CV and all,
If you or anyone is interested in hearing some exciting orchestral movie scores, look for a CD called "Now, Voyager: Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner." (RCA Victor 0136-2 RG)
Steiner was an Austro-Hungarian who came to Hollywood and scored hundreds of movies, including "Gone With the Wind" and "A Summer Place".
His movie scores are highly melodic, lush, with lots of mood changes. The RCA disc is one of the early CDs re-mixed for Dolby Surround and decodes really well in DPLII, etc.
Besides, Now Voyager, other movie scores on the CD include the original King Kong, The Big Sleep, The Informer, The Fountainhead, Johnny Belinda, Four Wives and Saratoga Trunk. Most of those movies are before my time, but some are great.
Another talented composer for film was Erich Korngold. His score for "The Sea Hawk" was engineered by a friend of mine, the late John Eargle (who wrote the definitive book on studio recording and mike placement.) He engineered the CD specifically for Dolby Surround playback and was one of the earliest such CDs. It's on Delos 3234. Oregon Symphony conducted by James De Priest.
Regards,
Alan
