Jonathan Livingston Seagull (soundtrack)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull is the soundtrack album to the 1973 American film Jonathan Livingston Seagull, recorded by singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and produced by Tom Catalano. The album marked Diamond's return to Columbia Records, and grossed more than the film itself. It is Diamond's ninth studio album, and his first album after his successful 1972 live album Hot August Night. It won the 1974 Grammy as Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special.

Irvine Herald reviewer Willie Freckleton said that "Be" is "classical Diamond singing a very powerful ballad."

Diamond often included a Jonathan Livingston Seagull Suite in his live performances, as he did in his 1976 Love at the Greek concert ("Be" – "Dear Father" – "Lonely Looking Sky" – "Sanctus" – "Skybird" – "Be [Encore]") and for his show in Las Vegas that same year. A studio version of the suite (in this case, "Prologue" – "Lonely Looking Sky" – "Skybird" – "Dear Father [Rebuked]" – "Be") was presented on Diamond's 1996 box set In My Lifetime.

Charts and certifications
Neil Diamond's subsequent album "Serenade" and "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" have earned combined 27 gold discs in Australia. As of September 1976, the soundtrack was bigger success than the movie and it grossed 12 million dollars (movie grossed 2 million dollars)

Personnel

 * Produced by Tom Catalano
 * Engineered by Armin Steiner
 * Executive Art Director: Ron Coro
 * Art Direction and Design: David Larkham, Michael Ross
 * Album Design and Photography: Ed Caraeff
 * Inside Cover Portrait Photo by Tom Burke

Orchestra

 * Arranged and Conducted by Lee Holdridge
 * Musicians: Paulo Alencar, Phil Azelton, Israel Baker, Marilyn H. Baker, Paul Beaver, Myer Bello, Arnold Belnick, Richard Bennett, Dixie Blackstone, Hal Blaine, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Boghossian, Hoyt Bohannon, Owen Wilson Brady, Larry E. Carlton, Donald Christlieb, Gene Cipriano, Gary L. Coleman, Chase Craig, William Criss, Rollice Dale, Isabelle Dashkoff, Vincent N. DeRosa, Assa Drori, Robert Dubow, David A. Duke, Jesse Ehrlich, John Ellis, Gene P. Estes, Victor S. Feldman, Henry Ferber, Ronald P. Folsom, Norman Forrest, James Getzoff, Caesar Giovannini, Philip Goldberg, Harris Goldman, Emory L. Gordy Jr., Ralph E. Grierson, Allan Harshman, William Henderson, Thomas R. Hensley, Arthur Hoberman, Claire Hodgkins, Luella Howard, Selene Hurford, Harry Hyams, Jules Jacob, John T. Johnson, Yukiko Kanei, George Kast, Pearl Kaufman, Richard S. Kaufman, Raymond J. Kelley, Jerome A. Kessler, Louis Kievman, Lou Klass, Robert Konrad, Jacob Krachmalnick, Raphael Kramer, Bernard Kundell, William Kurasch, Carl LaMagna, Michael Lang, Diana Lee, Gayle Levant, Marvin Limonick, Abe Luboff, Arthur Maebe, Leonard Malarsky, Jack Marsh, Lew McCreary, Ida Sue McCune, Peter A. Mercurio, Joseph Mondragon, Milton E. Nadel, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Michael S. Omartian, Joe Osborn, Robert Ostrowsky, William B. Peterson, Hugo Raimondi, Sven Reher, Joseph Reilich, David B. Roberts, Nathan Ross, Johnny Rotella, Sheldon Sanov, Ralph Schaeffer, Gordon Schoneberg, David Schwartz, Sidney Sharp, Stan Sheldone, Thomas N. Shepard, Ray Siegel, Henry Sigismonti, Louis Singer, Arthur C. Smith, Clark E. Spangler, Julian Spear, Sally Stevens, Dennis St. John, Robert K. Stone, Anthony Terran, Joseph DiTullio, John DeVoogdt, Jackie Ward, Andra Willis, Tibor Zelig
 * Bob Mitchell's Singing Boys
 * Burbank Staff
 * Will Abar - stage man
 * Jim Atherton - stage man
 * Donn Fallenbuchel - electrician
 * Andy MacDonald - recorder
 * Bill Gernand - recorder
 * Bill Lambert - maintenance
 * Tom Beckert - maintenance
 * Richard Hayden - projectionist
 * Jim Winfree - record recording administrator
 * Doc Siegel - mixer