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This is definitely a classic Errol Flynn movie in glorious Technicolor, nearly a masterpiece. I already did a rundown treatment on the score: http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/korngold/robinhood.pdf -Far Country (1954) *** [music ***] http://www.amazon.com/Far-Country-James- Stewart/dp/B00008CMSY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292881684&sr=1-1 Nice Technicolor western from Universal starring Jimmy Stewart, the great character actor, Walter Brennan, the lovely Ruth Roman. Frank Skinner did most or all of the score (I don’t have the cue sheets) but he wasn’t credited on the opening titles for some reason. Skinner is a very fine “workhorse” of a composer—especially for westerns, I suppose. I gave him a glowing rating in The Fighting O’Flynn. This is an entertaining western but far from being a “classic” one (despite having Stewart!). -Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1947) **** [music **** 1/2] http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Mrs-Muir-Gene- Tierney/dp/B000083C6R/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1292882155&sr=1-1 I reviewed this score and movie on Talking Herrmann, and I did a rundown: http://herrmann.uib.no/talking/view.cgi?forum=thGeneral&topic=1332 http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/herrmann/ghost_and_mrs.pdf -The Kentuckian (1955) *** [music ****] http://www.amazon.com/Kentuckian-Clem- Bevans/dp/B000059TFV/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292882234&sr=1-1 This is a fine Burt Lancaster movie with a good cast, and terrific music by Bernard Herrmann. I already did a rundown on the score: http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/herrmann/kentuckian.pdf -Lost Command (1966) ** [music ***] http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Command-Anthony- Quinn/dp/B000066C6H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1292882291&sr=1-1 The working title of this film was “The Centurions” (the title of the 1960 novel) but changed to Lost Command. Wise choice. An uninformed moviegoer might have paid at the box office to see it thinking it was a movie about ancient Roman centurions! After all, Anthony Quinn, the star of this movie, was also the star of 1961’s Barrabas in the Roman Empire setting, so maybe now he’s playing a centurion instead of a thief! The opening words as Reel 1/B music is played (not the Main Title but an Intro) reads: “After eight years of fighting between the proud French army and the rebellious 140
Vietminh guerrillas in Indo-China, the end is near…Dien-Bien-Phu, May 7, 1954.” Already I don’t think many moviegoers are going to relate to this particular conflict in history (unlike events in World War II, say). Later the focus is on the Algerian War that I understand was a dark chapter in the history of France (connected to torture, as suggested at times in this film). As for this film itself, it lacks focus. The drama provides only an empty feeling, a series of barely connecting events of characters I could not adequately relate to. There is certainly no universal “Everyman” character here (such as Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan) to relate warmly to. Or give me that Errol Flynn character in Objective, Burma. I really did not care about one single character in this movie, and I could not get engaged or “involved” in the ongoing events. This movie failed to entertain. At least Waxman tried to breath some life into this corpse. “Main Title” Reel 1/B, Allegro in 4/4 time, 101 bars, 3:18 duration, and orchestrated by Leonid Raab. Quarter note = 120. Dvd location: 00:02:40. Instrumentation: 3 flutes (2 piccolos doubling), 3 oboes (one English horn doubling), 3 clarinets (one Eb clarinet doubling), 3 bassoons, 5 horns (unusual for me to see 5 horns instead of 4 or 6 or 8), 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timp, bass drum, tenor drum, snare drum, piano, harp, 22 violins, 8 violas, 8 VC, 4 CB. I like this Main Title very much. Waxman decided to energize this cue with a type of, in certain terms, fast motor motion by the constant repetition of 16 th note figures. Of course the scene shows paratroopers going into action from planes. The music sounds rather Herrmannesque to me (probably why I like it!). Waxman’s legible sketches are structured into four staves. I had this score pulled for me around ten years ago (perhaps 15!) at Columbia/Sony Studios. In Bar 1, 12 violins I and 10 violins II sound ff Line 3 G-Eb-G-Eb 16ths (connected as a figure by two crossbeams) to D-Line 2 Bb-D-Bb 16ths back to G-Eb-G- Eb 16ths to D-Bb-D-Bb 16ths (repeated next bar). I believe the piano plays these notes as well because the full score indicates on the piano staff cue violins—although the sketches and the Conductor cue did not indicate piano anywhere. Perhaps the piano was “cued in” instead (used or not used depending on a final decision at recording time). In Bar 3 (00:02:43) the violins are now divisi so that while violins I continue the same Line 3 figures, violins II play them in the largely Line 2 register (both thru Bar 8). After a quarter rest in Bar 4 (00:02:45), trumpets II-III (sharing the same staff) play ff Line 1 Ab [written Bb] dotted half note tied to (Bar 5, start of page 2 of this cue) quarter note to “3” triplet value 8 th notes Ab-Ab-Ab with that third 8 th tied to normal value 8 th to Fb [written Gb] quarter note down to Cb [written Db] 8 th tied to (Bar 6) dotted quarter note up to Ab 8 th tied to half note and tied to whole note in Bar 7. After a quarter rest in Bar 4, two piccolos play Line 3 Ab dotted half note tied to quarter note next bar, and so forth (see trumpets).The flute is col the piccolos. Oboes play this in the Line 2 register, as well as the Eb clarinet and two B-flat clarinets. Starting in Bar 12 the violas start to play the 16 th note figures Line 1 G#-D-G#-D to C# down to small octave G# up to C# down to G# 16ths and repeated again in the second half of this bar. The notes vary as the bars progress. The first statement of the theme is offered starting at the end of Bar 13. For instance, after a half and quarter rest, 141
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Bill Wrobel’s DVD Collection, Rev
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need to spend time on since I had a
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night. Karnes and the skipper and u
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There is a nice effect in Bar 18 (0
