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Steiner: The Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game.(Sound recording review)
Steiner: The Son of Kong; The Most Dangerous Game. William T. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Naxos 8.570183.
For those of you who missed it the first time around on the full-price Marco Polo label, Naxos now offer these two classic Max Steiner film scores on a budget Naxos disc. Lovers of old film scores may safely continue to cheer John Morgan's reconstruction of this music. The disc offers works of a slightly lesser quality than, say, Steiner's "King Kong," but it is fascinating, nonetheless, and executed in superb sonics.
Why the combination of "The Son of Kong" and "The Most Dangerous Game"? Well, for one, both scores were written by Steiner during his early days at RKO. Overworked and tired, he would soon submit his resignation, only to go on to greater glory at MGM and Warner Bros. with projects like "Gone With the Wind" and "Casablanca." For another thing, the scores were written back to back while RKO was using the same set to film both pictures. Of the two pieces of music, it's "The Most Dangerous Game" that stands out, being ...
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