Directed to replace the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" in a movie scene, the songwriters created a "mind trip" with stream-of-consciousness lyrics and surreal imagery like a "carousel running rings around the moon". The Saxophone Interpretation
"The Windmills of Your Mind," composed by for the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair , is a masterpiece of circular melodic structure and baroque-influenced pop. Its hypnotic, repetitive phrases make it a popular choice for saxophone, which can expressively navigate its shifting minor keys and descending fifths. Musical Composition and Structure Michel Legrand-The Windmills of Your Mind(Saxophone)
Legrand used a long, baroque-style melody that rises in upward patterns before descending back to the home note. Directed to replace the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever"