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Quincy Jones served as musical supervisor and music producer. He later wrote that he initially did not want to work on the film, but did it as a favor to Lumet. The film marked Jones' first time working with Jackson, and Jones later produced three hit albums for Jackson: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987).
Chiefly produced by Quincy Jones, The Wiz soundtrack features non-sync (does not lock to picture) cast performances by the stars of the film, including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, and Lena Horne.
Sidney Lumet served as director, working with screenwriter Joel Schumacher (who used none of Brown's stage script) and music supervisor Quincy Jones. The film was a critical and commercial failure, performing poorly at the box office and severely panned by critics, who branded the casting of Ross instead of Mills as Dorothy a ...
3 de dic. de 2015 · But The Wiz was most important for what happened behind the scenes—veteran producer Quincy Jones, Lumet’s longtime film-score colleague, was musical director, and he met his future “Thriller”...
24 de oct. de 2018 · Music. Commentary: On its 40th anniversary, a look at how ‘The Wiz’ forever changed black culture. By Gerrick D. Kennedy. Oct. 24, 2018 3:05 PM PT. Forty years after its original release, no...
The Wiz [Original Soundtrack] Review by William Ruhlmann. Director Sidney Lumet's big-budget film version of The Wiz, an updated musical treatment of The Wizard of Oz with songs by Charlie Smalls, is not remembered as one of the great movie musicals.
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (Chicago, 14 de marzo de 1933) es un trompetista, compositor, director de orquesta, arreglista y productor estadounidense.Fue el productor principal de Michael Jackson, a quien le produjo algunos álbumes, incluido Thriller, el álbum más vendido de Jackson, y del mundo.. Su ámbito de interés musical abarca el R&B y el jazz (swing y bop), con frecuente tendencia a ...
