Songs from the Silver Screen is the fourth full-length album released by American singer Jackie Evancho. It was released on October 2, 2012; at the time of release, Evancho was 12 years old. The album is composed of 12 songs used in popular films, arranged by Bill Ross. The songs include a mix of ballads from Disney films, romantic and whimsical themes, and songs that were originally written as singles or show tunes. The producers are Ross and Humberto Gatica for Columbia Records and Syco."Great Performances – "Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies", www.Thirteen.org, accessed July 11, 2012Evancho, Jackie. Songs from the Silver Screen, liner notes, 2012
In June 2012, Evancho made her second PBS special, Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies, for the Great Performances series, which features all but one selection from Songs from the Silver Screen. PBS stations began airing the special in August 2012. A DVD of the special was given as a pledge gift by PBS and was later bundled with the Target stores' "Deluxe Edition" of Songs of the Silver Screen. Evancho promoted the album with television appearances and a concert tour. The first leg of the tour ran from August 2012 to June 2013, and a second leg of the tour ran from October 2013 to June 2014.
The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200"Billboard 200: Week of October 20, 2012, Billboard.com, October 11, 2012 and #1 on the Classical Albums chart."Classical Albums: Week of October 20, 2012, Billboard.com, October 11, 2012 The Allmusic review of Songs from the Silver Screen awards the album 3-1/2 stars out of five and states that the album "finds Evancho more than up to the task, displaying maturity and poise."Monger, James Christopher. Review: Songs from the Silver Screen, Allmusic.com, accessed October 3, 2012
Track list
Promotion
Evancho began a tour to promote the album in August 2012. On August 19, 2012 she performed her first solo concert that included songs from the album in Japan with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra."Jackie Evancho", Ticket.pia.jp, accessed June 29, 2012Theatre program cover and inside pages of program, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, August 19, 2012 She continued the tour in the U.S., appearing first with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.Spero, Jill Taylor. "Jackie to Sing in Philadelphia Next Month", Pine-Richland Patch, July 2, 2011"Jackie Evancho & The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia – Songs From The Silver Screen", The Mann, August 21, 2012; Brad, Derek. Jackie Evancho photos, Philadelphia, August 25, 2012 at the Mann Center, Derek Brad Photography, accessed August 28, 2012 The first leg of the tour included concerts in two dozen North American cities,Hampp, Andrew. "6 Questions with Jackie Evancho", Billboard magazine, October 20, 2012, p. 34; and Heavenly Christmas, iTunes, Apple Inc. October 16, 2012 ending in June 2013 in Lewiston, New York.Goldman, Mary Kunz. "Jackie Evancho performs Friday in Artpark", The Buffalo News, June 27, 2013 She resumed touring in October 2013, with appearances in a dozen more cities"Prodigy Jackie Evancho at Hanover Oct. 11", Worcester Telegram & Gazette, October 10, 2013"Events & Appearances", Jackie Evancho website, accessed July 16, 2013 through January 2014,Terrill, Marshall. "5 Questions with teen singing sensation Jackie Evancho", Get Out, East Valley Tribune, January 17, 2014 and gave three additional concerts between April and June 2014,"Events & Appearances", Jackieevanco.com, accessed 1 April 2014 followed by a final three concerts in August 2014.
Upon the album's release, Evancho began to appear on television talk shows to promote the album, including The Today Show (October 2, 2012),Micco, Cindy Cusic. "Jackie Evancho to Appear on The View and Fox & Friends", Pine-Richland Patch, October 4, 2012 The View and Fox & Friends (October 5), The Talk (October 10),Micco, Cindy Cusic. "Jackie Evancho to Appear on The Talk", Pine-Richland Patch, October 9, 2012 and The Today Show with Kathie Lee and Hoda (October 12).Micco, Cindy Cusic. "AOL Music Treat: Listen to Jackie Evancho's New CD", Pine-Richland Patch, October 1, 2012 She appeared later in 2012 on CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Good Day LA, The Rachael Ray ShowMicco, Cindy Cusic. "Jackie Evancho to Appear on Rachael Ray Show" , Pine-Richland Patch, November 7, 2012 and Live! with Kelly and Michael."Guest Guide and Show Highlights: December 14, 2012", Live! with Kelly and Michael, December 14, 2012, accessed April 16, 2016 In December 2013, Evancho sang on The Queen Latifah Show."Jackie Evancho Brings Her Big Voice to Big Sexy!", The Queen Latifah Show, December 4, 2013
A piano-vocal score of the songs on the album was published in 2013.Evancho, Jackie. "Jackie Evancho – Songs from the Silver Screen (Songbook): Original Keys for Singers", Hal Leonard Corporation, 2013
Reception
