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DVD film: Annie Get Your Gun Music and lyrics by Irving BERLIN ;   starring: Betty Hutton and Howard Keel. Produced by Arthur Freed and Directed by George Sidney. Music direction by Adolph DEUTSCH   WARNER Home Video [104 mins] ; **** IL

DVD Film: The Dam Busters ;   The Dam Busters March by Eric COATES with additional music by Leighton LUCAS. Starring Richard Todd as Wing Commander Guy Gibson and Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis * directed by Michael Anderson b/w   119 minutes * WARNER BROS Home Video ; ***** GSD

Compilation Adolph DEUTSCH: Classic Film Scores for Warner Bros. 1941-44: The Maltese Falcon; High Sierra; The Mask of Dimitrios George Washington Slept Here; Northern Pursuit;   MARCO POLO 8.225169 [75:51] ; ****(*) IL

John WILLIAMS (with unused score material by Michel LEGRAND): The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing ;   OST  FILM SCORE MONTHLY Vol. 5 No. 4 [65:37] ; **** GSD

Nino ROTA: Romeo & Juliet ;   World Premiere Digital Recording of the Complete Film Score The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Nic Raine  SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 358 [55:18] ; ***** IL

Various composers: The Science Fiction Album 4CD set;   The City of Prague Philharmonic conducted by Nic Raine and Paul Bateman - Crouch End Festival Chorus - produced by James Fitzpatrick - Dolby Surround - HDCD; Disc: 1 01. 2001: A Space Odyssey - (Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss), 02. Aliens - James Horner, 03. Sound Effect - The Nostromo, 04. Alien - Jerry Goldsmith, 05. A.I. - John Williams, 06. Armageddon - Trevor Rabin, 07. Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off, 08. Apollo 13 - James Horner, 09. Back To The Future - Aan Silvestri, 10. Battle Beyond The Stars - James Horner, 11. Battlestar Galactica - Glen A Larson & Stu Philips, 12. The Black Hole - John Barry, 13. Contact - Alan Silvestri, 14. Capricorn One - Jerry Goldsmith, 15. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - John Williams, 16. The Day The Earth Stood Still - Bernard Herrmann, 17. Dune - Toto Disc: 2 01. Galaxy Quest - David Newman, 02. Sound Effect - Dogfight In Space, 03. Enemy Mine - Maurice Jarre, 04. Ghostbusters - Elmer Bernstein, 05. Gremlins - Jerry Goldsmith, 06. Heavy Metal - Elmer Bernstein, 07. Independence Day - David Arnold, 08. E.T. - John Williams, 09. Judge Dredd - Alan Silvestri, 10. The Last Starfighter - Craig Safan, 11. Lifeforce - Henry Mancini, 12. Sound Effect - Crash Landing, 13. Lost In Space - Bruce Broughton, 14. Mars Attacks - Danny Elfman, 15. The Matrix - Don Davis, 16. Predator - Alan Silvestri, 17. The Right Stuff - Bill Conti Disc: 3 01. Moonraker - John Barry 02. Robocop - Basil Poledouris, 03. Silent Running - Peter Schickele, 04. Sound Effect - Alien Organism, 05. Species - Christopher Young, 06. Stargate - David Arnold, 07. Starship Troopers - Basil Poledouris, 08. Starman - Jack Nitzsche, 09. Star Trek (TV Theme) - Alexander Courage, 10. Star Trek (The Motion Picture - End Title) - Jerry Goldsmith, 11. Klingon Attack - Jerry Goldsmith, 12. Sound Effect - Warp Drive, 13. Star Trek 2 - The Wrath Of Khan - James Horner, 14. Star Trek - Deep Space Nine - Denis McCarthy, 15. Star Trek: Generations - Denis MmcCarthy, 16. The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV - Leonard Rosenman Disc: 4 01. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country, Cliff Eidelman, 02. Sound Effect - Transporter Crew, 03. Star Trek - Deep Space Nine (Main Theme) - Denis McCarthy, 04. Star Trek: First Contact - Jerry Goldsmith, 05. Star Wars (Main Title), 06. The Empire Strikes Back (Han Solo and The Princess), 07. The Empire Strikes Back (The Imperial March), 08. Return Of The Jedi - John Williams, 09. Sound Effect - Battle Stations, 10-13. Suite from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace: The Flag Parade, Anakin's Theme, The Adventures Of Jar Jar, Duel Of The Fates - John Williams, 14. The Time Machine - Russell Garcia, 15. Things To Come - Arthur Bliss, 16. The Thing From Another World - Dimtri Tiomkin, 17. War Of The Worlds - Leith Stevens, 18. When Worlds Collide - Leith Stevens, 19. Total Recall - Jerry Goldsmith, 20. You Only Live Twice - John Barry, 21. Superman (The Movie) - John Williams   Silva Screen FILMXCD 359 - Disc 1: 70:17 - Disc 2: 74:28 - Disc 3 73:36 - Disc 4: 75:46 [total time: 294:07] ; ****(*) GSD

