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APRIL 1999 Part 1

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Dramatic Score Category - 1999 Academy Award Winning Score

Nicola PIOVANI Life is Beautiful  OST VIRGIN 47402 2 [41:18]

CD OF THE 
MONTH (1)

Hans ZIMMER – The Thin Red Line  OST RCA VICTOR 09026 63382 2 [58:56]

CD OF THE
MONTH (2)

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Victor YOUNG The Uninvited - The Classic Film Music of Victor Young  The Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by William T. Stromberg MARCO POLO 8.225063 [69:31]

EDITOR'S CHOICE
Classical Scores

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Sir William WALTON Hamlet. As You Like It  Michael Sheen (Narrator) RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Penny NAXOS 8.553344 [52:43]

Michael KAMEN Don Juan De Marco The London Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by the composer A&M 540 357-2 [45:44]

John BARRY Collection: ZULU  The City of Prague Philharmonic conducted by Nic Raine SILVA SCREEN FILMCXD 305 [101:36]


Collection: The GREAT BRITISH FILM MUSIC Album  Various Orchestras SILVA SCREEN 2CDs FILMXCD 309 [153:13]

Jerry GOLDSMITH 100 Rifles  OST FILM SCORE Silver Age Classics FSM Vol 2 No.1

Ennio MORRICONE Bulworth  OST RCA Victor 09026 63253 2 [42:36]

Four Scores with African Themes:-

Rachel PORTMAN Beloved  OST  Ounou Sangare; La Troupe Makandal; The African Children’s Choir; ethnic instrumentalists EPIC /SONY 492679 2 [63:51]

Mychael DANNA 8MM Eight Millimeter    OST   SILVA SCREEN FILMCD313

HIDEOUS KINKY  OST Various Artists     SILVA SCREEN FILMCD311 [61:11]

Gabriel YARED The English Patient  OST performed by Academy of St Martin in the Fields    FANTASY FCD-16001 [75:11]

Gabriel YARED Message in a Bottle  OST     ATLANTIC 83163 [73:58]


Carter BURWELL Gods and Monsters  OST     RCA 09026 63356 2 [33:44]

Bruce BROUGHTON Lost In Space  Bruce Broughton Conducts the Sinfonia of London   INTRADA MAF 7086 [66:54]

Chris BOARDMAN Payback  Source material and OST   VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD6003 [36:25]

Elliot GOLDENTHAL In Dreams  OST   VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD6001 [47:08]


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David WHITAKER The Sword And The Sorcerer    Graunke SO/composer   SUPER TRACKS STCD884 [69:35]

Joel MCNEELY Virus  OST conducted by composer   HIPPO HIPD-40119 [50:25]

Clint MANSELL  Pi  Music from the motion Picture SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 312

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