Manufacturer: Philips
Manufacturer: Denon
Manufacturer: Naxos
The work that established the infant art of dramatic scoring, Max Steiner's King Kong (1933) marked the first time that music played an important role in sustaining atmosphere, storytelling, and characterisation. The film is a variation on the beauty versus beast theme, as a 50-foot ape found on an island is unwisely transported to New York with predictably chaotic results. Fay Wray stars ...
Manufacturer: Marco Polo
This album is part of the series devoted to classic film music recorded by Charles Gerhardt in the 1970s and early 80s. Most albums featured particular composers but several concentrated on music written for the great Hollywood stars. There are albums for Errol Flynn, Bette Davis and this musical tribute to Humphrey Bogart, centred on a suite of Max Steiner's endlessly evocative music from ...
Manufacturer: Warner
Manufacturer: Tsunami
