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.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| 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 | BBC Philharmonic | Chandos CHAN 10244 |
095115124420 |
| Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast, etc | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Carlton Classics 6701862 | 72372308362 |
| Discover Film Music | Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra | Naxos 8.558210-11 | 636943821022 |
| The Service of Venus and Mars | Gothic Voices | CDA66238 | 034571162386 |
| Music for Stage & Screen | Boston Pops | Sony SK 64 147 | 0074646414729 |
