There's something about the Sinbad saga that elicits the best from a composer. The Arabian Nights spent at the writing desk definitely result in something extra special--witness the Sinbad scores from Mikl--s R--zsa (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad) and Bernard Herrmann (The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad). Roy Budd, however, was better known for his in-the-groove jazz scores ...
There have been plenty of adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's yarn, but how many can boast a kilted Michael Caine? This 1971 version bristles with swashbuckling charm. It also has a most memorable romantic theme, which you'd swear blind is a deconstruction of Henry VIII's classic "Greensleeves". The "Overture" belts it out at its heroic height and then finishing the disc is "For All My ...