Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv MANILA -- “Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin” is one of the best-selling OPM hits recorded by Martin Nievera back in 1994.
Several local artists have released their respective cover versions of the song, penned by Cecile Azarcon.
“In the original solo piece, the song was interpreted from a male’s point of view,” said Suzanne Lansangan-Sabangan, lead female vocalist of Sounds of Manila. “In the duet version, the song was interpreted from two vantage points, from a woman’s point of view and from a man’s point view. Interestingly, the recording of “Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin” as a duet had the blessing of Azarcon, who gave the green light to musical arranger and director Lorrie Ilustre to deliver a new arrangement of the popular OPM song.
“Elton was the one who encouraged you to reach out to me and you did through Facebook,” Azarcon told Sabangan. “The rest is history. One song at a time, for three years, was it? And all in God’s perfect time. The project was completed.” “We chose to do our duet version of “Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin’ that is originally included in our all-Azarcon album that we recorded back in 2013 and officially released in 2014,” Sabangan said. “That is one of the songs that we always rendered during our live concerts.
The new duet of Sounds of Manila for “Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin” is available on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music. Second keyboardist is Paulo Areza, a medical technologist and pathologist at QDX Pathology. Guitarist is Jason Paguiligan, senior scientist at Merck and Co. It was Sabangan who came up with the name for the group. “I thought the name Sounds of Manila reminds me of home,” she said. “I also wanted Filipinos in the US to be reminded of the music or the sounds that they listened to when they were back home in the Philippines. OPM is a major part of our group’s repertoire.”Admittedly, the band has to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, just like everybody else.
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