July 2000 Film Music CD Reviews Part 1

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Alfred Hitchcock featurette (Video and CD reviews):-

Video Review:-

 A Talk With Alfred Hitchcock
CBC (Canada) Image ID9486CZ Black and White [52 mins] [IL]

Collection: Alfred Hitchcock
Dimitri Tiomkin Strangers on a Train
Franz Waxman Suspicion
Roy Webb Notorious
John Williams Family Plot
The Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Ketchum
VARÈSE SARABANDE VCD 47225 [37:50] [IL]

EDITOR'S
CHOICE

James HORNER
The Perfect Storm
OST
SONY CLASSICAL SK 89282 [79:10] [JW]

John POWELL and Harry GREGSON-WILLIAMS
Chicken Run
OST
RCA VICTOR 09026-63702-2 [63:04] [IL]

Maurice JARRE
Sunshine
OST
MILAN 73138 35902 [36:05] [JW]

Hans J. SALTER and Frank SKINNER
Mystery and Horror
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by William T. Stromberg
MARCO POLO 8.225124 [67:33] [JW]

EDITOR's

RECOMMENDATION

Roy WEBB
Music for the films of Val Lewton:
Cat People; The Seventh Victim; The Body Snatcher; I Walked With A Zombie
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) William T. Stromberg
Marco Polo 8.225125 [69:53] [RA]

EDITOR's

RECOMMENDATION

Nicolay ARTEMYEV
The Barber of Siberia
OST
SONY SK 61802 [66:20] [PT]

Richard HARTLEY
Don Quixote
OST
VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD 6142 [71:24] [IL]

Michael CONVERTINO
Children of a Lesser God
OST
GNP Crescendo GNPD-8007 [33:27] [IL]

EDITOR's RECOMMENDATION

Maurice JARRE
I Dreamed of Africa
OST
VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-6143 (58.26) [MH]

John BARRY
High Road to China
OST
SUPER TRACKS MUSIC GROUP JBCD 01 (53.29) [MH]

Lalo SCHIFRIN
The Fox
Soundtrack and Music inspired by the film
ALEPH 017 [60:47] [MH] [PH]

Jerry GOLDSMITH
Supergirl
the composer conducting the National Philharmonic Orchestra * Orchestrated by Arthur Morton
Silva Screen FILMCD 132 * [77:52] [GD]

Leonard ROSENMAN
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Film Score Monthly FSM Vol 3. No. 3 [72:03] [PT]

Howard BLAKE
Flash Gordon (also includes music from Amityville 3D)
arranged and conducted by the composer
Flash Gordon performed by the National Philharmonic
Amityville 3D performed by the Sinfonia of London
Composer's Promo HBCD 01 [Total 72:00 - Flash Gordon 50: 52 - Amityville 3D 21:08] [GD]

Various
Mega Movies
Telarc CD-80535 [73:34] [PT]

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