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The Essential Hollywood [Sony]

Various Artists
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Main Title
2. Gone With the Wind, film score: Selznick International fanfare (Newman) / Main Title: Dixie / Mammy / Tara / Rhett
3. Doctor Zhivago, film score: Prelude & Lara's Theme
4. Laura, film score: Main Theme
5. Psycho, film score: Prelude
6. Psycho, film score: The Murder
7. Psycho, film score: Finale
8. Lawrence of Arabia, film score: Overture (Part 2)
9. Magnificent Seven, film score: Main Title & Calvera's Visit, The
10. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, film score: Flying Theme
11. Adventures of Robin Hood, film score: Robin Hood & His Merry Men, The
12. Jaws, film score: Theme
13. Vertigo, film score: Scene d'Amour
14. Godfather, Part 2, film score: End Title, The
0. DISC 2:
1. Work(s): 20th Century Fox Fanfare (with Cinemascope extension) / Street Scene (as heard before How to Marry
2. Casablanca, film score: Main Title / The Immigrants / Morocco / "Sam, I thought I told you never to play..." / As Time Goes
3. Dr. No, film score: The James Bond Theme
4. Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo), film score: Titles
5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, film score: The Dialogue
6. King Kong, film score: The Forgotten Island / Natives / Sacrificial Dance / The Gate of Kong / Kong in New York
7. High Noon, film score: Theme
8. Sunset Boulevard, film score: Main Title / Norma Desmond / The Studio Stroll / The Comeback / Norma As Salome
9. Pink Panther, film score: Theme, The
10. Ben-Hur, film score: Parade of the Charioteers
11. Breakfast at Tiffany's, film score: Moon River
12. Citizen Kane, film score: Rosebud / Finale
13. King's Row, film score: Main Title
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 77086
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Liner Note Author: David Foil.
Sony's two-disc Essential Hollywood compilation collects 27 of the silver screen's greatest themes. While most choices are obvious (Jaws, Gone with the Wind, Star Wars, Lawrence of Arabia etc.), a few, like Max Steiner's "King Kong/The Forgotten Island/Natives/Sacrificial Dance/The Gate of Kong" and Erich Korngold's "Kings Row/Main Title" are pleasant surprises. There are countless other collections like this out there, but as far as quality goes Essential Hollywood features a decent cross-section that pays its respects to both the past and the future of celluloid without coming off as over-bearing. ~ James Christopher Monger