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December 1999 Film Music CD Reviews (2)	Film Music Editor: Ian Lace Music Webmaster Len Mullenger

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Reviewers: Ian Lace, Rob Barnett, Paul Tonks,Gary Dalkin, Richard Adams, Jeffrey Wheeler, Didier C Deutsch, Gerald Fenech, Helen San, Kostas Anagnostou, John Huether
Los Angeles correspondent: Anthony E. Anderson

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	Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD Piano Quintet in E Major. Suite Op. 23 (1930) Kathryn Brake (Piano); George Marsh (Violin); Claudia Chudacoff (violin); Nancy Thomas Weller (viola), Steven Honigberg (cello). ALBANY TROY 348 [68:58]
	Alan SILVESTRI *Back to the Future - The Trilogy* John Debney conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-5950
	Max STEINER *She* OST A BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Film Music Archives Production FMA/MS104 [72:12]	EDITOR’S RECOMMENDATION
	Collection: Chinese Film Themes Volume 2 The City of Prague Philharmonic conducted by Nic Raine and Mike Townend Silva/GUTS SS21066 [50:54]
	Alex NORTH *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the composer VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD 5800
	Alfred NEWMAN *How the West Was Won* OST RHINO / Turner Classic R2 72458 (2 CDs: 69:31 / 66:26)
	Collection: *Heart and Soul* - New Songs from *Ally McBeal* featuring Vonda Shepherd SONY/EPIC 495091
	Christopher TYNG *The Associate* Music from the film performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Tri-City Singers Gospel Choir SUPER TRACKS STCD-880 [38:13]
	Christopher TYNG *Kazam* Music from the film performed by the London Symphony Orchestra SUPER TRACKS STCD-877 [35:42]
	Evan H. CHEN *Crusade* Television Score SONIC IMAGES 878 278 910 [68:16]
More Promotional Discs
	Robert FOLK *Nothing to Lose* PROMOTIONAL RFCD 002 [45:24]
	William ROSS *Tin Cup* OST PROMOTIONAL WRCD 02 [29:59]
	Arthur RUBINSTEIN *Blue Thunder* OST PROMOTIONAL ARCD01 [54:59]
	Collection: The Film Music of VAN DYKE PARKS - *Wild Bill* and **The Two JakesSUPER TRACKS/PROMOTIONAL VDPCD001** [50:05]	Wild Bill: The Two Jakes
Curio Corner
	Noel COWARD Collection: *If Love Were All* Original Musical Cast Recording featuring Twiggy (as Gertrude Lawrence and and Harry Groener (as Noel Coward) VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-6083 [55:39]
	Burt BACHARACH *The Instrumental Side* Original Musical Cast Recording featuring Twiggy (as Gertrude Lawrence and and Harry Groener (as Noel Coward) VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-6073 [53:10]
	Constant LAMBERT *Merchant Seaman Suite, with Piano Concerto, Prize-fight* and *Pomona* BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. ASV White Line CD WHL 2122 [67:26]
	Sergey PROKOFIEV *Cinderella* *(also includes Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty) Narrator: Brian Cant. National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Theodore Kuchar and Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Mogrelia. NAXOS 8.554610* [69:53]
	Collection: THE ONLY MUSICALS ALBUM YOU'LL EVER NEED! Various artists including: Michael Ball, Elaine Paige; Marti Webb; Philip Schofield; Julie Andrews and Marilyn Monroe RCA VICTOR 2-CDs 74321-60825 2 Mid-price
	Collection: The Only Opera Album You'll Ever Need Various Performers RCA Victor/BMG 75605 513562 * CD1 [68:10] / CD2 [72: 46] mid-price
Book Reviews
	ALLY McBEAL *- the official guide* By Tim Appelo HarperCollins Publishers; ISBN: 0060988134 208 pages UK price £12:99 (USA $18.95) Amazon UK £10.35 Amazon USA $15.16
	MUSICHOUND SOUNDTRACKS - The Essential Guide to Film, Television, and Stage Music Edited by Didier C. Deutsch Visible Ink Press. ISBN:1-57859-101-5 $24.95 Amazon $19.96
	The Score - Interviews with Film Composers By Michael Schelle 430 pages; softback Silman-James Press, Los Angeles $19:95 £12.10 Amazon UK £10.89 Amazon US $15.96
	ARTHUR HONEGGER By Harry Halbreich (Translated by Roger Nichols) Amadeus Press 680 pages £32:50 (Amazon UK £24.54) USA $44:95 (Amazon US $31.47)

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