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  August 1999 Part 1

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Reviewers: Ian Lace, Rob Barnett, Paul Tonks,  Jeffrey Wheeler, Don Mather, Katherine Fear, Two-Names
Los Angeles correspondent: Anthony E. Anderson

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Franz WAXMAN Mr Skeffington   Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by William T. Stromberg     MARCO POLO 8.225037 [62:57]

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Ennio MORRICONE One Upon A Time in America   Special edition including previously unreleased material     RESTLESS/BMG 74321619762 [49:55]


EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION


Alfred NEWMAN The Song of Bernadette   OST     VARÈSE SARABANDE (Fox Classics) 2CD VSD2-6025 [104:50]

Danny ELFMAN Instinct   OST     VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD 6041 [38:38]

Christopher YOUNG Entrapment   Restless 01877-73518-2 [54:49]

David A STEWART Cookies Fortune   OST     BMG/RCA 74321 661102  [42.12]

Duke ELLINGTON Anatomy of a Murder Columbia / Legacy CK 65569 [75:57]

Giovanni TOMMASO La Prima Volta   OST     CAM Original Soundtracks CAM-494632 [38:17]

Paul GRABOWSKY Noah's Ark The Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paul Grabowsky VARESE SARABANDE VSD-6027 [59:00]


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Collection: Cinema Romance Performed by Omoté-Sando   VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-6033 [59:25]

Collection: The WILD WEST The Essential Western Film Music Collection   City of Prague PO conductors: Paul Bateman; Nic Raine; Derek Wadsworth    2 CDs SILVA SCREEN FILMXCD 315 [72:00] + [73:35]



ROY BUDD
The Stone Killer OST CINEPHILE CIN CD006 [41:10]
               
The Marseille Contract OST CINEPHILE CIN CD 009 [39:46]
                 
The Wild Geese OST CINEPHILE CIN CD 014 [35:49]
       
Kidnapped OST CINEPHILE CIN CD015 [37:13]
         
Flight of the Doves OST CINEPHILE CIN CD010 [35:43]
           


The Stone Killer

The Wild Geese

The Marseille Contract

Flight of the Doves

Kidnapped

Christopher FRANKE Babylon 5: The River of Souls   Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra/Franke     Sonic Images SID8907 [49:55]

Bob FOSSE's Sweet Charity (Book by Neil Simon; Music by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Dorothy Fields)   Original Broadway Cast     SONY SMK 60960 [75:29]

EDITOR'S

RECOMMENDATION

Tango Libre   Tango Libre Mikael Augustsson (bandoneón); Anna Lindal (violin); Sven Aberg (guitars and baroque lute); Mikael Jöback (paino, harpsichord, fortepiano); Jonas Dominique (bass)   BIS-CD-907 [54:16]

Collection: CINEMA CLASSICS 1999  (Classics made famous in films)   Naxos 8.551183 [68:46]

John CARPENTER (In Association With Alan HOWARTH) Big Trouble In Little China   Super Tracks AHCD 01 [71:29] Promo disc

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