Because I thought it would be helpful and informative, I have compiled the following list of concert works by film composers available on CD. Look through it... you may come across some interesting surprises.

First, I have to lay down some rules.

Rule no. 1 - There were only so many extremes I could go to. In some cases a composer's discography was too large to really warrant inclusion. This is mostly because I didn't want to spend the time detailing all of their work when you can find their CDs yourself perhaps a little easier than some of the more obscure ones I have listed. Here are the composers whose classical discographies were large enough that I did not include them: David Amram, Malcolm Arnold, Richard Rodney Bennett, Bernard Herrmann, Wojceich Kilar, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Michael Nyman, Andre Previn, Nino Rota, Miklos Rozsa, Franz Waxman, John Williams. There were others that I hesitated to include, but thought the better of it because it seemed that many of the works and the CDs that contained them were somewhat obscure. If you want to learn about the concert repertoire of any of the composers listed above, I suggest you pay a visit to AllClassical.com.

Rule no. 2 - I did not include concert suites that were based on film scores.

Rule no. 3 - I only included works contained on regular releases, not promos or bootlegs.

Rule no. 4 - I couldn't decide whether McNeely's Shadows of the Empire counts as a concert work, but I figured everybody knew about that one anyway so I left it out.

Rule no. 5 - Additions and corrections are absolutely more than welcome.

Now that I have bored you with that, on to the list.

Part One: Film Composer Compilations
While I included these works under the composers' listings, I thought these discs deserved their own section.

Reel Life: The Private Music of Film Composers, vol. 1
Music Amici
Arabesque #6741
Chamber Works by: Bruce Broughton, Bob James, Michael Kamen, Rachel Portman, Howard Shore, and David Raksin (based on a film score, so I didn't include it individually)

Classical Hollywood, vol. 1
Bay Cities #1014 (out of print)
Chamber Works by: Herrmann, Moross, and Korngold

Classical Hollywood, vol. 2
Bay Cities #1021 (out of print)
Chamber Works by: Herrmann, Ernest Gold, and David Shire

Classical Hollywood, vol. 3
Bay Cities #1037 (out of print)
Chamber Works by: Korngold, Moross, and Waxman; Orchestral work by: Colin Towns

Part Two: Works Listed by Composer
Here's the real meat of the list, the individual composers' works. Here's how to use the info:

1. Composer: Title of the Work
2. Title of Album that Contains the Work
3. Ensemble/Performer(s) (if known)
4. Record Label & Catalog Number

And here we go..........

John Addison: Carte Blanche (ballet suite)
-The 1959 Royal Festival Hall Concert
-The Royal Philharmonic cond. Sir Thomas Beecham
-BBC Legends #4012

John Addison: Concertino for Bassoon
-ENGLISH BASSOON CONCERTOS
-The Royal Ballet Sinfonia
-ASV White Line #2132

Luis Bacalov: Misa Tango and Tangosain
-Bacalov: Misa Tango
-Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra & Chorus cond. Myung-Whun Chung
-Deutsche Grammophon #463471

Jeff Beal: Concerto for Clarinet/Soprano Saxophone
-DePaul University Wind Ensemble
-DePaul University Wind Ensemble cond. Donald DeRoche
-Albany Records #334

Jeff Beal: Interchange
-A Night in Tunisia, a Week in Detroit
-Detroit Symphony cond. Neeme Jarvi
-Chandos #9331

Elmer Bernstein: Concerto for guitar
-Christopher Parkening: Bernstein, Albeniz, Marshall
-London Symphony cond. Elmer Bernstein
-EMI #56859

Howard Blake: Concerto for clarinet
-Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
-performers unknown
-Hyperion #66215

Howard Blake: Concerto for violin “The Leeds”; A Month in the Country; Sinfonietta for Brass
-Blake: Violin Concerto
-English Northern Philharmonia cond. Paul Daniel
-ASV #905

Howard Blake: Dances for 2 pianos
-Holst; Grainger; Walton & Coates: Works for two pianos
-David Nettle & Richard Markham, pianos
-Carlton #00172 (out of print)
also on: Nettle & Markham in England, Carlton #6601052 (also out of print)

Howard Blake: Elegy
-The Reed of Pan: British Flute Music
-Kenneth Smith, flute
-ASV #862 (out of print)

Bruce Broughton: Concert piece for 8 trumpets
-New York Legends: Philip Smith, Principal Trumpet
-Philip Smith, trumpet; others
-Cala #516 (out of print)

Bruce Broughton: Excursions and The Victors
-My Song of Songs
-Salvation Army New York Staff Band; Philip Smith, trumpet
-Summit #1013 (release date Mar 5, 2002)

