Bernard_Herrmann-Citizen_Kane-The_Essential_Film_Music-2CD-1999-SER

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    Citizen Kane:  The Essential  Bernard Herrmann  Film Music Collection:
    (City  of Prague  Philharmonic) Very  much like  the John  Barry  Zulu
    compilation  released  by Silva  at  about the  same  time, this  2-CD
    tribute  to  the  career of  Bernard  Herrmann  features an  excellent
    balance of classic themes and lesser known gems. The spring and summer
    of  1999  has  produced   a  plethora  of  Herrmann   (and  Hitchcock)
    compilations, yet most of them feature the same old Psycho and Vertigo
    type of material we've all heard  a hundred times. The best tracks  on
    this  album, though,  are all  inclusions from  those scores  that  we
    haven't heard too often before, such as On Dangerous Ground, The Naked
    and the Dead, and Mysterious Island. Of all the compilations mentioned
    above, this one offers the best overall glimpse into the career of the
    cult favorite, Bernard Herrmann.

    Near the start of the album, the selections from The Man Who Knew  Too
    Much and North  by Northwest are  the only average  representations on
    the  entire  set.  I  say  "average"  because  they  are  still   good
    performances, though I've  heard them performed  with more energy  and
    life on the recent Hitchcock compilations of re-recordings. The  track
    from Citizen Kane, which is oddly  the title of the album even  though
    it's one of the shortest on the album, is also a bit out of place. The
    rather light music for Citizen Kane came at a different (much earlier)
    time in  his career  -- before  the truly  brilliant dark and enticing
    music of his career  began showing up. The  highlight of the album  is
    the ten minute suite from On Dangerous Ground, which features some  of
    Herrmann's very best suspense  music. It had been  previously released
    in some form or another (on the Tsunami label, I believe), but to hear
    it in the level of crisp sound quality as it is here is a real treat.

    The theme  track from  Seventh Voyage  of Sinbad  doesn't have as much
    spark as the version presented  by Varese Sarabande last year,  but is
    fun  nonetheless. Likewise  with Cape  Fear; the  performance here  is
    good, but one step behind the interpretation by Elmer Bernstein in the
    re-make of 1991. The other tracks on the first CD are all superior  in
    sound  and  performance.  The  second  CD  begins  with  an  excellent
    rendition of the prelude from  The Naked and the Dead.  Following that
    is Herrmann's  crowning achievement  in the  world of  sci-fi (a genre
    that many  people forget  that he  had much  to do  with); The Day the
    Earth Stood Still represents the typical feel of the corny early-1950s
    sci-fi  flicks  very well,  even  down to  the  cheesy sound  effects.
    Obsession and Mysterious Island offer  a look into more of  the better
    side of Herrmann. The tracks from Psycho and Vertigo are exactly  what
    we could expect... ranking average among all the re-recordings of them
    lately. Finishing the  album is a  classy tribute to  Herrmann's final
    score,  the 1976  Taxi Driver,  which takes  a jazzy  urban theme  and
    twists it into a dark and turbulent end.

    Overall,  the  album  contains the  necessary  themes  from Herrmann's
    career. In  these regards,  it functions  as the  best of the composer
    series   so   far.   And    although   Silva   has   released    other
    Hitchcock/Herrmann music before, this album also doesn't dwell  solely
    on the  Hitchcock material.  Such themes  as those  from On  Dangerous
    Ground, Cape Fear,  The Naked and  the Dead, The  Day the Earth  Stood
    Still, and Taxi Driver offer a great diversity of genres from his four
    decades of work.  Even though there  may be individual  cues here that
    can  be  found with  greater  intensity or  accuracy  on other  recent
    albums, this one is the best overall package for your money.

    http://www.uib.no/herrmann/

    Tracks:

    CD #1

    01. The Man Who Knew Too Much - Prelude (2:19)
    02. Citizen Kane - Overture (2:48)
    03. On Dangerous Ground - Prelude (1:34)
    04. On Dangerous Ground - Blindness (3:18)
    05. On Dangerous Ground - The Silence (1:55)
    06. On Dangerous Ground - The Hunt (1:56)
    07. On Dangerous Ground - Finale (1:56)
    08. North By Northwest - Prelude (3:21)
    09. North By Northwest - Conversation Piece (4:43)
    10. The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad - Main Title (2:02)
    11. The Ghost And Mrs Muir - Prelude (2:11)
    12. The Ghost And Mrs Muir - Finale (2:51)
    13. Torn Curtain - Main Title (1:59)
    14. Torn Curtain - Gromek (1:57)
    15. Torn Curtain - The Killing (2:11)
    16. The Twilight Zone - Themes (2:51)
    17. Marnie - Prelude (3:01)
    18. The Snows Of Kilimanjaro - Memory Waltz (4:25)
    19. Cape Fear - Prelude (2:06)
    20. Cape Fear - School And Panic (2:15)
    21. Cape Fear - Finale (1:21)
    22. Jason And The Argonauts - Prelude (1:59)

    CD #2

    01. The Naked And The Dead - Prelude (2:16)
    02. The Day The Earth Stood Still - Outer Space (1:46)
    03. The Day The Earth Stood Still - Radar (2:36)
    04. The Day The Earth Stood Still - Farewell And Finale (1:20)
    05. The Three Worlds Of Gulliver - Overture (2:03)
    06. Obsession - Valse Lente (1:47)
    07. Psycho - Prelude (1:59)
    08. Psycho - The City (1:09)
    09. Psycho - Rainstorm (1:24)
    10. Psycho - Murder (1:02)
    11. Psycho - Finale (1:51)
    12. Mysterious Island - Prelude (1:59)
    13. Mysterious Island - The Balloon (2:17)
    14. Mysterious Island - Giant Bees (1:51)
    15. Mysterious Island - The Giant Crab (3:07)
    16. The Trouble With Harry - A Portrait Of Hitch (8:49)
    17. Vertigo - Prelude (2:56)
    18. Vertigo - The Nightmare (2:04)
    19. Vertigo - Scene D'Amour (5:11)
    20. Taxi Driver - Night Piece for Saxophone and Orchestra (8:03)

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