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RCA Victor Classic Film Score series The albums in this series are collections organized by composer or film star. Films are represented by short suites, ranging in duration from 1 to 20 minutes and are either the original orchestrations or good reconstructions. This series is credited with innovating the business of re-recording film music as serious orchestral music. The National Philharmonic Orchestra seems to be a London-based pick-up ensemble that doesn't exist outside the recording studio. An interesting essay about the series can be found here . | ||
| 7890-2-RG 1989 70:05 | The Sea Hawk The Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk · Of Human Bondage · Between Two Worlds · The Sea Wolf · The Constant Nymph · King's Row · Anthony Adverse · Deception · Devotion · Escape Me Never National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded 1972 There are two versions of this album on cd. This was the first of the series to be re-released on CD, and it contains some additional material from other albums. A later release contains the same program as the original LP. The selection from The Constant Nymph is a sort of tone poem and orchestral song called Tomorrow sung by contralto Norma Procter. |
| 0185-2-RG 1973 47:48 | Elizabeth and Essex The Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · The Prince and the Pauper · Anthony Adverse · The Sea Wolf · Deception · Another Dawn · Of Human Bondage National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt |
recorded February 1973 The selection from Deception is a cello concerto, performed by cellist Franciso Garbarro. |
| 0136-2-RG 1973 53:31 | Now, Voyager The Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner Now, Voyager · King Kong · Saratoga Trunk · The Charge of the Light Brigade · Four Wives · The Big Sleep · Johnny Belinda · Since You Went Away · The Informer · The Fountainhead National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded February 1973
The selection from Four Wives is a piano concerto called Symphonie Moderne, performed by pianist Earl Wild. |
| 0183-2-RG 1973 40:50 | Classic Film Scores for Bette Davis Max Steiner Now, Voyager · Dark Victory · In This Our Life · Jezebel · Beyond the Forest · The Letter · All This, and Heaven Too Erich Wofgang Korngold The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · Juarez Franz Waxman Mr. Skeffington Alfred Newman All About Eve National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded February 1973 |
| 0184-2-RG 1973 44:38 | Captain from Castile The Classic Film Scores of Alfred Newman 20th Century-Fox Fanfare and Street Scene · Captain from Castile · Wuthering Heights · Down to the Sea in Ships · The Song of Bernadette · The Bravados · Anastasia · The Best of Everything · Airport · The Robe National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded February 1973 |
| 0452-2-RG 1974 43:27 | Max Steiner Gone With the Wind
National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded September 1973 |
| 0422-2-RG 1974 50:52 | Casablanca Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart Max Steiner Casablanca · Passage to Marseille · The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · The Big Sleep · The Caine Mutiny · Virginia City · Key Largo Franz Waxman To Have and Have Not · The Two Mrs. Carrolls Frederick Hollander Sabrina Victor Young The Left Hand of God Miklos Rozsa Sahara National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded September 1973 |
| 0707-2-RG 1974 52:05 | Citizen Kane The Classic Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann On Dangerous Ground · Citizen Kane · Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · Hangover Square · White Witch Doctor Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano · Joaquin Achucarro, piano · National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded June 1974 The selection from Hangover Square is a piano concerto called Concerto Macabre, performed by Joaquin Achucarro. The aria from Salammbo in Citizen Kane is performed by Kiri Te Kanawa. |
| 0708-2-RG 1974 53:33 | Sunset Boulevard The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman Prince Valiant · A Place in the Sun · The Bride of Frankenstein · Sunset Boulevard · Old Acquaintance · Rebecca · The Philadelphia Story · Taras Bulba National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded July 1974 |
0911-2-RG 1976 54:25 | Spellbound The Classic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa The Red House · The Thief of Bagdad · The Lost Weekend · The Four Feathers · Double Indemnity · Knights of the Round Table · The Jungle Book · Spellbound · Ivanhoe National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded October 1974 |
| 0912-2-RG 1975 56:01 | Captain Blood Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn Max Steiner The Adventures of Don Juan · They Died with Their Boots On · Dodge City Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk · Captain Blood · The Adventures of Robin Hood Franz Waxman Objective, Burma! Hugo Friedhofer The Sun Also Rises National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded November 1974 |
| 1669-2-RG 1976 45:44 | Lost Horizon The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin Lost Horizon · The Guns of Navarone · The Big Sky · The Fourposter · Friendly Persuasion · Search for Paradise National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded December 1974 |
| 1490-2-RG 1976 46:55 | Laura David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores Laura · Forever Amber · The Bad and the Beautiful New Philharmonia Orchestra · David Raksin | recorded 1975 |
