Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements Seth MacFarlane

• 1 Give Me The Simple Life 02:31
• 2 I Never Felt This Way Before 02:33
• 3 Lush Life 03:59
• 4 Flying Down To Rio 02:20
• 5 How Did She Look? 03:56
• 6 Who’s In Your Arms Tonight? 03:20
• 7 A Wonderful Day Like Today 03:07
• 8 When Joanna Loved Me 03:22
• 9 Arrivederci, Roma 03:05
• 10 Hurry Home 04:00
• 11 Ain'tcha Ever Comin’ Back 02:07
• 12 Shadows 03:11
• Total Runtime 37:31

Info for Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements

A groundbreaking new album featuring twelve, never-before-heard Frank Sinatra arrangements, brought to life by Grammy-nominated artist Seth MacFarlane, and a 70-piece orchestra comprised of all-star players from Los Angeles and London at the coveted Skywalker Sound Studios in Marin County, CA. The album includes masterful arrangements by Sinatra's legendary collaborators—Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Don Costa – including a unique conceptual Nelson Riddle arrangement of ‘Lush Life’ written for Frank Sintra, which they attempted to record but never completed. “Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements" is more than a tribute album – it's a time capsule opened for the first time, of arrangements written for classic Sinatra albums such as Come Fly With Me and Only the Lonely, that were never recorded. MacFarlane's warm, expressive vocals breathe new life into these carefully preserved arrangements.

“What’s special about what these [arrangers] did, and what’s unique about Sinatra’s role in this is that, with the possible exception of Nat King Cole, there really wasn’t any other vocalist of that era who seemed to understand the importance of an arrangement to the degree that Sinatra did.

“He really had a love for the charts — he understood how they could elevate a vocal,” he continues. “What’s really telling is when you pull the vocal out and you’re just hearing the charts, what you’re hearing is a degree of artistry that is unmatched in popular music before or since. These charts alone, independent of the vocal part, were really high musical art.” (Seth MacFarlane)

Seth MacFarlane, vocals
70-piece Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor

Produced by Joel McNeely

Seth MacFarlane
is a true renaissance man possessing talents that encompass every aspect of the entertainment industry. He has created some of the most popular content on television and film today while also expanding his career in the worlds of music, literature and philanthropy. He is the creator of FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD!, voicing many characters on both shows. He executive produced the 13 time Emmy Award nominated series Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey, the 13-part successor to the original docu-series of Carl Sagan’s iconic exploration of the universe as revealed by science. MacFarlane made his feature film directorial debut in 2012 with the highest-grossing original R-rated film of all time, Ted and is currently in production on the sequel, Ted 2 which is set for release on June 26, 2015. MacFarlane co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the recently released live action feature film, A Million Ways to Die in the West. MacFarlane’s debut album, “Music Is Better Than Words,” debuted at #1 on the iTunes jazz charts in 2011 and received two Grammy nominations, including ‘Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.’ In 2013, MacFarlane hosted the 85th Academy Awards and was also an Academy Award nominee the same year. In 2009, he created The Seth MacFarlane Foundation to focus his charitable efforts.

Joel McNeely
is an Emmy® Award-winning composer and conductor with more than 100 motion picture and television credits. He has produced and arranged songs for such artists as Norah Jones, Sara Bareilles, Burt Bacharach, Chris Mann, Natasha Bedingfield, The All-American Rejects, The Goo Goo Dolls, Mika, Carly Simon, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney and Jonatha Brooke. McNeely was Grammy nominated for Outstanding Classical Crossover Album for The Day the Earth Stood Still.

McNeely most recently composed the music for MacFarlane’s feature film A Million Ways to Die in the West. McNeely and MacFarlane wrote the original song “A Million Ways to Die” for the movie which is performed by country music superstar Alan Jackson.

This album contains no booklet.