the song somewhere out there comes from the movie an american tail.
the song somewhere out there comes from the movie an american tail.
what movie does the song somewhere out there come from?
an american tail ,
mann has composed songs for movies, most notably "somewhere out there", co-written with weil and james horner, for the 1986 animated movie "an american tail". linda ronstadt and james ingram performed the song as a duet during the movie's closing credits; their version was released as a single, which scored no. 2 on the billboards charts and became a "gold"-scoring record. "somewhere out there" would win two 1987 grammy awards, as song of the year and best song written for a motion picture or television. "somewhere out there" was also nominated for a 1986 oscar as best song, but lost to "take my breath away" from "top gun" (a film that featured the weil-penned "you've lost that lovin' feelin'" in a key scene). mann's other movie work includes the scores for "i never sang for my father" and "muppet treasure island", and songs for "national lampoon's christmas vacation" and "oliver & company".
barry mann
section::::chart performance.









































the song reached number three in the uk singles chart. it also reached number 34 in the australian singles chart.









































section::::critical reaction.









































in their album review of "love", in the 80s mentioned that, "it is anchored by the song somewhere in my heart, which, of course, is the ultimate pop song", while allmusic stated that "love" "belatedly took off after its second [sic] single, somewhere in my heart".
somewhere in my heart