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Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound

0.0 85 mins 1995
Director(s): Joshua Waletzky

Release Date: 08 Wed, Nov 1995

With a revived interest in the scores created for Hollywood films in the 1930's and 40's. "Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound" explores a segment of that legacy through composers like Max Steiner ("Gone with the Wind"), Franz Waxman ("Bride of Frankenstein") and Erich Korngold ("The Adventures of Robin Hood"), all of whom came from Europe. Steiner was a pupil of Ravel. The American roster includes David Raksin ("Laura") and Alfred Newman ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame"). Host and narrator John Mauceri conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales against a backdrop of clips from the various movies.

Casts of Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound

John Mauceri

as Host

David Raksin

as Self

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