Editor's Choice
Leonard Rosenman1 :
The Cobweb (1955)1
; Edge of the City (aka A Man Is Ten feet Tall (1957)) 2
Conducted by Johnny Green 1;
Composed and conducted by Leonard Rosenman 2;
Available on Film Score Golden Age Classics FSM Vol 6 No 14 Total Running Time: 51.14
;
***** 5
DW
Editor's Recommendation
Christophe Beck:
Under the Tuscan Sun
;
Available on: Hollywood Records 2061-62407-2 Running Time: 48.29
;
***(*) 31/2
IL
;
**** 4
GSD
Mark Isham:
The Cooler
;
Performed by 16 piece big band lead by the composer
Available on Koch / Commotion Records KOC CD 5707 Running time: 50.03
;
****(*) 41/2
GSD
Sir Arnold Bax:
Film Music:
Oliver Twist and Malta GC;
Rumon Gamba conducts the BBC Philharmonic
Available On: Chandos CHAN 10126 Running Time: 73:06
;
****(*) 41/2
IL
John Williams:
40 Years of Film Music
;
The City of Prague Philharmonic and Crouch End Festival Chorus Conducted by Paul Bateman, Nic Raine, Mario Klemens
Available on Silva Screen TVPMCD810 Total running time: 228.52 min (4 discs)
;
****(*) 41/2
GSD
Don Davis:
The Matrix Revolutions
;
Orchestrations by Don Davis, Erik Lundborg, Conrad Pope; additional music by Juno Reactor; Boy soprano soloist, Zachary Biggs;Song 'In My Head' by Pale 3 Available on Warner Sunset / Maverick 48412-2 Running time: 63.30
;
****(*) 41/2
GSD
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
The Piano Music
;
Martin Jones (piano) with Richard McMahon (piano)*; Available On: Nimbus 4-CDs NI 5705/8 Running Time: 5 hrs (4 discs)
;
**** 4
IL
Other
Various :
21st Century Cinema Classics
;
Available on NAXOS 8.556698 Running time: 74.52
;
***(*) 31/2
GH
Max Steiner:
All This And Heaven Too
(1940) / A Stolen Life (1946);
Music for Bette Davis films, restorations by John Morgan;
Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Choir/William Stromberg;
Recorded Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, February-March 2002
Available on Marco Polo 8.225218 Running time: 71.08
;
**** 4
JW
Graham Fitkin:
Kaplan
;
Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall (keyboards)
Available on Black Box BBM1086 Running Time: 62:39
;
***(*) 31/2
IL
Hans Zimmer:
The Last Samurai
;
Songs by Elton John and Tim Rice
Available on Elektra 62932-2 Running time: 59.47
;
**** 4
GSD
Hans Zimmer:
The Lion King
;
Songs by Elton John and Tim Rice
Special Edition Soundtrack available on Disney 60124-7 Running time: 52.17
;
****(*) 41/2
JW
Jerome Kern:
Lovely to Look At
- M-G-M Musical from 1952; bonus tracks from Texas Carnival M-G-M musical from 1951 with music by Harry Warren, June Hershey, Don Swander & Maurice Vandair;
Available On: RHINO RHM2 7842 Running Time: 68:08
;
***(*) 31/2
IL
Jerry Herman:
Mame
- 1974 Warner Bros musical;
Available on: RHINO RHM2 7842 Running Time: 44:23
;
*** 3
IL
Robert Ambruster, Robert Drasnin, Gerald Fried, Jerry Goldsmith, Nelson Riddle, Lalo Schifrin, Walter Scharf, Richard Shores, and Morton Stevens:
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
(Volume 2) ;
Available on Film Score Golden Age Classics FSM Vol 6 No 17 Running Time: 154.23 (2 discs)
;
*** 3
GA
Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon & Richard Tognetti:
Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World;
Available on Decca Records (475 398-2) Running Time: 59:37
;
*** 3
MH
Randy Newman:
Seabiscuit
;
Available on: Decca/UMG (Universal) 038 279-2 Running Time: 46:32
;
**** 4
JW
Jeanine Tesori
with lyrics by Dick Scanlan and others:
Thoroughly Modern Millie
– Original Broadway Cast Recording 2002;
Available on RCA Victor 09026 63959 2 Running Time: 58.32
;
**** 4
CH
Jerry Goldsmith:
The Wild Rovers
;
Available on Film Score Golden Age Classics FSM Vol 6 No 15 Running Time: 79.13
;
Score *** 3, Album re-recording **** 4
GSD
Carl Davis:
The World At War
– 30th Anniversary Edition;
Available on Silva Screen FILMCD370 Running time: 74.41
;
***(*) 31/2
GSD