VOICES
Planet P-9002 (1979)
I Will Always Wait For You (Theme From Voices) (3:19) Rosemarie's Theme (1:03) Disco If You Want To (3:30) The Children's Song (3:30)
Drunk As A Punk (2:04) The Children's Song (Inst) (1:14) Rosemarie's Dance/I Will Always Wait For You (Reprise) (4:03)
Voices was released in 1979. It starred Michael Ontkean, Amy Irving and Alex Rocco. The story is about a deaf girl, played by Irving, who wants to be a dancer and how she meets Drew (Ontkean), a singer in a local band with stars in his eyes, who is from a tough local family; motherless, of course. Rocco plays his father. The plot is very thin. The movie is much too long to keep your attention, with parts that just seem to drag on forever. But the music is great! Mr. Webb wrote all the music but for 3 tracks performed by Tom Petty, and Willie Nelson. The Children's Song, a Mr. Webb original, is performed by Andrew and David Williams. Drew's vocal talent is awesome, thanks to the dubbing of Burton Cummings on I Will Always Wait For You and On A Stage. On A Stage got considerable air play when the movie was released, but I don't think it was much of a hit, despite being a powerful, moving song. You might have heard "Rosemarie's Theme" and not even known it. The label lists it's time as 1:03, but it is really exactly 1 minute and has been used since the movie came out as background music for many a live 60 second radio commercial. I recall that it was even used on the Howard Stern Show at one time. That's no surprise though, since Fred Norris, who controls this on the Stern show, knows good music when he hears it. I don't believe this album is available anywhere in any format. Too bad. It ranks right up there with some of Mr. Webb's great works.