Omen II 1,235 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Bespin said: Any thoughts about this album? It's an excellent CD. I suspect I am not the only one here who attended the concert at which it was recorded. Richard Kaufman's daughter Whitney sang a couple of the songs (the one from Wild Is the Wind, for example) and Tiomkin's widow Olivia was in the audience not far from where I was sitting. The other vocalist Andy Playfoot can often be seen with the Maida Vale Singers accompanying the John Wilson Orchestra - here he is opening the singing in There Is Nothin' Like A Dame from South Pacific: I remember also spotting the American conductor Andrew Litton in the audience at the concert. Bespin and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: I really enjoyed this album, well performed and recorded. Guess you can't go too far wrong with the LSO... it's a great companion to the Gerhardt album(although I'm not a super big Tiomkin fan). The Gerhardt Prince and the Pauper compilation referenced earlier is one I recently unearthed in the bowels of my collection and, as expected, enjoyed it very much. Bit of an odd mixture, although somewhat weighted towards historical epics/dramas, but then it opens with 5 minutes from The Reivers, which doesn't really fit at all. Has a couple of enjoyable outliers such as The Madwoman Of Chaillot by Michael J Lewis, Julie by Leonard Pennario (who I've never even heard of) and Anne Of The 1000 Days by Georges Delerue which I don't know at all. Gerhardt's take on To Thornfield is also great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Just now, Jurassic Shark said: Gerhardt's take on To Thornfield is also great! It is! Such a great track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 2/10/2021 at 3:45 PM, Thor said: I had THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE once. Didn't care for it, so I sold it. Steiner is very hit/miss to me (more miss than hit), but some good ones here and there. Obviously the classics like KING KONG, the film noirs and that. But I also have a soft spot for THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN and THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE. The Stromberg rerecordings in both cases. I have the "Tribute Film Classics Highlights" CD that has the best portions of the Hermann, Korngold and Steiner works TFC re-recorded. It is well worth the $5 if you don't want the full re-recordings and need shelf space. Most of the highlights are 3-4 tracks each from certain albums (like Adventures of Don Juan, Mysterious Island and Battle of Neretva), while a handful are just 1-2 (The Kentuckian, Fahrenheit 451). Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 This is a really good collection for those who.just want the main themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I am hoping that this electrifying performance of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Tomorrow from The Constant Nymph will show up in good quality on YouTube eventually. Until then, this post by mezzo soprano Kate Lindsey on the Book of Face will have to suffice (video quality is not as good and there is a slight lag between picture and sound, but better than a kick in the teeth). Tomorrow For me this was the highlight of the 2019 BBC Proms season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Anyone else noticed the Max Steiner (Tara) moment when there is a close-up of the first potato plant growing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 He's completely frozen in awe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Khachaturian shows them how it's done Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,599 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just like in Great Britain, there are a ton of great Russian film scores by "known" concert hall composers of the 20th century. From Shostakovich to Schnittke, there's a ton of great stuff, and I totally agree Khachaturian fits right in there. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Omen II 1,235 Posted September 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2021 Did anyone else attend the BBC Prom concert of British film music on Thursday? It was wonderful. Here is the programme: For The Belles of St. Trinian’s, the seven percussionists (all men) donned St. Trinian’s boaters, badges and pigtails. The encore was another Malcolm Arnold classic, The Bridge on the River Kwai, in which the audience joined in whistling the Colonel Bogey March. Thor, GerateWohl and Yavar Moradi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Nice! Good to see Golden Age titles in a concert programme that aren't just the standard Hollywood/US fare. Omen II and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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