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Aaron Collins Oscar® Winner	I have just recieved Prince Valiant and Taras Bulba. I absolutely just love both of them. They are both great scores. My question is what are some more of his scores that are released? I hope to add more of his music to my collection! Aaron NP: Ghost and the Darkness
posted 10-16-1999 01:55 PM PT (US)

Gae Oscar® Winner	I've just bought "The Spirit of St.Louis" which is a great film (James Stewart)and score. I also have a compilation cd of "Classic Movie scores by Waxman" which has "The Bride of Frankenstein" suite and "A Place in the Sun" as well as "Taras Bulba" "Prince Valiant" suites. Those are the only ones I have. Good luck!! Gae
posted 10-16-1999 05:24 PM PT (US)

sakman Oscar® Winner	Also available on Silva is "The Bride of Frankenstein". Wonderful classic score in a rerecording. Also, if you can find them, Varese Sarabande has released 4 cds featuring music by Waxman. Some are hard to find, but they are a wonderful introduction to Waxman's film music. And of course, Charles Gerhardt recorded some of Waxman's music on his various compilation discs for RCA. A good performance of a suite from "Sunset Boulevard" is on "The Hollywood Sound" Sony disc with John Williams and the London Symphony Orch. And, if you are lucky, you can find an old San Diego Pops cd on Pro Arte that has music from "Rear Window"!
posted 10-17-1999 08:02 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Welcome to the group Sakman! Scott
posted 10-18-1999 07:47 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Ah nuts, Scott beat me to it, Welcome to MovieMusic sakman. Question? Just ask --Crono/Kyp Writer/Director/Producer NP: The Lion King: Elton John/Tim Rice/Hans Zimmer (**/***)
posted 10-18-1999 05:35 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Sorry Crono/Kyp, I'll let you go first next time . Scotty [This message has been edited by Scott (edited 10-19-99).]
posted 10-19-1999 08:04 AM PT (US)

Luscious Lazlo Oscar® Winner	I recently heard Waxman's Peyton Place score. It's mahvelously lush & sentimental. It's also Coplandesque in places. Although I can't say that I care for the over-repeated "Allison's Theme". My favorite track is "Rossi's Visit", which contains "Constance's Theme".
posted 02-10-2000 03:16 PM PT (US)

Ron Pulliam Oscar® Winner	You can also check out Waxman's beautiful score to "Mr. Skeffington," rerecorded by William Stromberg on the Marco Polo label. Additionally, there is the Charles Gerhardt RCA recording "Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman" with lots of great stuff on it, including very good suites from "Rebecca," "A Place in the Sun"and "Sunset Boulevard." The score to "Peyton Place" was released on RCA (Spain) CD recently and can be obtained through the usual soundtrack specialty shops. "The Spirit of St. Louis" is definitely one of the great scores and the Varese CD should be available through www.screenarchives.com. There were two boots of his ravishingly beautiful score for "The Silver Chalice." One was on Tsunami (a one-CD version) and another was a 2-CD complete score with outtakes version. Also, there was a 2-CD boot for his very fine score for "The Nun's Story." Another boot was issued in mono (archival) of his score to "Sunset Boulevard," and yet another had music from "Demetrius and the Gladiators" along with other scores by different composers. Ron
posted 02-10-2000 03:40 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Gotta agree with the above-- The Gerhardt Sunset Boulevard compilation--a real must if you don't have it. Spirit of St. Louis (one of my all-time favorite scores)--go for the Varese over the RCA re-issue as it has more music. Peyton Place Marco Polo is soon to release Objective Burma--it's a good score and if the rendition is good, it would be worth getting. This CD is out of print but you may have luck in locating it---- Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man, a very beautiful score in places (I can't stand those mandolins in the girl's theme however). Richard Mills conducts 4 CDs of Waxman suites on Varese, the first is out of print, I believe, too bad because it was probably the best. Volume 2 has Anne of the Indies and Captains Courageous both of which are great suites. The overall performances are hit and miss. Another unfortunately out of print CD was a compliation of Waxman cues from Sayonara, My Geisha, Peyton Place & Hemingway's AOAYM. Gotta agree with the guy below on the Sunrise at Campobello suite--short but nice. There is also a suite from the 1941 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde on a CD or two (Hollywood Nightmares cond. by Mauceri), but I figured you were looking for more Waxman not all Waxman........ [This message has been edited by Lou Goldberg (edited 11 February 2000).]
posted 02-11-2000 02:26 AM PT (US)

PeterD Oscar® Winner	There's also a CD released on the Preamble label (could be out of print, may be hard to find) titled "The Kentuckian: Symphonic Suites from the Original Motion Picture Scores" that includes a short suite from Waxman's "Sunrise at Campobello" score (great main title!!), as well as music from Herrmann's "The Kentuckian" and "Day the Earth Stood Still," Alfred Newman's "Down to the Sea in Ships," and Friedhofer's "In Love and War." They're all re-recordings by the National Philharmonic Orchestra under Fred Steiner.
posted 02-11-2000 05:48 AM PT (US)

Valere Oscar® Winner	A few of my questions about The Spirit of St.Louis were answered on this board before I made this post. Waxman's work still stands the test of time. If it wasn't for Gerhardt,nobody might remember him .I purchased that LP back in the Seventies,and The Bride Suite STILL knocks me out! Here is another giant that I still play often to pass him unto my children.
posted 02-11-2000 04:14 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	However, one suite that it might not be a good idea to overlook is the one for Suspicion that is on the Varese Music for Hitchcock CD conducted by Charles Ketchum----it's not perfect but the music is solid enough to shine through. One CD that it might be best to overlook is the Marco Polo Rebecca conducted by Adriano--the suite by Gerhardt has the score's best cues and a better performance as well.
posted 02-11-2000 11:34 PM PT (US)

Luscious Lazlo Oscar® Winner	FROM JOHN W. WAXMAN'S NOTES FOR THE GERHARDT COMPILATION: "Many film buffs have noticed the striking similarity of the Female Monster theme [from The Bride of Frankenstein] to a hit song from a Broadway show written 14 years later." John W. Waxman didn't name names. But I will. The Female Monster theme sounds similar to "Bali Ha'i" from South Pacific. "Bali Ha'i" was in turn plagiarized by Led Zeppelin and incorporated into a piece of crap called "The Immigrant Song".
posted 02-13-2000 05:48 PM PT (US)

Ford A. Thaxton Oscar® Winner	FYI, there is an offical waxman website: http://www.franzwaxman.com
posted 02-13-2000 05:58 PM PT (US)

Marcelo Ferreyra Oscar® Winner	There is also released the score of "The 16mm shrine" an episode from Twilight Zone. Mr Waxman was chooosed to do this one aparently because the story was similar to Sunset Boulevard a score that he did before. This score is available in the 4CD set compilation of Twilight Zone from Sylva. and is the original recording conducted by Waxman
posted 02-14-2000 09:05 PM PT (US)

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