Setting the tone with an immersive, cinematic strings arrangement, and elegant piano performance, Giorgia Fumanti opens her reimagining of Over The Rainbow with ethereal vocals as she sings, “When all the world is a hopeless jumble, and the raindrops tumble all around, heaven opens a magic lane, when all the clouds darken up the skyway, there’s a rainbow on the highway to be found…”
We immediately connect with the optimistic lyricism of the song written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg for the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, and first made famous by the iconic Judy Garland. The opus is a childhood favourite of Giorgia’s, and the authenticity that Giorgia Fumanti conveys with her voice and performance is tangible. The depth of her emotion is riveting, and we are in awe of the overarching sound design which lends itself to theatrical vibe with operatic nuance.
Over The Rainbow comes with a luscious and serene music video, set in nature, full of colour, in line with the concept of the song. We are mesmerized by Giorgia Fumanti‘s performance, which is highly captivating.
We learn that Giorgia Fumanti is an Italian-Canadian classical-pop singer who has performed with the world’s top orchestras on the world’s top stages — from London’s Royal Albert Hall to Greece’s Athens Arena, New York’s Times Square and China’s Beijing Olympics. Over The Rainbow is taken from her thirteenth album in 20 years, titled, Cinema Collection!
Speaking on her ability to transmute the emotive nature of the covers that she sings, the star confesses, “The melody, you just sing them; it’s not something that you think about. You just follow the feelings the music brings. It’s very natural. We actually don’t prepare too much. Of course, we did different arrangements; it’s not a copy. It’s a new version made by me and my producer.”
We have added Giorgia Fumanti‘s expansive cover of Over The Rainbow to our New Music Spotlight playlist, whilst we continue to stream her wider discography, including Your Love.