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play this an octave higher register
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have a sweet theme for a major fema
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Bb/Line 1 D staccato notes, while h
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Runs. -Reel 6/2 (#40465), Agitato i
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music by Thomas Newman, well, it’
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the full score was not in that box
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4) F tenuto half note to E to F ten
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By the way, the instrumentation for
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Check out this website for the movi
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especially in stressful and even mi
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to F up to Line 3 C 8ths down to (B
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music for the first time. The writt
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quarter note. After an 8 th rest in
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The next cue is “Tiger” (locate
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The opening of the Main Title by Jo
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http://www.amazon.com/Quatermass-Pi
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Reel 2 a) CHIMNEY SWEEP (Kennedy) P
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(followed by two quarter rests). Af
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-Northwest Frontier (1959) ** [musi
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at the end of Reel 1 is a.) Marsell
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I purchased this dvd from Warner Ar
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Steiner) starting at 00:10:51. Next
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I never did pull the written music,
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Nice, sharp print of the dvd, fine
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8. Trade Winds (Cliff Friend-Charli
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[Super Bowl Sunday, February 06, 20
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next four bars. After an 8 th rest
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half notes and 8 th notes (followed
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tied to 8 th notes (followed by an
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note held fermata. End of cue. The
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says, “My hero.” Dvd location i
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http://www.amazon.com/Dive-Bomber-E
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I am still watching the movie on my
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techniques in 1950 (the year I was
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As for the music, I really like the
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inforzando-marked ( > ) 8ths notes
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This is a curious movie, rather enj
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notes to (Bar 1) middle C rinforzan
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-Skipping to Reel 6/5. 18 pages, 70
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Korngold’s Prince & the Pauper fo
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Page 117 and 118: -Hollow Man (2000) ** 1/2 [music **
Page 119 and 120: “I’m A Genius” [R1/4] 20 bars
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Page 169 and 170: Another very good Jack Webb product
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sheep, and then more horses were sc
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although it is no classic. There’
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Kubrick and ultimately Spielberg wa
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Pope. “David Studies Monica” [1
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Violins I in 4/4 time sound p Line
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-A Talk With Hitchcock (1964) *** h
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interesting with the operation scen
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[The Fight] Reel 5/1, Agitato in C
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[Revelation/Herd] I believe part of
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Good DePalma movie (but not great)
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Incidentally, you can see Young bei
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http://www.amazon.com/Sling-Blade-D
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http://www.amazon.com/Return-Vampir
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After a half rest in Bar 3, violas
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“flaw” for some people is the
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I actually studied the full score a
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[Brookfield School Song] :43 durati
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[Vienna Inn Scene] Cue # 7058 (also
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B up to Line 1 D to F# legato quart
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interesting scenes. Hawks took off
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http://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Seal-
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“Main Title” Reel 1/1, 10 pages
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down to Line 1 Bb 16ths. Violas plu
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two bars to (Bar 10) D whole note (
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In Bar 16 (dvd 00:05:15) we come to
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E-F-F#-A legato 16ths (silent next
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to-be ex-partner, get the money to
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(followed by an 8 th rest) to F/mid
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to sniff out Sue who has stopped ne
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gliss line down to small octave E t
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(followed by two 8 th rests) to the
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“Can Can Part 3” Cue # 35129. K
