name, even though it was released in November 1966. A 45 single was also released in 1966 featuring "Theme From 'The Family Way'" and "Love in the Open Air" on United Artists as UP1165.

Track listing, 1996 re-release

All songs by Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

, except where noted.

1. "Variation No. 1" – 3:14
2. "Variation No. 2" – 2:01
3. "Variation No. 3" – 2:00
4. "Variation No. 4" – 2:59
5. "Variation No. 5" – 2:25
6. "Variation No. 6" – 0:52
7. "Variation No. 7" – 3:18
8. "Variation No. 8" – 2:51
9. "Variation No. 9" – 2:50
10. "Hymn to the Child" (Dwight Baker/Jean-Marie Benjamin) – 4:12
    • L'Hymne a L'Enfant
    • Reminiscences
    • Double-March
11. "Theme" – 0:59
12. "Variation I" – 2:00
13. "Variation II" – 1:48
14. "Variation III" – 2:30
15. "Variation IV" – 1:48
16. "Variation V" – 1:42
17. "Capitaine Bonhomme" (Gilbert LaCombe/Michel Noël) – 2:48
18. "Le Pirate Maboule" (Herbert Ruff/P. Thériault) – 3:53
19. "Sol et Gobelet" (L. Durand/Herbert Ruff) – 3:30
20. "Grujot et Délicat" (Herbert Ruff/P. Thériault) – 2:47
21. "Monsieur Surprise" (Herbert Ruff/P. Thériault) – 2:22
22. "Sarajevo" (Carl Aubut) – 4:54
    • Children of Sarajevo
    • Les Enfants de Sarajevo

Track listing, Original 1967 Soundtrack

The George Martin Orchestra

• 1. 1st Movement
• 2. 2nd Movement
• 3. 3rd Movement
• 4. 4th Movement
• 5. 5th Movement
• 6. 6th Movement
• 7. 7th Movement
• 8. 8th Movement
• 9. 9th Movement
• 10. 10th Movement
• 11. 11th Movement
• 12. 12th Movement
• 13. 13th Movement

Personnel

• Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
  Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
  
  : Bass guitar, piano, vocals.
• George Martin
  George Martin
  Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...
  
  : Concertmaster, Orchestration.
• Andre Moisan: Clarinet.
• Carl Aubut: Guitar, flute.
• Claire Marchand: Flute
• Elaine Marcil: Violin
• Marie-Josee Arpin: Violin
• Therese Motard: Cello
• Margot Aldrich: Viola, vocals.
• Claudel String Quartet.

External links

• Online version of the original 1967 soundtrack album by The George Martin Orchestra: http://www2.mrtzcmp3.net/george_martin_family_way_1s.html