For 10 years, beginning in 1938, six prominent composers moved from the confines of the concert hall to write for the screen—embracing the challenges of the medium and a wide range of subject matter.
It was, in many ways, a golden age of film music that would never be repeated.
In this hour, music by Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Alfven, Walton, and Copland.
RECORDINGS USED
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Thompson: Plow That Broke the Plains/The River |
Symphony of the Air |
Vanguard VBD-385 |
015707038522 |
| Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky |
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra |
RCA Victor 09026-61926-2 |
090266192625 |
| Film Music of Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 [for The 49th Parallel] |
BBC Philharmonic |
Chandos
CHAN 10244 |
095115124420 |
| Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast, etc [for Henry V] |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Carlton Classics 6701862 |
72372308362 |
| Discover Film Music [for Alfven’s A Country Tale] |
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra |
Naxos 8.558210-11 |
636943821022 |
| The Service of Venus and Mars [for The Agincourt Carol] |
Gothic Voices |
CDA66238 |
034571162386 |
| Music for Stage & Screen [for Copland's The Red Pony] |
Boston Pops |
Sony SK 64 147 |
0074646414729 |
