bhryun Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I just love film music and play it a lot while I work. The releases by MARCO POLO have given us back some great recorded filmmusic like THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON, KING KONG,PRINCE OF PLAYERS and I understand now, the full score to RED RIVER. For myself I am still trying to find ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN/PRINCE AND THE PAUPER double cd that was recorded a few years ago (anyone got a copy who can copy it for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilelmhr Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I, too, enjoy playing film scores on CD while I'm at the computer. Among my faves (some of which were not easy to obtain through Marco Polo and other imports): CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE/THE SNAKE PIT (Alfred Newman) DEVOTION (my favorite Erich Wolfgang Korngold score) PEYTON PLACE (Franz Waxman) ALL ABOUT EVE/JANE EYRE (Bernard Herrmann) THE ADV. OF ROBIN HOOD (Korngold) PRINCE OF FOXES (Alfred Newman) SONG OF BERNADETTE (Newman) FOREVER AMBER (David Raksin) ALL ABOUT EVE/LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (Newman) BTW, my screen name is new but my former name was tflight9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 neile, Thats a great list of film scores.A friend recently gave me some great Max Steiner scores. Of your list,Captain From Castille is my favorite.The selection CONQUEST from that film is a showpiece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Among my favorites, both re-records and original cds are: DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS and TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH Alfred Newman, SHE James Bernard, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Franz Waxman, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Franz Waxman, BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS Max Steiner, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Hans J Salter and Paul Dessu, MOBY DICK Philip Sainton, HERCULES Enzo Masetti, FAREWELL TO THE KING Basil Poledouris, THE VIKINGS Mario Nascimbene, GOJIRA/GODZILLA Akira Ifukube, BATTLE OF THE BULGE Benj. Frankel-the list goes on! Great to work to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilelmhr Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Yes, CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE is a great score. The love theme for Catana (Jean Peters) has a nice pseudo-Spanish flavor to it and, of course, the triumphant March is spectacular. It's probably the highlight of the whole score. Mine is a dual cassette that has CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE and THE SNAKE PIT on it, both Oscar nominated scores by Alfred Newman. THE SNAKE PIT is a very dramatic score (with shrieking violins for the electric shock treatment scene), quite complex, and in it Newman borrows the love theme from PRINCE OF FOXES for the scene where Virginia (Olivia de Havilland) is saying good-bye to one of her doctors (Leo Genn). This was not unusual. Composers often borrowed themes from earlier works or developed themes and used them later on. Steiner and Waxman did this frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 6, 2005 Author Share Posted March 6, 2005 MIKLOS ROZSA's music has always been one of my favorites and the lp I enjoy is ROZSA CONDUCTS ROZSA VOL.2 which contains a wonderful suite from THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES and the overture to JULIUS CAESAR. Included is also FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO, THE RED DANUBE, THE KILLERS, LADY HAMILTON and LYDIA. Another great original soundtrack is FERDE GROFE's original soundtrack to ROCKETSHIP XM, taken from the original sound discs. The record was put out by STARLOG RECORDS 30 years ago and I am not sure if it is on CD. MONSTROUS MOVIE MUSIC has recorded some great music from THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, THEM, GORGO, TARANTULA, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON just to name a few. The music has been painstakingly played to match the original soundtracks. If you love great horror/scifi-check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilelmhr Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Speaking of Rosza, I think QUO VADIS and BEN-HUR are his greatest...but any film that he bestows a film score on is worth hearing. Even his film noir scores are enjoyable. THE LAST EMBRACE featured a stunning score that came later in his career. QUO VADIS is fascinating with its many themes and the impressive March of the Charioteers. BEN-HUR is probably even more complex in its varied romantic and religious themes. Rosza, Korngold, Steiner and Waxman are my four favorites from the Golden Age. Among the more contemporary composers, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry are other favorites. And, of course, others that are doing fine work today will probably make it to the hall of music fame too...James Horner for one. And Silvestri who did the score for THE POLAR EXPRESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 9, 2005 Author Share Posted March 9, 2005 I have heard that DIMITRI TIOMKIN's score for THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD is going to be recorded and also another story floating around is the original sound track music was found. Anyone know anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieslover1000 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Thing From Another World has just been released. It is using acetate transfer disks. The Master tapes are long gone, along with almost all the score masters for RKO movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted March 17, 2005 Author Share Posted March 17, 2005 RED SUN by Maurice Jarre was a great film score and I was lucky enough to locate the original Japanese cd. Another cd from Japan that is great is the original soundtrack to BATTLE OF THE BULGE by Benjamin Frankel, which is even better than the expanded rerecording. GOJIRA, the original soundtrack by Akira Ifukube, is worth finding as well-dark and tragic, is an audio experiance that stands on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catanzaro2348 Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 I have bits and pieces (10:33) from Spectacular World Of Classic Film Scores - RCA Victor 1973-1978 on CD Suite: Prelude: The Flying Saucer Under the Ice; Melting Sequence The Hand; Plasma 1; Plasma 11, The Growing Plants; The Thing on the Walkway; Electrocution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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