Young Hearts Run Free (The Overture Mix)
Performed Kim Mazelle
Written by David Crawford/Ghati Music (publishing)
Produced by Nellee Hooper
Mix conceived and directed by BLAM
Mixed by Josh Abrahams
From the motion picture William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
We hear the sound of shakers, some bongo drums and the mighty male voice contines from Bazmark Fanfare to introduce us to the album!
"Bazmark presents, live from the House of
Iona, trip away!
(Trip away!)
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to myself, Silky Dean.
And behind me, you know who it is, I tell ya, you know who it is!
Farley Ambrose and the Latin Heels
What's that? I don't know!
Hey it's something...it's something for everybody!"
The track then launches into a pounding rendition of Young Hearts Run Free by Kim Mandelle. This song was featured in Romeo + Juliet, and was closely associated with the character of Mercutio. The remixed track featured here has a heavy bass beat and a definite dance feel about it. The song also contains excerpts from various tracks that will later be featured on the album in full. These include Everybody's Free, Love is in the Air, Che Gelida Manina, I'm Losing You, and Now Until the Break of Day.
Silky Dean throws in another "trip away" and announces once again, "I tell you it's something for everybody!" This leads into an even more upbeat rendition of Young Hearts. Overall, it is a pumping introductory track that really gets you in the mood for a party!
Here's what Baz Luhrmann had to say about Young Hearts Run Free (The Overture Mix) [from hollywoodandvine.com]:
"When we were making Romeo and Juliet, Anton Monsted (head of Bazmark Music) and I were scripting the soundtrack and we needed to identify a joyous anthem that could be associated with the electric character of Mercutio. This discussion took place while tearing up Santa Monica Boulevard in a convertible on a very warm night in Los Angeles, and at that very moment the original Candi Staton version of Young Hearts Run Free came on to the radio: it seemed a perfect moment of synchronicity. Young Hearts Run Free was Mercutio's war cry. Something for Everybody, the album, had been imagined as a kind of sonic vaudeville so we have reinterpreted this Young Hearts Run Free mix as a disco overture introducing us to some of the acts and performers who are to join us later in the evening."
