The Incredible Film Music Box (2005)

About this title: Silva Screen Records devotes itself to making new recordings of old film music, usually employing the (presumably non-unionized) City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The label has been at this task for some time, and thus has built up quite a library of recordings, which allows it to recycle its material in compilations like this one. Spanning four discs, with a running time approaching four-and-a-half hours, The Incredible Film Music Box seems intended as a kind of omnibus collection to be popped into a multi-CD player and provide an evening's worth of often quite familiar movie music. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Gone with the Wind (Overture) [From Gone with the Wind] [Steiner]
2. Citizen Kane (Overture) [From Citizen Kane] [Herrmann]
3. As Time Goes By [From Casablanca] [Hupfield]
4. It's a Wonderful Life [From It's a Wonderful Life] [Tiomkin]
5. The Harry Lime Theme [From the Third Man] [Karas]
6. The Searchers Suite [From the Searchers] [Steiner]
7. Colonel Bogey March [From the Bridge on the River Kwai] [Alford]
8. Vertigo (Prelude) [From Vertigo] [Herrmann]
9. Touch of Evil (Main Title) [Mancini]
10. Parade of the Charioteers [From Ben-hur] [Rozsa]
11. North by Northwest (Prelude) [From North by Northwest] [Herrmann]
12. Psycho (Suite) [From Psycho] [Herrmann]
13. The Magnificent Seven [From the Magnificent Seven] [Bernstein]
14. Lawrence of Arabia (Overture) [From Lawrence of Arabia] [Jarre]
15. To Kill a Mockingbird (Suite) [From to Kill a Mockingbird] [Bernstein]
16. The Great Escape (Main Title) [From the Great Escape] [Bernstein]
17. Doctor Zhivago (Main Title)/Lara's Theme [From Doctor Zhivago] [Jarre]
18. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly [From the Good, the Bad and the Ugly] [Morricone]
19. Jill's Theme [From Once Upon A Time in the West] [Morricone]
20. Also Sprach Zarathustra [From 2001: A Space Odyssey] [Strauss]
21. Midnight Cowboy [From Midnight Cowboy] [Barry]
22. Get Carter (Main Title) [From Get Carter] [Budd]
23. Ode to Joy [From a Clockwork Orange] [Beethoven/Carlos]
24. Waltz/Love Theme [From The Godfather] [Rota]
25. Jaws [From from Jaws] [Williams]
26. Gonna Fly Now [From Rocky] [Conti]
27. Taxi Driver (Suite) [From Taxi Driver] [Herrmann]
28. Stars Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope [From Star Wars] [Williams]
29. Superman (Main Theme) [From Superman] [Williams]
30. Alien (End Title) [From Alien] [Goldsmith]
31. Raging Bull (Intermezzo) [From Cavalleria Rusticana] [Mascagni]
32. Raiders March [From Raiders of the Lost Ark] [Williams]
33. Blade Runner (End Title) [From Blade Runner] [Vangelis]
34. Adventures on Earth [From E.T.: The Extraterrestrial] [Williams]
35. Deborah's Theme [From Once Upon A Time in America] [Morricone]
36. Back to the Future (Main Theme) [From Back to the Future] [Silvestri]
37. Building the Barn [From Witness] [Jarre]
38. Aliens (Main Title) [From Aliens] [Horner]
39. Cinema Paradiso [From Cinema Paradiso] [Morricone]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.