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Webb: Cat People. William T. Stromberg, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.225125.(Review)
Webb: Cat People. William T. Stromberg, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.225125.
Marco Polo continue their merry way with the reconstruction and recording of old film scores. They seem to be about the only ones interested in preserving this near-ancient musical art form, so we wish them well. Both discs reviewed here contain compositions that were re-orchestrated by John Morgan, a dedicated fellow, indeed. The first disc contains music soundtracks from the films The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Son of Dracula (1943), Black Friday (1940), and Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), composed by Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner. Frankly, none of the scores caught my fancy. Like the films they were written for, they are typical Hollywood bombast, with only moments of passing interest.
The second disc, though, containing music from Cat People (1942), Bedlam (1946), The Seventh Victim (1943), The Body Snatcher (1945), and I Walked With a Zombie (1943), may be very much worth your interest. This was music ...
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