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Nineteen of the most memorable and stirring themes from cinema history, delivered in all their bombast and sensitivity by the Royal Philharmonic and composer and conductor Carl Davis. Themes included: 2001, Love Story, Dr. Zhivago, Brief Encounter, The World at War, The Godfather, Rich and Famous, Gone With the Wind, Romeo and Juliet, Platoon, Lawrence of Arabia, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, High Noon, The Green Leaves of Summer, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Big Country, and The Magnificent Seven.
Nineteen of the most memorable and stirring themes from cinema history, delivered in all their bombast and sensitivity by the Royal Philharmonic and composer and conductor Carl Davis. Themes included: 2001, Love Story, Dr. Zhivago, Brief Encounter, The World at War, The Godfather, Rich and Famous, Gone With the Wind, Romeo and Juliet, Platoon, Lawrence of Arabia, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, High Noon, The Green Leaves of Summer, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Big Country, and The Magnificent Seven. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Introduction by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1896; Germany
2.
Love Story: Where Do I Begin? by Francis Lai
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
3.
Doctor Zhivago: Somewhere, My Love "Lara's Theme" by Maurice Jarre
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1965; France
4.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 2nd movement, Adagio sostenuto by Sergei Rachmaninov
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900-1901; Russia
5.
The World at War: Excerpt(s) by Carl Davis
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
6.
The Godfather: Theme by Nino Rota
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1972; Italy
7.
Rich and Famous by Georges Delerue
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1991
8.
Gone With the Wind: Tara's Theme by Max Steiner
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; USA
9.
Romeo and Juliet: A Time for Us "Love Theme" by Nino Rota
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1969
10.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11: Excerpt(s) by Samuel Barber
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Rome, Italy
11.
Lawrence of Arabia: Theme by Maurice Jarre
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
12.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Excerpt(s) by Ennio Morricone
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1966; Italy
13.
High Noon: Do Not Forsake Me by Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1952; USA
14.
For a Few Dollars More: Excerpt(s) by Ennio Morricone
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1965; Italy
15.
Green Leaves of Summer: The Alamo by Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
16.
Once Upon a Time in the West: Excerpt(s) by Ennio Morricone
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
17.
The Big Country: Main Theme by Jerome Moross
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Modern
Written: 1958; United States of Ame
18.
A Fistful of Dollars: Excerpt(s) by Ennio Morricone
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
19.
The Magnificent Seven: Main Theme by Elmer Bernstein
Conductor:
Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1960; USA
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