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Analyzing Bette Midler's 'Wind Beneath My Beaches'
The song ‘Wind beneath my wings’ was written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley and was first originally recorded by Roger Whittaker. In the movie ‘Beaches’ the song is used, however it was re-recorded to perform a female rendition by Bette Midler. Bette Midler’s interpretation of ‘Wind beneath my wings’ is more suited to the atmosphere captured in the movie ‘Beaches’ through the analysis of the musical elements, timbre, dynamics, duration and compositional devices.
The timbre in Bette Midler’s ‘Wind beneath my wings’, portrayed a variety of moods and an overall thematic idea, but the timbre can be best described as empowering, solemn and warm whereas Roger Whittaker’s encapsulates yet again an empowering and warm but lively timbre. Each

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