Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 10:20 am

Crime school, Four Daughters, Breaks of Hearts. Those older Steiner scores did notinterest me anywhere as much as Confession of a Nazi Spy. For some reason, unless itwas a glitch on their software, Room for One More always came up $14.95. But I didn'tmuch care for that movie and score in terms of priority.I already have many of the old VHS formats of the movies I ordered (Ice Palace,Darby's Rangers, Saratoga Trunk) but I wanted the dvd format. Darby's Rangers is aparticularly dynamic score, and it influenced since I was a kid. Ice Palace is also terrificto hear, in glorious color as well (unlike the previous title). I also have the old VHSformats of King Richard & the Crusaders, Hanging Tree, Beast with Five Fingers,Desperate Journey, Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, Pursued, Distant Drums, CashMcCall so I suspect they will eventually be released.My biggest hope is that two movies will be released soon:-Naked & the Dead Herrmann-Lion & the Horse SteinerThat Steiner movie and score I consider to be just about a perfect "B" family movieentertainment experience but I bet nobody on this forum (except for maybe John Morgan)have ever seem or even heard the movie. There was a tape of it (or at least selections)from the old Steiner Society, but I haven't seen the movie since I was a kid. I requested iton TCM but so far, no luck. TCK did release several months back Steiner's The Decisionof Christopher Blake because it was an Alexis Smith day. What a fun, highly interestingscore, especially the several dream sequences!As I mentioned in other posts, a major section of the Main Title of I Was A Communistfor the FBI was self-borrowed from She.The Gary Cooper theme (I believe "Clint") in Saratoga Trunk is quite memorable,especially when first heard. I was always impressed by it. See the image of my handcopiedversion below...Charge at Feather River would be a great film and score to be released. Really a funmovie. I like the stars a lot, and the music is pretty darn good! Like those accentuatedfinger cymbals.Overall I tend to like better the latter-era Steiner from about the late Forties to hisretirement (about when Cutter took over the orchestrator job).Leaner and meaner--likeHerrmann! Of course I prefer the Technicolor-CinemaScope era the best for movieentertainment. The peak was probably the mid to late Fifties.{Image http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1262/imgfr.jpghttp://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1262/imgfr.jpg179