FRANZ WAXMAN: LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD VOL. 4 - EPICS AND FANTASIES
UPC: 712187492348
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Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents FRANZ WAXMAN: LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD VOL. 4, featuring music from several films from the composer’s lengthy filmography, focusing on Epic and Fantasy centered films. The music is performed by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Mills.
FRANZ WAXMAN: LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD VOL. 4 includes music from DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS, CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, ANNE OF THE INDIES, THE STORY OF RUTH, BOTANY BAY, THE SILVER CHALICE, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN and A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
This series of recordings is a natural progression from SUNSET BOULEVARD: THE CLASSIC FILM SCORES BY FRANZ WAXMAN, which Charles Gerhardt recorded with the National Philharmonic for RCA in the 1970s. Like that disc, most of the music heard in this series was faithfully reconstructed from the original scores especially for these recordings. Originally presented as four volumes of LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD: FRANZ WAXMAN on compact disc by Varese Sarabande in the 1990s, those volumes have become very scarce over the years. Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, is proud to bring these recordings back into the marketplace in a series of new volumes with the music newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and liner notes written by John Waxman and author Randall Larson.
EPICS
1. DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS 14:45
Suite: Prelude; Lucia; Messalina & Demetrius;
The Marriage Of Life & Death; Return To Faith
2. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS Suite 7:01
3. ANNE OF THE INDIES 4:37
Suite: Prelude; The Sheba Queen; Jamaica; Finale
4. THE STORY OF RUTH Suite 13:22
5. BOTANY BAY 9:23
Suite: Prelude & Forward; Montage; New Escape Plot; Love & Victory
6. THE SILVER CHALICE 12:16
Suite: Prelude; The Chase; Simon The Magician; Fight For The Cup & Finale
FANTASIES
7. THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Danse Macabre 6:57
8. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 9:49
Suite: Prelude & Threadneedle Street; Mr. Scrooge; Ghost & Spirits; Snowball Fight; Christmas Morning; Finale
Total Time: 48:33
