Crimson Pirate

Va-Crimson Pirate | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 1952
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B000004BQQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,741 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Captain Blood-Main Title

2. Hook-Main Themes

3. The Crimson Pirate-Pirate Capers Overture

4. The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad-Main Title

5. The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad-Suite

6. The Buccaneer-Prelude

7. The Sea Hawk-Suite

8. The Adventures Of Don Juan-Suite

9. The Crimson Permanent Assurance-Overture

10. Cutthroat Island-Main Title: Morgan's Ride

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Hollywood's greatest high sea adventure scores", November 29, 2001

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crimson Pirate (Audio CD)

Some of the best scores to come out of Hollywood, were of buried treasure and pirates...an example would be early classics such as ~ "CAPTAIN BLOOD"(Korngold)..."THE SEA HAWK"(Korngold)..."THE BUCCANEER"(Elmer Bernstein)..."ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN"(Max Steiner), this score is a personal favorite of mine, featuring Errol Flynn in the romantic lead, when he appeared on the Silver Screen all eyes were on him, when leaving the theatre all the boys would be practicing their swordplay.

Other stand outs are ~ "THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD"(Bernard Herrmann)..."THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD"(Miklos Rozsa)...and this one I remember so well as a youngster ~ "THE CRIMSON PIRATE"(William Alwyn), which portrays the Jolly Roger, who was never so jolly, until Burt Lancaster arrived on the scene, Alwyn's score mixed with Lancaster's devil-may-car attitude captures the mood of every young boys dream of high adventure on the seas and pirate treasure.

Silva Screen has come up with "Screen Classics Scores", and The City Of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Paul Bateman delivers the goods in high fashion... a "True Swashbuckler Adventure", and one you shouldn't miss!

Total Time: 49:36 on 10 Tracks ~ Silva Screen Records SSD-3009 ~ (1997)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of some classic "pirate" themes., November 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crimson Pirate (Audio CD)

This CD takes you back to the era of the true swashbuckler. From Errol Flynn to Captain Hook, the essence of the high seas is captured in these selections. The level of performance is adequate but the true value of this CD is the wonderful themes chosen for this project.