Has anyone else noticed that the song that plays alot in this movie sounds ALOT (Not exactly)like 'Fools Rush In'??? I keep hearing it, although a few notes are different.
Has anyone else noticed this? I was just wondering if it was talked about or anything.
LOVE this movie! :-)
I noticed it too. Apparently "Fools Rush in" was based on the tune "Plaisir d'amour" :-). The tune was bothering me because it kept reminding me of a Chrisitan hymn called "My God Loves Me" and apparently that was based on the tune of "Plaisir d'amour" too. Seems it's very popular!
shareAt last someone else noticed a similarity....I thought it sounded more like "I can't help falling in love with you." What do you think?
shareIt's one of those tunes that gets re-used -- maybe not in the same league as Ah, Vous Dirai-je Maman/Twinkle Twinkle/ABCs/Bah Bah Black Sheep or the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th, but it's been around.
From the Wikipedia article:
Notable appearances in films include Irene Dunne in Love Affair; Montgomery Clift played the music on the piano and sang the song as well in The Heiress; the song's music is featured in the opening of the 1955 movie We're No Angels; Joely Richardson, as Marie Antoinette, sings it in the 2001 film The Affair of the Necklace; "Plaisir d'amour" is sung by a children's choir in "The Breaking Point", an episode of HBO's 2001 World War II television miniseries Band of Brothers; the 1987 movie La Famiglia by Ettore Scola; the tune is heard repeatedly in the 1977 film March or Die. The melody was used for several songs with new lyrics, including "Can't Help Falling in Love", with Elvis Presley.
Yvonne Printemps in 1931
Rina Ketty in 1939
Tino Rossi in 1955
Bert Kaempfert (instrumental) in 1960
Joan Baez in 1961
Marianne Faithfull in 1965
Nana Mouskouri in 1971 (on Fontana album: A Place in my Heart)
Nick Drake unused recording for Pink Moon in 1972. Later included as hidden track in Treasury.
Pierrot Lunaire (band) in 1976
Franco Battiato in 1991 on Come un cammello in una grondaia (it)
Gabriel Yacoub on disque 9 Chansons d'Amore of the multi-volume Anthologie de la Chanson Traditionnelle recorded in 1993-1994, released on EPM both as an individual album and as part of the complete box set.[3]
Karrin Allyson in 1999
Judy Collins on her 2000 album Classic Folk[4]
Marie Denise Pelletier in 2000
Emmylou Harris in 2003 on Stumble into Grace
Undated: Brigitte Bardot, Judith Durham, Mary Hopkin, Helmut Lotti, Mireille Mathieu, Eddy Mitchell, Ivan Rebroff