Burt Bacharach Composes Touching Hal David Tribute
There’s no better way to remember the late songwriter Hal David (pictured) than through the eyes and ears of the composer who worked closely with him for all those years. Burt Bacharach’s fond reminiscences, posted online last night and adorning the front page of today’s LA Times Calendar section, wonderfully capture the pair’s professional highs and lows.
Bacharach begins by mentioning some early collaborations that never saw the light of radio day. He then takes responsibility for their major falling out:
The big bump — a disagreement that arose during the failed attempt to remake the film Lost Horizon as a musical — was most unfortunate.
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