Songs of Cinema

Recording information: Beach House, Miami Beach, FL; Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Mikos Studio, Gothenburg, Sweden; MXM Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Passion Studios, Westport, CT; Studio Red Room, Gothenburg, Sweden; Studio Willow Valley, Gothenburg, Sweden; WallyWorld Studios, Studio City, Ca; WEstlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA.Photographer: Timothy White.The concept of Songs of Cinema, Michael Bolton's 2017 album -- which happened to coincide with the release of his Netflix television special Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special -- is simple enough: Bolton picks ten songs from films and sings them. As it turns out, the execution is slightly trickier. With one notable exception -- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," from 1939's The Wizard of Oz -- Bolton doesn't choose songs that were actually premiered in a film, preferring to pick songs that showed up in a film years after they were first written or recorded. As such, Songs of Cinema