Bruce Broughton: A Primer for Malachi
-Reel Life: The Private Music of Film Composers, vol. 1
-Music Amici
-Arabesque #6741

Bruce Broughton: Sonata for tuba and piano
-Velvet
-Velvet Brown, tuba
-Crystal #692 (out of print)

Bruce Broughton: Tyvek Wood for flute, viola, and harp
-Three Friends: Works of Ian Krouse and Bruce Broughton
-The Debussy Trio
-RCM #12003

Jay Chattaway: Spanish Fever
-The Comedians: Works for Symphonic Band
-Belgian Air Force Symphonic Band cond. Alain Crepin
-Rene Gailly #87036

Michel Colombier: Emanuelle
-Romances for Saxophone
-Branford Marsalis, saxophone; English Chamber Orchestra
-CBS #42122
also on:
-Two Sides
-Leo Potts; Jack Reidling
-Cambria #1075

Michael Convetino: Four Preludes
-Bill Booth: Balancing Act
-Bill Booth, trombone; et al
-Crystal #387

Stewart Copeland: The Gene Pool
-Launch
-Ensemble Bash
-Sony Classical #69246

Shaun Davey: The Relief of Derry Symphony
-Shaun Davey: The Relief of Derry Symphony
-Ulster Orchestra
-Tara #3024 (out of print)

Shaun Davey: The Winter’s Tale
-A Shakespeare Celebration
-Musicians of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
-Chandos #9812

Carl Davis: A Christmas Carol (ballet suite)
-20th Century English Ballets
-Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra cond. John Pryce-Jones
-Naxos #8553495

Carl Davis: Philharmonic Fanfare for orchestra
-Fanfare for the Common Man
-London Philharmonic cond. Carl Davis
-Virgo #91466 (out of print)

Carl Davis & Paul McCartney: Liverpool Oratorio
-Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio
-Royal Liverpool Philharmonic cond. Carl Davis
-EMI #54371

Don Davis: Bleeding Particles (string quartet)
-California Composers
-Arditti String Quartet
-Albany #159

Don Davis: Illicit Felicity
-Piano Dance: A 20th Century Portrait
-Gloria Cheng, piano
-Telarc #80549
[NOTE: Although based on a film score ("Bound") I felt this piece was different enough from its source material to warrant inclusion.]

Georges Delerue: Fanfares pour tous les temps
-Grandes Fanfares du XX siecle
-performers unknown
-Triton #527972 (out of print)

Georges Delerue: Graphic
-Almost a Song: Contemporary Guitar
-Olivier Chassain, guitar
-Metronome #1021

Georges Delerue: Mosaique
-The Blue Guitar
-Eleftheria Kotzia, guitar
-Pearl #9609

Georges Delerue: Recit et Choral for trumpet & organ
-Musique Française du XXème Siècle pour Trompette & Orgue
-performers unknown
-Quantum #6952 (out of print)

Patrick Doyle: The Face in the Lake
-Listen to the Storyteller
-Orchestra of St. Luke’s; with narration by Kate Winslet
-Sony Classical #60283

Anne Dudley: Jeeves & Wooster
-Encore
-Viveza
-Skylark #9101

Anne Dudley: Strange Capers
-A Shakespeare Celebration
-Musicians of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
-Chandos #9812

Anne Dudley: various
-check out her two solo albums:
-“A Different Light” and “Ancient & Modern”
-Like classical music, but impossible to categorize

John Du Prez: Celtic Dawn; Bacchanalia; Adoremus Dominum
-Alchemist
-Philip Pickett
-Linn #31 (out of print)

Cliff Eidelman: The Tempest
-Romeo & Juliet
-Royal Scottish National Orchestra cond. Cliff Eidelman
-Varese Sarabande #5752 (out of print)

George Fenton: Five Parts of the Dance
-Contemporary Trumpet
-performers unknown
-Virgin #45003 (out of print)

Ernest Gold: Songs of Love and Parting
-Songs of Laughter, Love and Tears
-Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
-Crystal #501

Ernest Gold: various
-Ernest Gold: Chamber Works
-Holmby String Quartet, et al.
-Cambria #1062

Elliot Goldenthal: Fire Water Paper - A Vietnam Oratorio
-Goldenthal: Fire Water Paper
-Pacific Symphony Orchestra cond. Carl St. Clair
-Sony Classical #68368 (out of print)

Elliot Goldenthal: Juan Darian - A Carnival Mass
-Juan Darian: A Carnival Mass - Julie Taymor& Elliot Goldenthal
-Richard Cordova, cond.
-Sony Classical #62845 (out of print)

