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Rebecca (Score)

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This is a re-recording (by the always-excellent Joel McNeely conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra) of Frank Waxman's music for the 1940 film "Rebecca." The movie is historically notable for a number of reasons: it won the Oscar for Best Picture; it was Alfred Hitchcock's first Hollywood film; and it was produced by David O. Selznick concurrently with another little film he produced, "Gone with the Wind." The music was written by German immigrant Franz Waxman, and is lush, gorgeous stuff in the way only scores from this particular era of Hollywood can manage.

The CD is about 55 minutes long, and is composed of 18 tracks. It's a great score, one that gets better with every listen. And as if the score weren't reason enough to buy the CD, the liner notes on the somewhat troubled history of the film in general and the scoring process in particular are fantastic.

Highly recommended to people who love film music.

I haven't heard this cd yet, I'm only writing this review because they won't have any sample tracks until someone writes a review. I have seen the movie though, and the music is very beautiful.