Hollywood Screen Classics [Soundtrack]

Charles Gerhardt (Artist), National Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Chesky
• ASIN: B000003GDL
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,804 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Opening)

2. March of the Merry Men

3. East of Eden

4. Three Coins in the Fountain

5. Laura

6. Kings Row

7. Call of the Faraway Hills

8. Cleopatra (Love Theme)

9. Born Free

10. Charade

11. Rashomon

12. El Cid

13. Topkapi

14. Gone With the Wind Suite

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars interesting Gerhardt, July 2, 2008

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Stuart Paine (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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All but one of these tracks were recorded prior to the release of THE SEA HAWK in 1972 (the first album in what would become Gerhardt's monumental RCA film music series):

1. R. Strauss: 2001: A Space Odyssey (2:05) 1971
2. Korngold: Adventures of Robin Hood (4:00) 1971
3. Rosenman: East of Eden (3:02) 1968
4. Styne-Cahn: Three Coins in the Fountain (5:02) 1968
5. Raksin: Laura (2:44) 1968
6. Korngold: Kings Row (suite) (7:22) 1968
7. Young: Shane (2:22) 1968
8. North: Cleopatra (2:20) 1968
9. Barry: Born Free (3:02) 1971
10. Mancini: Charade (3:03) 1968
11. Hayasaka: Rashomon (3:05) 1971
12. Rozsa: El Cid (2:41) 1968
13. Hadjidakis: Topkapi (2:41) 1974
14. Steiner: Gone with the Wind (suite) (23:26) 1968

This 1968 GONE WITH THE WIND Suite includes ten segments: Tara's Theme - Plantation Dance 1 - Melanie's Theme - Bonnie Blue Flag - Civil War - Scarlet O'Hara - Bonnie's Theme - Plantation Dance 2 - Ashley and Melanie - Return to Tara. It combines parts of both of Muir Mathesson's suites and is different yet from what Gerhardt would later release on his 1974 RCA album.
also:
* Amazon identifies tracks 2 (Korngold) and 7 (Victor Young) by cue rather than film titles.
* The CD insert incorrectly states the meter of the BORN FREE theme. It is NOT simultaneous 6/8 and 3/4, nor is it even close to being that. What it IS is alternating 4/8 and 3/8. While I don't normally care so much for the melody, the unusual meter really brings it to life.

and finally:
* While some of these tracks (esp. Rosenman and Rozsa) sound more "pop" than I'd have expected from Gerhardt, "Three Coins in the Fountain" is beautiful, the Barry, Mancini and Hayasaka are very very cool and the ample Korngold KINGS ROW Suite in itself is well worth the price if you don't already own one of the KINGS ROW discs on Varese Sarabande or FSM.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hollywood screen classics, December 19, 2010

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knoxx - See all my reviews

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Very good compilation Cd with classic film scores of the 20th century. Superb recordings by the NPO and Charles Gerhardt.