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Skipping slightly to Bar 195 (dvd 1
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notes and then Bb-G half notes to (
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Ever Told, etc). Again, too bad. I
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This is a decent sci-fi movie but a
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Included in this set are the first
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http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/he
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For about $140 million you will exp
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small octave D/G to same D/G to D/G
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notes (followed by a quarter and ha
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Neal meet. The dialog in that scene
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Of special merit in this dvd Specia
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(followed by a quarter rest) to (ne
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-# 2B “Bye Bye Charlie” in �
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sleazy role, and Greenstreet contin
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9followed by an 8 th rest) to same
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one next. ….So far, after watchin
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and David Hedison. The scifi disast
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-The Wrong Man (1956) *** [music **
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ask? Too bad Columbo wasn’t aroun
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-Spaceballs (1987) *** 7/8 [music *
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-“Driving Home” Reel �. Andan
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-Reel 6/1 Revised “When Johnny Co
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http://books.google.com/books?id=sr
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appetizer, no desert). If you’ve
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I can’t say I like this bleak Ing
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plays p ascending legato 16ths Grea
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Bar 19 to play Line 1 G#-A#-B-Line
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The movie never appealed to me but
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the busy-body lady tells people tha
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numbers in Calamity Jane, however!
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I reviewed this dvd on Talking Herr
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yarn) starring the excellent Johnny
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ehearsal of the fight that somehow
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classic!). I loved the actors such
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Back to Poledouris, I would recomme
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“rolling stream ostinati” that
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I discussed my September and Octobe
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The gong is struck in Bar 5.The cym
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Bb/F quarter notes to C/Eb quarter
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[cont.] Vacation Trip] Reel 7/1, 6
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Reel 12 material starts with “Sem
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http://www.lovingtheclassics.com/Je
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-Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) ** 1/2
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eturning in Bar 4 on middle Cb [wri
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3 & 5. Violins I play Line 3 F# who
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note tied to next two bars. Bottom
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Eb dotted half note tied to quarter
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Line 2 Bb dotted half note to A qua
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he got loose. Of course if the writ
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from her store! Ironically, conside
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Shakespeare, however, and most of t
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note to (Bar 3) F# [written G#] who
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00:59:52) is quite nice, especially
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cinematography and Lean’s expert
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http://www.amazon.com/Naked-City-Yo
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note tied to “3” triplet value
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In Bar 1 the timp is rolled on C wh
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This is not a good conspiracy movie
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-“The Doomsday Machine” -‘Met
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Season Three, “Love’s Old Sweet
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as the bus rising along the desert
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There are five discs here starting
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-The Naked Jungle (1954) *** [music
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his best works. Let’s put it this
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http://www.amazon.com/Drums-Deep-So
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I did like the bluish star field lo
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effect of I believe the stopped hor
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Richard Boone as the good doctor pr
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http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Bu
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Page Cook (his real name was Charle
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Shortly in Bar 6 the piccolo plays
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phrasing of Line 1 F legato down to
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http://www.amazon.com/French-Connec
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-The Raid (1954) *** � [music ***
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