Elliot Goldenthal: Othello (suite from the ballet)
-Goldenthal: Suite from the ballet Othello
-San Francisco Ballet Orchestra cond. Emil de Cou
-Varese Sarabande #5942 (out of print)

Jerry Goldsmith: Christus Apollo; Music for Orchestra; Fireworks
-Goldsmith: Christus Apollo
-London Symphony Orchestra cond. Jerry Goldsmith
-Telarc #80560 (release date Mar 26, 2002)

Richard Harvey: Concerto antico
-Guitar Concertos: Harvey & Gray
-John Williams, guitar; London Symphony cond. Paul Daniel
-Sony Classical #68337

Richard Harvey: La Citadelle; L’homme arme
-Fanfare for the Common Man & other works
-Aquitaine and London Brass cond. Richard Harvey
-ASV #870

Richard Harvey: Plague and the Moonflower (oratorio)
-Plague & the Moonflower
-English Chamber Orchestra cond. Richard Harvey; et al.
-Altus #1 (that’s right, #1)

Lee Holdridge: The Higher We Fly
-A Patriotic Salute to the Military Family
-United States Air Force Band, et al.
-Altissimo #5561

Lee Holdridge: Violin Concerto no. 2; Scenes of Summer; others
-Holdridge Conducts Holdridge
-London Symphony cond. Lee Holdridge
-Citadel #88104

Mark Isham: The Melancholy of Departure
-Passage: 138 B.C. - A.D. 1611
-Empire Brass Quintet
-Telarc #80355

Maurice Jarre: Concerto for E.V.I. (Electronic Valve Instrument)
-Maurice Jarre at the Royal Festival Hall
-Maurice Jarre, cond.
-Milan #35793 (out of print)

Maurice Jarre: Equinox Part II
-Collage IV
-Michel Bayan?
-Audio Acoustical Collection #8004 (out of print)

Michael Kamen: Concerto for Saxophone
-Kamen: Concerto for Saxophone
-David Sanborn, saxophone; National Philharmonic Orchestra
-Warner Bros. #26157 (out of print)

Michael Kamen: Cut Sleeves
-Reel Life: The Private Music of Film Composers, vol. 1
-Music Amici
-Arabesque #6741

Michael Kamen: The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms
-Michael Kamen: The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms
-National Symphony Orchestra cond. Leonard Slatkin
-Decca #467631

Jerome Moross: Frankie & Johnny; Concerto for Flute; others
-Moross: Frankie & Johnny
-New Zealand Symphony cond. Jo Ann Falletta
-Koch #7367

Jerome Morss: Quintet for piano & strings
-Classical Hollywood, vol. 3
-performers unknown
-Bay Cities #1037 (out of print)

Jerome Moross: Symphony no. 1; Last Judgement; Variations on a Waltz
-Moross: Symphony no. 1
-London Symphony cond. Jo Ann Falletta
-Koch #7188

Jerome Moross: Sonata for 2 pianos and string quartet in G major
-Chamber Works of Herrmann & Moross
-Texas Festival Chamber Ensemble
-Albany #301

Ennio Morricone: Cantico del guibileo
-Magnificat: A Celebration of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000
-Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra & Chorus
-Velas #400

Ennio Morricone: Exercises for 10 string soloists
-Italian Compositions of the 20th Century
-I Solisti Italiani
-Denon #78949 (out of print)

Ennio Morricone: Flash 1 & Flash 2 for vocal ensemble
-Musiche per Van Dyck
-Ring Around Quartet, et al.
-Rivo Alto #9703 (out of print)

Ennio Morricone: Four pieces for guitar
-Novecento
-Stefano Grondona
-Rivo Alto #9602 (out of print)
also on: 20th Century Guitar / Phoenix #98419 (also out of print)

Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice and orchestra
-The Voice
-Russell Watson
-Decca #468695

Ennio Morricone: Rag in Frantumi
-Last Time Rag
-Marco Fumo
-Dynamic 2000 #2018

Lennie Niehaus: Jazz Vignettes
-All the Sax You’ve Ever Dreamed Of
-West Coast Saxophone Quintet
-Cambria #1045 (out of print)

Alex North: Concerto for piano and orchestra with trumpet obbligato
-Waxman, Herrmann, North: Piano Concertos
-New Zealand Symphony cond. James Sedares
-Koch #7225

Alex North: Coriolanus (Processional/Fanfare); Richard III (3 Fanfares)
-Romeo & Juliet
-Royal Scottish National Orchestra cond. Cliff Eidelman
-Varese Sarabande #5752 (out of print)

