Fly Me To The Moon

A Grammy-packed collaborative of star-studded musicians jumped on board this project to make a new recording of “Fly Me To The Moon,” made famous by Frank Sinatra. Brand new Grammy winner Ledisi sings the lead, and produced by eight-time winner Gregg Field who brought in the legendary multi-Grammy winning singer Patti Austin and the 2019 three-time Grammy winning trumpet virtuoso, John Daversa. The whole thing just took flight when Gregg came on board, and I am over the moon about the music. We shot the film in January with another star packed cast of five dancers who took flight in their movement as airplanes, propellers, flight attendants, falling parachutes, and everything else we could think of that flies. Our new CandyBomber dance film premiered on “CBS Sunday” Matinee on May 9th!

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When I saw this Burberry ad so wonderfully taking off on the song, “Singing in the Rain”, and Gene Kelly’s dance scene in the movie, I was impressed by their imaginative modernizing of the music and movie, which were of the same era as the original Candy Bomber and the Berlin Airlift.  I wanted this video to celebrate the real life Candy Bomber, Col. Gail Halvorsen who recently turned 100 years old, so we decided to take up a song from that era too.

“Kate Duhamel is a passionate visionary. When we first discussed creating music for the film, her challenge was to tell the 70-plus year old story of the “Candy Bomber” in contemporary dance and song; and Kate suggested a re-imagination of the Sinatra classic “Fly Me To the Moon” for a 2021 audience. 

I brought in a favorite singer of Kate’s; 2021 Grammy winner Ledisi, as well as the legendary, multi-Grammy winning singer Patti Austin and the 2019 three-time Grammy recipient, avant-garde trumpet virtuoso John Daversa to bring their creative best.

With Kate’s guidance throughout the entire process, the musical element of the Candy Bomber’s latest sortie was a joy-filled “Mission Accomplished”.

Gregg Field, Producer-Arranger