Cole PORTER: Silk Stockings ;   OST  RHINO R274368 [79:00] ; ****(*) IL

James HORNER: Windtalkers ;   music conducted by the composer - Indian flutes, Phil Ayling - Harmonica, Tommy Morgan   RCA-BMG 09016 63867-2 [66:57] ; **** GSD

Other

Roger DUMAS & Georges VAN PARYS & Oscar STRAUS : Les Films des Années 40 ;    Simplet, La Romance de Paris, Circonstances Atténuantes & Trois Valses   Naïve K 1609 [48:25] ; ** GSD

Various - Compilation: Music for the films of Marcel Carné ;   TRAVELLING NAÏVE K1601 [43:39] ; ** PT

Compilation: The film music of Claude BOLLING: Borsalino; Borsalino & Co.; Doucement les basses!; Flic Story ;   TRAVELLING NAÏVE K1602 ; ***(*) IL

John DEBNEY: Dragonfly ;   OST  VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-6338 [31:11] ; ** PT

Jeff DANNA and Mychael DANNA: The Green Dragon ;   OST  VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-302 066 336 2 [45:38] ; *** MH

Bernard HERRMANN: Joy in the Morning ;   OST  FILM SCORE MONTHLY Vol. 5 No. 3 [46:33] ; ***(*) MH

Compilation: Classics of the (French) Cinema Tous Les Matins du Monde, Farinelli, L’Acccompagnatrice etc;   Tous Les Matins Du Monde (1991) - ‘Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs’ by Jean-Baptiste Lully Farinelli, Il Castrato (1994) - ‘"Alto Glove" (air d’Acio)’de l’opéra Polifemo by Nicola Porpora Louis Enfant Roi (1992) - ‘Ballet d’Isis’ by Jean-Baptiste Lully Le Colonel Chabert (1994) - ‘Kegelstatt Trio K 498 (Rondeaux allegretto)’ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jeanne La Pucelle (1994) - ‘l’appel (Généeique I)’ by Jordi Savall Le Joueur De Violon (1994) - ‘Chaconne (de la Partita en ré mineur BWV 1004)’ by Jean-Sébastien Bach L’Accompagnatrice (1992) - ‘"Wiegenlied"’ by Richard Strauss Tous Les Matins Du Monde (1991) - ‘L’Arabesque’ by Marin Marais Jeanne La Pucelle (1994) - ‘Rondeau: La Trémouille’ by Jordi Savall Farinelli, Il Castrato (1994) - ‘"Son qual nave ch’agitata" (air d’Arbace)’ de l’opéra Aetaserse by J.A. Hasse/Riccardo Broschi L’ Écrivain Public (1993) - ‘Aria’ by William Sheller Louis Enfant Roi (1992) - ‘"Overture"’ de l’opéra Pomone by Robert Cambert L’Accompagnatrice (1992) - ‘"L’ho perduta" (air de Barberine)’ Les Noces de Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart L’Accompagnatrice (1992) - ‘Générique de fin’ by Alain Jomy   A selection of classical music featured in French productions made during the 90s.  TRAVELLING NAÏVE K1607 [64:21] ; *** MH

John WILLIAMS: Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones OST ;   John Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices  SONY SK89932 [73:34] ; **** IL ; *****Score - and no stars for Sony GSD

Compilation: : The Symphonic Eric COATES The Dam Busters March; Cinderella; The Three Bears; The Selfish Giant; London Suite, Miniature Suite; Joyous Youth Suite;   BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rumon Gamba  CHANDOS CHAN 9869 [79:27] ; **** IL

Klaus BADELT: The Time Machine ;   OST additional music by Geoff Zanelli * vocalist - Katy Stephan   VARÉSE SARABANDE VSD-6337 [57:35] ; *** GSD

 

DVD Reviews

DVD Film Review:: The Fugitive with music by James NEWTON HOWARD ;   Starring Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano, Jeroen Krabbe, Sela Ward, Andreas Katsulas, Julianne Moore Directed by Andrew Davis Screenplay by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy Produced by Arnold Kopelson  WARNER DVD Video Z1 21122 (125 mins) Certificate: 15 ; ***(*) MH

Curio Corner

Compilation: Louis Armstrong Vol. 2: Naxos’s Jazz Legends series Original recordings 1930-1933 ;   I’ve got the world on a string; Blue, turning grey over you; I got rhythm; Star dust; Confessin’ (that I love you); When it’s sleepy time down south; I’ll be glad when you’re dead, you rascal you; The Lonesome road; The peanut vendor; Hobo, you can’t ride this train; That’s my home; I gotta right to sing the blues; Snowball; Sweet Sue, just you; Basin Street blues; Dusky stevedore; There’s a cabin in the pines; St Louis Blues.  NAXOS 8.120609 [58:37] ; * JC