![]() This week's choice is " If I Were a Rich Man." ![]() It is difficult to pick the one most outstanding - " Tradition" the iconic number that sets up the Jewish culture plot permeating the play / film story - it's hard to be Jewish in Russia, " Sunrise Sunset" represents the end of childhood as Tevye's oldest daughter is married, the duet " Do You Love Me" that questions a marriage arranged by a matchmaker and reminds of the journey of life, or " Far From the Home I Love" sung by Tevye's middle daughter Hovel explaining her following her love away from the small town. John Williams won his first Academy Award for his adaptation of the score (Originally written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock).įiddler on the Roof is a production loaded with amazing songs. Fiddler won three Academy Awards (Best Song Score Adaptation, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound) and two Golden Globe Awards. ![]() The film, adapted from the 1964 Broadway musical, is about the Orthodox Jewish family of Tevye (wife Golda and five daughters) living in the town of Anatevka in Tsarist Russia in 1905. ![]() And this week's choice for best musical song number is from Fiddler on the Roof (1971) starring Chaim Topol as Tevye.
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