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Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents FRANZ WAXMAN: LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD VOL. 1, featuring music from several films from the composer’s lengthy filmography, focusing on Westerns and World War II centered films. The music is performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Mills.

 

FRANZ WAXMAN: LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD VOL. 1 includes music from RED MOUNTAIN, CIMARRON, THE INDIAN FIGHTER, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, UNTAMED, THE FURIES, TASK FORCE, DESTINATION TOKYO, HOTEL BERLIN, MISTER ROBERTS and OBJECTIVE, BURMA!.

 

Composer, conductor and impresario, Franz Waxman was best known for his prolific career as a composer for the motion picture industry, spanning 150 scores throughout the 1930-1960s. Waxman won two Oscars for Best Score, was nominated twelve times and was the first to receive the honor in two consecutive years. Waxman was also an accomplished concert composer and conductor. In 1947, Waxman founded the Los Angeles Music Festival and, over the course of two decades, used it as a platform to champion American composers and introduce significant international composers with over seventy premieres, including work by Stravinsky, Shoenberg and Shostakowitz. His massive filmography includes legendary films such as BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, REBECCA, SUSPICION, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, SUNSET BLVD, A PLACE IN THE SUN, THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, SAYONARA, PEYTON PLACE, THE NUN’S STORY, THE STORY OF RUTH, MY GEISHA, TARAS BULBA and many, many more.

 

Richard Mills is a central figure in Australia’s musical life. He is one of the country’s most frequently commissioned and performed composers and a regular guest conductor of all Australia’s leading orchestras. Mills pursued his advanced musical studies under Edmund Rubbra (composition) and Gilbert Webster (percussion) at the Guildhall School of Music, London. He is currently the artistic director of Victorian Opera, and formerly artistic director of the West Australian Opera and artistic consultant with Orchestra Victoria. He was commissioned by the Victoria State Opera to write his opera SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL and by Opera Australia to write the opera BATAVIA.

 

Since its first concert in March, 1947, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra has established itself as a major cultural force within the city of Brisbane and the state of Queensland, Australia. Over 100,000 people attend more than 100 performances by the orchestra each year.

This series of recordings is a natural progression from SUNSET BOULEVARD: THE CLASSIC FILM SCORES BY FRANZ WAXMAN, which Charles Gerhardt recorded with the National Philharmonic for RCA in the 1970s. Like that disc, most of the music heard in this series was faithfully reconstructed from the original scores especially for these recordings.

 

Originally presented as four volumes of LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD: FRANZ WAXMAN on compact disc by Varese Sarabande in the 1990s, those volumes have become very scarce over the years. Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, is proud to bring these recordings back into the marketplace in a series of new volumes with the music newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and liner notes written by John Waxman and author Randall Larson.

 

1 The Pioneer Suite (Music From Red Mountain, Cimarron & The Indian Fighter)  00:10:23

2. The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn - Overture. 00:06:17

3. Untamed - Suite: (Prelude, Capetown Street, By the River, Vorwarts & Finale). 00:07:18

4. The Furies -Suite: (Prelude, Juan & Vance, The Mark Of The Furies, The Romance Revived & The King Of The Furies ). 00:07:01

5 Task Force - Liberty Fanfares 00:00:50

6 Destination Tokyo - A Montage for Orchestra  00:06:22

7 Hotel Berlin - Cafe Waltzes 00:08:32

8 Mister Roberts - Suite: (Prelude, Main Title, Final Scene, End Cast)  00:03:19

9. Objective, Burma! - Suite: (Prelude, Take-Off, In the Plane, Jumping, The Patrol, Stop Firing, No Landing, Up the Hill, Invasion, Retreat, Finale). 00:12:05

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1 hour ago, buysoundtrax said:

His massive filmography includes legendary films such as BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, REBECCA, SUSPICION, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, SUNSET BLVD, A PLACE IN THE SUN, THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, SAYONARA, PEYTON PLACE, THE NUN’S STORY, THE STORY OF RUTH, MY GEISHA, TARAS BULBA and many, many more.


Don't forget one of my favourites from him: 'Demetrius and the Gladiators'!

 

This is making me wanna dust off the ol' Varèse 'Legends of Hollywood' collection and give them a spin...

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Yeah, I also managed to acquire all four volumes on CD in the 90s and early 2000s. They're a treasure in my collection, and not for sale. IMO, this set is a must-have for any Waxman or Golden Age fan. Shame they never managed to continue the LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD series further.

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I’ve been making my way through these recently so might have to shell out for the upgrade. Then again they sound pretty great as it is! Definitely worth the investment for anyone who doesn’t own them as they are a terrific summary of Waxman’s music and a perfect companion to the Gerhardt album.

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