Rachel Portman: Rhapsody; For Julian
-Reel Life: The Private Music of Film Composers, vol. 1
-Music Amici
-Arabesque #6741

Zbigniew Preisner: Requiem for My Friend
-Preisner: Requim for My Friend
-Sinfonia Varsovia
-Erato #24146

Zbigniew Preisner: 10 Easy Pieces for Piano
-Preisner: 10 Easy Pieces for Piano
-Leszek Mozdzer, piano
-EMI #56971

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Haiku FM
-A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute
-Various performers
-Koch #37238

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Suite for piano
-Just for Me
-Noriko Ogawa, piano
-BIS #854

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Untitled 01
-Discord
-Ryuichi Sakamoto, et al.
-Sony Classical #60121

Ryuichi Sakamoto: various piano works
-Back to the Basics
-Ryuichi Sakamoto
-Sony Classical #89079

Ryuichi Sakamoto: various works
-Thousand Knives
-Ryuichi Sakamoto
-Denon #7137 (out of print)

Lalo Schifrin: Concerto for double bass
-Lalo Schifrin Conducts Stravinsky, Schifrin, and Ravel
-Paris Philharmonic cond. Lalo Schifrin
-Aleph #015

Lalo Schifrin: Concertos for flute and guitar; Tropicos
-Schifrin: Concertos for Flute and Guitar
-London Symphony cond. Lalo Schifrin
-Urtext #40

Lalo Schifrin: Continuum
-Nostalgique
-Ann Mason Stockton, harp
-Crystal #171

Lalo Schifrin: Hommage A Ravel
-American Classics: Schifrin, Schuller, Shapiro - Piano Trios
-Eaken Piano Trio
-Naxos #8559062

Lalo Schifrin: Lili'uokalani Symphony
-Schifrin: Lili'uokalani Symphony
-Vienna Symphony cond. Lalo Schifrin
-Urtext #006

[NOTE: A number of additional Schifrin works have been released on Aleph Records. Learn more at AllClassical.com.]

John Scott: The Good Word
-The European
-Melodia Brass Ensemble
-Gall #624 [NOTE: I haven’t been able to verify whether this is the same John Scott.]

Jonathan Sheffer: Concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra
-Society of Composers, Inc.: Transcendencies
-Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. Peter Sundkvist
-Capstone #8656

David Shire: Sonata for Cocktail piano
-Classical Hollywood, vol. 2
-performers unkown
-Bay Cities #1021 (out of print)

Howard Shore: Hughie; Piano Four
-Reel Life: The Private Music of Film Composers, vol. 1
-Music Amici
-Arabesque #6741

Max Steiner: Symphony Moderne
-Earl Wild Goes to the Movies
-RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
-Ivory #70801

Colin Towns: American Suite for orchestra
-Classical Hollywood, vol. 3
-performers unknown
-Bay Cities #1037 (out of print)

Stephen Warback: Less Fighting for violin, viola, cello, double bass, & piano
-A White Room
-The Schubert Ensemble
-NMC #75

Mark Watters: Faster, Higher, Stronger
-Brava, Jessye! The Very Best of Jessye Norman
-Jessye Norman
-Philips #454693

Nigel Westlake: Songs from the Forest
-The Mantis and the Moon: Guitar Duets
-John Williams & Timothy Kain
-Sony Classical #62007

Nigel Westlake: various works
-Onomatopoeia
-Nigel Westlake
-Tall Poppies #47

Patrick Williams: Theme for Earth Day
-The Green Album
-Boston Pops cond. John Williams
-Sony Classical #48224

Debbie Wiseman: Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales
-Oscar Wilde: Fairy Tales, narrated by Vanessa Redgrave and Stephen Fry
-Academy of St. Martin in the Fields cond. Sir Neville Mariner
-Teldec #81506

Compiled with AllClassical.com, TowerRecords.com, and Amazon.com.

As to Howard Blake, may I just say that you're missing some items, including the 3 Sony CDs from the late 1980's (Benedictus, Piano Concerto, and Conquest of Space.)

quote:

---

Originally posted by Andy Lindahl:
Great list! But... you forgot about Mark McKenzies concert work "The Lion and the Mouse" available on the excellent McKenzie compilation Con Passione released by Intrada (MAIE1000)

---

That's technically a promo. But you're right anyway, it's a good thing to let people know.

Dinko,
Excellent! Thank you for the info.

Thank you for the compliments, everyone. It took me a good length of time to compile, so its nice to know it was appreciated.