Allmusic gave the album 3-1/2 stars out of a possible five, stating: "Evancho's effortless and expressive voice lends itself well to the project", and the album "finds Evancho more than up to the task, displaying maturity and poise." The Trades reviewer Paul Schultz wrote, "your ears stare in wide-eyed wonder (yes, I know I'm mixing metaphors) that such a rich instrument belongs to one as young as Jackie. Her upper altissimo notes are beauty themselves, and her angelic voice now exhibits fuller and enriched low registers as she ages. ... Her lyrical pronunciation could still use some work as you can't quite understand all the words.""Music Review: Jackie Evancho, Songs from the Silver Screen", The Trades, October 11, 2012 Tallawah Magazine chose it as their "Album of the Week" and rated it an A+."Album of the Week: Classical rising star Jackie Evancho dazzles on Songs from the Silver Screen", Tallawah Magazine, October 9, 2012 In their track-by-track analysis of the album, Classic FM praised, among other things, Evancho's "musical maturity" in "The Music of the Night" and wrote that "'Come What May' ... is another romantic number that perfectly suits Evancho's soaring soprano" and 'When I Fall In Love' ... is a gorgeous song that sounds like it was custom-built for Evancho's voice.""Jackie Evancho – Songs from the Silver Screen: an album guide", Classic FM, accessed December 5, 2012
The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, #1 on the Classical Albums chart and #22 on the Canadian Albums chart.Canadian Albums: Week of October 20, 2012 (Biggest Jump), Billboard.com, October 11, 1012 It also charted at #141 in Japan.Jackie Evancho: Japanese Albums Chart, Oricon, accessed October 11, 2012 The top ten debut made the 12-year-old Evancho the second artist who ever "amassed three top 10 albums [on the Billboard 200] at such a young age."Grein, Paul. "Week Ending Oct. 7, 2012. Albums: Green Day, No Doubt Tumble", Chart Watch, Yahoo!, October 10, 2012Caulfield, Keith. "Under the Covers with Unconventional Stars", Billboard magazine, 20 October 2012, p. 41 In August 2012, Evancho recorded the song "Kōjō no Tsuki" (Moon over castle ruins) in Japanese as a bonus track to the Japanese release of the album. Norman Lebrecht wrote of the track: "To our ears, the singing is close to flawless."Lebrecht, Norman. "The fourth of our seasonal singles is…. Jackie!", Slipped Disc, ArtsJournal, December 20, 2012
The album remained on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks and appeared on the Billboard Classical Albums chart in 72 weeks."Jackie Evancho: Chart History", Prometheus Global Media, accessed February 6, 2014 Billboard ranked the album #7 on its 2012 year-end Classical Albums chart"Best of 2012: Classical Albums", Prometheus Global Media, December 15, 2012 and #4 on its 2013 year-end Classical Albums chart."Best of 2013: Classical Albums", Prometheus Global Media, December 13, 2012 It was also the #36 Classical Album of 2014."Classical Albums: Year of 2014", Billboard, accessed December 14, 2014
PBS Special In 2012, Evancho made her second PBS Great Performances special, called Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies.Evancho's first PBS special and DVD were released in 2011, titled Dream With Me In Concert. PDF Press Release for Great Performances, Thirteen.org, accessed April 29, 2011 The program was filmed on June 13, 2012 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.Benson, Bruce. "Jackie Evancho Goes to the Movies for PBS Concert", Pine-Richland Patch, June 14, 2012 The special's executive producer and director is David Horn, co-producer is Humberto Gatica, and conductor and arranger is Bill Ross. Guest artists include The Canadian Tenors, Jacob (now Juliet) Evancho,Jacob Evancho is the birth name of Juliet Evancho, who is a transgender female. See Nelson, Jeff. "Jackie Evancho's Sister Juliet Opens Up About Her Transgender Journey", People magazine, October 12, 2015 and Jumaane Smith on the trumpet.Schultz, Paul. "Music Review: Jackie Evancho, "Songs from the Silver Screen", The Trades, October 11, 2012
PBS stations began airing the special on August 11, 2012,Micco, Cindy Cusic. "Jackie Evancho's PBS Special Premieres Saturday Across U.S.", Pine-Richland Patch, August 11, 2012 while offering a DVD version of the program as a pledge gift."Great Performances: Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies", KPBS, September 14, 2012"Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies DVD", WTTW, accessed October 15, 2012 The DVD also accompanied the CD "deluxe" release of Songs from the Silver Screen by Target. "What a Wonderful World", the only song from Songs from the Silver Screen omitted from the PBS special, is included on the DVD. A TV Worth Watching reviewer stated, "From a Willy Wonka number ('Pure Imagination'), to Phantom of the Opera's almost-epic 'Music of the Night,' the young singer has it all under control."Brinkmoeller, Tom. "Good, Better and 'Great Performances'", TVworthwatching.com, August 9, 2012 One reviewer wrote: "It was an interesting introduction into a talented young individual, and it was stunning to see a person of such a young age run an entire special by herself."Fernand, Ryan. "Great Performances: Season 38 Review", Lord of the Films, June 3, 2013 The special continued to be broadcast by PBS stations in 2013.Christensen, Cooper. "Jackie Evancho: Music of the Movies", Arizona Public Media, May 22, 2013
Charts
Chart (2012)PeakpositionCanadian Albums Chart22Japanese Albums Chart141US Billboard 2007US Billboard Top Classical Albums1
References
External links Jackieevancho.com Columbia Records EPK for Songs from the Silver Screen Video of Evancho singing "Pure Imagination"