King Kong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Max Steiner (Composer, Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Max Steiner
• Composer: Max Steiner
• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00000JZAL
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,612 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Adventure Begins: King Kong/Jungle Dance - Max Steiner

2. Aboard Ship

3. Arrival at Skull Island: A Boat in the Frog/The Railing/The Forgotten I

4. Ship at Night: Sea at Night/Stolen Love/Forgotten Island

5. Bride for Kong: Jungle Dance/King Kong/Stolen Love/The Sailors

6. Log Sequence: The Sailors/Log Sequence/Cryptic Shadows

7. Deham's Escape: The Sailors/King Kong/Stolen Love

8. Kong Attacks the Village: The Escape/Stolen Love/King Kong/Return of Ko

9. Kong in New York: King Kong March/Fanfare No. 1/Fanfare No. 2

10. Kong Escapes: King Kong/Stolen Love/Agitato/Elevated Sequence

11. Death of King King: The Aeroplane/King Kong/Stolen Love

12. Main Title [#]

13. Boat in the Fog [#]

14. Forgotten Island I [#]

15. Forgotten Island II [#]

16. Jungle Dance [#]

17. Sailors [#]

18. Bronte [#]

19. Stolen Love/Humorous Ape [#]

20. Aeroplane/Finale [#]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Archival tracks make this CD a real treasure, September 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: King Kong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The first eleven sequences on this CD represent a condensed version of the entire film, complete with dialogue, sound effects and of course Max Steiner's classic music score. The real heart of this CD, however, begins at sequence #12 (Main Title) and ends with #20 (The Aeroplane/Finale) This part is pure isolated score and is wonderful to hear without all of the sound effects. Originally, some of the score had survived from the Max Steiner archives (Boat in the Fog, The Forgotten Island I, The Aeroplane/Finale) However, the best part of score (the music scored for the jungle sequences with the Stegosaur and Brontosaurus) has somehow miraculously surfaced and everything has been skillfully blended into one terrific 24 minute suite. The packaging is also top notch with great liner notes, art and photos. A must have for film buffs and fans of Max Steiner's music.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good audio presentation of movie, September 20, 1999

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This review is from: King Kong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Good audio presentation of the great classic movie. The CD producers have succeeded in presenting KING KONG as an "old radio show" by condensing the dialog,music and sound effects to 50 min. The sound is surprisingly good. The dialog, sound effects and score are remarkably clear. But this does not surpass actully viewing the movie which is readily available to home video.The real highlight of this album is the 25 min suite of original soundtrack music recordings of Max Stiener's landmark score. Unfortunatly only portions of the original "unmixed" recordings survived the years, but what is available is presented here in very good achival sound. Another big highlight of this package is the lavish 40 page booklet.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the Greatest, But Still Good, September 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: King Kong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I liked the way Rhino included movie dialogue (very similar to what they did with "Casablanca"), but it hardly conveys the entire "Kong" story. Some of the best music is for scenes where Kong fights monsters, scenes without dialogue (unless you count grunting and screaming, which may pass for dialogue these days, but doesn't help us here). For the most complete collection of "Kong" music, get the Marco Polo release from 1997. The new Rhino CD is an excellent starter, though, with extra kudos for the text booklet inside the case.