Gone with the Wind (Max Steiner's Classic Film Score) [SOUNDTRACK]

Max Steiner (Composer)

Product Details

• Composer: Max Steiner
• Audio CD (January 4, 1990)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003EM7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #201,222 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great one-movement suite., January 28, 2003

By	Juan Alberto Diaz Wiechers (Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a one-movement high sound-quality suite prepared by Charles Gerhard and George Korngold in the early Seventies, for complete symphonic orchesta. The project had the approval of Max Steiner himself, though he died much before the production took place. Not to be confused with the original Soundtrack recording (now available thanks to Turner) nor with Max Steiner's own suite for smaller orchestra still available in a recording from the early Sixties with the London Sinfonietta. This 44-minute suite, like a Symphonic Poem, includes without cuts a long summary of most of the themes used in the original soundtrack recording. For many decades it was the most complete work regarding this beautiful music.
As expressed, there are three recordings highly important for collectors of the music of "Gone with the Wind":
1) The two-disc original 1939 recording, with old but very good sound, recently issued by Turner. It has an excellent booklet.
2) Steiner's two-movement concert suite for small orchestra, very beatiful also, still available in Muir Mathison's version with the London Sinfonietta.
3) This suite for whole Symphony orchestra, prepared with authorization of Max Steiner. It is a great achievement, and perhaps the most important result of the collaboration between conductor Charles Gerhard and producer George Korngold for the RCA's "Classic Film Scores" Series.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Film music at its best., September 18, 2000

By	D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Max Steiner's music for Gone With the Wind was probably the most outstanding film score of the 20th century. Not only does it contain the gorgeous and justly-famous "Tara's Theme" but also a wealth of other beautiful and dramatically apt music -- much of which is presented on this CD. Although the original soundtrack recording is somewhat lacking in fidelity by modern standards, this CD presents a clean sounding re-recording of this wonderful music. If you buy only one film score, make it this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectactular Suite Treatment of this Epic Film Score, August 15, 2009

By	John J. Reynolds "Film Score Fan" (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You will flip head over heels for this version. It is by far better than the currently published "Original Gone With the Wind Soundtrack."