| 6/11/91 | John Williams' Classic Film Scores Star Wars · Close Encounters of the Third Kind National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded December 1977 It's very odd that this album and the other two Star Wars albums were recorded almost immediately after the releases of the films. The earlier albums consist of music that was 20 to 40 years old at the time of recording. The program notes offer very little to explain why the Star Wars scores were re-recorded while the ink was still drying, other than a note from Williams saying that he likes the recordings. The recordings are wonderful, offering interpretations that are often very different from Williams' own. |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold Kings Row
National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded July 1979 Originally released by Chalfont Records. | |
| John Williams The Empire Strikes Back
National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded May 1980 This wasn't released on cd until about 1989, and was also originally recorded for Chalfont. | |
| 3/8/91 | John Williams Return of the Jedi
National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | recorded May 1983 Absolutely no program notes come with this album. |
| VSD 5207 1989 66:39 | The Prince and the Pauper John Williams The Reivers · Jane Eyre Miklos Rozsa The Lost Weekend Erich Wolfgang Korngold Between Two Worlds · The Constant Nymph · The Prince and the Pauper · Escape Me Never George Antheil The Specter of the Rose Michael J. Lewis The Madwoman of Chaillot Alex North Cleopatra · Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Leonard Pennario Julie George Delerue Anne of the 1000 Days William Walton Henry V National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | This album is a compilation of recordings made for Readers Digest in the late 1960s along with some selections that were recorded later but didn't fit into any of the albums. The suite from Walton's Henry V contains different selections than the standard concert suite and uses the original orchestrations. |
| 2792-2-RG 1977 51:17 (27:08) | The Spectacular World of Classic Film Scores McHugh Universal Pictures Fanfare Miklos Rozsa Julius Caesar Franz Waxman Peyton Place Dimitri Tiomkin The Thing (from Another World) Bernard Herrmann King of the Khyber Rifles Daniele Amfitheatrof Salome National Philharmonic Orchestra · Charles Gerhardt | This is a compilation album. Most of the music comes from the other albums in the series, and a few selections are unique to this album. I've listed only the music that is unique to this album. The program notes don't make it clear who McHugh is. My guess is songwriter Jimmy McHugh, but if anyone can say for sure, please send me a note. The program notes are mostly an interview with Charles Gerhardt about the series. |
| Varese Sarabande Film Classics series | ||
| Alex North 2001 (Unused Score)
Jerry Goldsmith/National Philharmonic Orchestra | recorded January 1993 | |
| Bernard Herrmann Fahrenheit 451 · The Man in
the Gray Flannel Suit · Tender Is the Night · The Ghost and
Mrs. Muir · Anna and the King of Siam
Joel McNeely/Seattle Symphony Orchestra | recorded May & November 1994 | |
| Alex North A Streetcar Named Desire
Jerry Goldsmith/National Philharmonic Orchestra | recorded January 1995 | |
| Bernard Herrmann Vertigo
Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded September 1995 | |
| Elmer Bernstein To Kill a Mockingbird
Elmer Bernstein/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded August 1996 | |
| Bernard Herrmann Psycho
Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded September 1996 | |
| Alex North Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jerry Goldsmith/National Philharmonic Orchestra | recorded February 1997 | |
| Jerry Goldsmith The Sand Pebbles
Jerry Goldsmith/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded February 1997 | |
| Jerry Goldsmith Patton · Tora! Tora! Tora! Jerry Goldsmith/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded February 1997 | |
| Bernard Herrmann Torn Curtain (The Unused Score)
Joel McNeely/National Philharmonic Orchestra | recorded February 1997 | |
| Alex North Viva Zapata!
Jerry Goldsmith/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded September 1997 | |
| Alex North The Agony and the Ecstasy
Jerry Goldsmith/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded September 1997 | |
| John Williams Midway
Rick Wentworth/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded April 1998 | |
| John Barry Body Heat
Joel McNeely/London Symphony Orchestra | recorded April 1998 | |
| Bernard Herrmann The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
John Debney/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded May 1998 | |
| John Williams Superman
John Debney/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded August 1998 | |
| Bernard Herrmann Citizen Kane
Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded February 1997, May 1998, September 1999 | |
| Bernard Herrmann The Twilight Zone Main Title
· Where Is Everybody? · Walking Distance · The Lonely
· Eye of the Beholder · Little Girl Lost · Living Doll
· Ninety Years Without Slumbering
Joel McNeely | recorded September 1999 No orchestra is credited because the ensembles for which Herrmann wrote these television scores are so non-standard that it wouldn't make sense to engage a full orchestra for them. | |
| John Williams Jaws
Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded September 1999 & May 2000 | |
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Franz Waxman Rebecca Joel McNeely/Royal Scottish National Orchestra | recorded May 2000 & January 2002 | |
