Iconic 15-Times Platinum Certified Soundtrack Album Remastered and Expanded for 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition Box Set
In 1977, Saturday Night Fever captured and propelled a global cultural movement like few movies before or since, with its iconic, Bee Gees-led soundtrack driving the film's dance floor action. A worldwide smash upon release and an essential modern classic for all time, Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Soundtrack) spawned four No. 1 singles and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Capitol/UMe commemorates the illustrious soundtrack's 40th Anniversary with an expanded super deluxe box set.
It features two CDs with the remastered original album and four Serban Ghenea remixes, the remastered album on heavyweight 180-gram 2LP vinyl in a gatefold jacket with faithfully replicated original album art, and a Blu-ray disc with the film's 4K-restored 40th Anniversary Director's Cut and Theatrical Version, plus bonus features. The collectible box also includes a 23-page book with newly-written essays by Barry Gibb, Saturday Night Fever music supervisor and soundtrack producer Bill Oakes, director John Badham, and the film's score composer and musician David Shire, as well as Bee Gees photos and stills from the film, plus an exclusive turntable slipmat, a set of five art prints, and a reproduction of the original Saturday Night Fever movie poster.
For Saturday Night Fever's 40th Anniversary, the film's director John Badham worked with Paramount Pictures to restore the film in 4K resolution using the original negative, and to update the film's surround sound mix to further enhance viewers' enjoyment of its incredible soundtrack. During this process, he added scenes to the R-rated theatrical version that round out character and plot, making the 40th Anniversary Director's Cut the definitive representation of his original vision.
Composed and performed primarily by the Bee Gees, the Saturday Night Fever's mega-hits include "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever," "How Deep Is Your Love," "More Than A Woman," and "If I Can't Have You." Certified 15x multi-platinum by the RIAA, it has sold more than 40 million copies around the world. The album topped the U.S. album charts at No. 1 for 24 consecutive weeks and remained on Billboard's albums chart for 120 weeks, also holding the No. 1 spot on the U.K. album charts for 18 consecutive weeks. In 2004, the soundtrack was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame and was added to the U.S. Library of Congress' National Recording Registry as a culturally significant work in 2013.
"Forty years ago, Saturday Night Fever was released and the impact that came from it, even today, is inexplicable. It was inexplicable even then," writes the Bee Gees' Barry Gibb in his new essay for Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Soundtrack) 40th Anniversary Edition.
Features:
• 2CD/2LP/Blu-ray Super Deluxe Edition Box Set
• Two CDs with the remastered original album and four Serban Ghenea remixes
• Remastered album on heavyweight 180g 2LP vinyl in a gatefold jacket with faithfully replicated original album art
• Blu-ray disc with the film's 4K-restored 40th Anniversary Director's Cut and Theatrical Version, plus bonus features
• 23-page book with newly-written essays by Barry Gibb, soundtrack producer Bill Oakes, director John Badham, and the film's score composer and musician David Shire
• Exclusive turntable slipmat, a set of five art prints & reproduction of the original Saturday Night Fever movie poster