| Bernard Herrmann The Day the Earth Stood Still
Joel McNeely | recorded January 2002 | |
| Marco Polo Film Classics series | ||
| 8.223134 12/17/92 63:15 | Arthur Honegger
Les Misérables ·
La Roue ·
Mermoz ·
Napoléon Adriano/CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) | recorded November 1987 |
| 8.223181 | Honegger: Les Miserables | |
| 223287 12/17/92 |
Jacques Ibert
Macbeth ·
Golgotha ·
Don Quichotte Adriano/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) | recorded July 1989 & January 1990. No longer in Marco Polo's catalog. |
| 8.223314 06/14/01 |
Aram Khachaturian
The Battle of Stalingrad ·
Othello Adriano/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) | recorded July 1989 & June 1992. No longer in Marco Polo's catalog. |
| 8.223315 12/17/92 | Bliss Christopher Columbus | ordered 3/10 |
| 223399 12/17/92 |
Franz Waxman Rebecca Adriano/Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | recorded November 1990. No longer in Marco Polo's catalog. |
| 8.223466 10/05/93 | Honegger Crime et chatiment, etc. | |
| 8.223467 02/01/94 59:51 |
Arthur Honegger
Mayerling ·
Regain ·
Le Démon de l'Himalaya Adriano/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) | recorded June 1992 & February 1993 |
| 8.223477 01/04/94 |
Hans Salter
House of Frankenstein ·
Ghost of Frankenstein Andrew Penny/RTE Concert Orchestra | recorded September 1992 |
| 8.223535 11/29/94 | Herrmann Jane Eyre | ordered 3/10 |
| 8.223607 05/23/95 |
Miklós Rózsa The King's Thief
Victor Young Scaramouche
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Captain Blood
Max Steiner The Three Musketeers Richard Kaufman/Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Potsdam | recorded April & June 1994 |
| 8.223608 05/23/95 | Historical Romances Korngold, Newman, Steiner | ordered 3/10 |
| 8.223651 08/08/94 | Devreese Soundtrack? | |
| 8.223681 06/14/94 | Devreese Benvenuta, etc. | |
| 8.223682 10/27/98 | Nordgren The Bergman Suites | |
| 8.223747 02/20/96 | Monster Music of Salter & Skinner | ordered 3/10 |
| 8.223749 02/20/96 | Salter/Dessau House of Frankenstein | ordered 3/10 |
| 8.223750 06/23/98 |
Alfred Newman
All About Eve ·
Beau Geste ·
The Hunchback of Notre Dame William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded October 1996 |
| 8.223763 10/19/99 |
Max Steiner
King Kong William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded October 1996 |
| 8.223765 04/23/96 |
Georges Auric
La Belle et la Bête Adriano/Axios/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded December 1994. No longer in Marco Polo's catalog |
| 8.223841 08/06/98 | Herrmann Garden of Evil, Prince of Players | |
| 8.223857 08/05/97 |
Hugo Friedhofer
The Adventures of Marco Polo ·
The Lodger ·
The Rains of Ranchipur ·
Seven Cities of Gold William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded April 1996 |
| 8.223870 12/17/96 | Steiner Virginia City, Lost Patrol, etc. | |
| 8.223871 02/04/97 | Korngold Another Dawn, Escape Me Never | |
| 8.223897 01/21/03 | Shostakovich Fall of Berlin, etc. | |
| 8.225037 09/28/99 | Waxman Mr. Skeffington | |
| 8.225038 09/28/99 |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Devotion William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded October 1997 |
| 8.225050 12/15/98 |
Philip Sainton
Moby Dick William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded April 1997 |
| 8.225063 03/09/99 | Young Greatest Show on Earth, etc. | |
| 8.225066 11/30/99 | Auric Volume 2 | |
| 8.225070 06/13/00 | Auric Volume 3 | |
| 8.225078 11/30/99 |
Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Newman
The Egyptian William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Choir | recorded April 1998 |
| 8.225079 06/22/99 | Steiner They Died with Their Boots On | |
| 8.225124 05/16/00 | Salter,Skinner Mystery and Horror | |
| 8.225125 06/13/00 | Webb Cat People, Bedlam, etc. | |
| 8.225132 10/19/99 | Murder and Mayhem (sampler) | |
| 8.225136 04/17/01 | Auric Volume 4 | |
| 8.225148 11/14/00 | Waxman Objective Burma | |
| 8.225149 01/16/01 |
Max Steiner
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | recorded October 1999 |
| 8.225153 01/21/03 | Kilar Bram Soker's Dracula | |
| 8.225166 03/20/01 |
Max Steiner
The Son of Kong ·
The Most Dangerous Game William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded April 2000 |
| 8.225167 01/15/01 |
Malcolm Arnold
The Roots of Heaven ·
David Copperfield William Stromberg/Moscow Symphony Orchestra | recorded April 2000 |
| 8.225168 09/18/01 | Herrmann Snows of Kilimanjaro | |
| 8.225169 07/16/02 | Deutsch Maltese Falcon, etc. | |
| 8.225268 11/18/03 | Korngold Adventures of Robin Hood | |
| Other recordings (not part of series) | ||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold Anthony Adverse
John Scott/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | recorded June 1990, Varese Sarabande | |
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Warsaw Concerto and other Piano Concertos from the Movies Richard Addinsell Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight Jack Beaver Portrait of Ilsa from The Case of the Frightened Lady Miklós Rósza Spellbound Concerto from Spellbound Nino Rota The Legend of the Glass Mountain from The Glass Mountain Richard Rodney Bennett Theme and Waltz from Murder on the Orient Express Hubert Bath Cornish Rhapsody from Love Story Bernard Herrmann Concerto Macabre from Hangover Square Charles Williams The Dream of Olwen from While I Live Leonard Pennario Midnight on the Cliffs from Midnight on the Cliffs Philip Fowke, piano/RTE Concert Orchestra/Proinnsías Ó Duinn | recorded September 1995, Naxos | |