All very interesting Ron, Roger and Lloyd, BUT IF you had to pick just one....what would it be?
I can't do it....deserted island maybe,then it would be Music from Hollywood,just because I love film music.
The original Program from the performance! & what a performance it was.
Thanks to Ron Burbella for the complete concert program.
And now, the actual concert program:
FIRST HALF:
Elmer Bernstein.............THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
David Raksin..................LAURA
John Green.....................RAINTREE COUNTY
AN ANTHOLOGY OF TELEVISION THEMES (Cond. By Nelson Riddle)
- ROUTE 66 (Nelson Riddle)
- DR. KILDARE (Jerrald Goldsmith)
- 77 SUNSET STRIP (Jerry Livingston-Mack David)
- BONANZA (Jay Livingston- Ray Evans)
- PERRY MASON (Fred Steiner)
- MY THREE SONS (Frank De Vol)
- THRILLER (Pete Rugolo)
- THE ELEVENTH HOUR (Harry Sukman)
- CHECKMATE (Johnny Williams)
- WAGON TRAIN (Jerome Moross)
Bernard Herrmann.....THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (4:45)
(The Memory Waltz)
Bernard Herrmann.....NORTH BY NORTHWEST (3:23)
(Main Title)
Max Steiner...............GONE WITH THE WIND (Tara's Theme)
(Conducted by Percy Faith)
Max Steiner...............A SUMMER PLACE (2:40)
(Conducted by Percy Faith)
Alex North..................CLEOPATRA (6:38)
(Caesar's Assassination)
(Cleopatra's Entrance Into Rome)
Henry Wieniawski........CONCERTO #2 FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
IN D MINOR
(Mahlon Merrick, Conductor)
(Jack Benny, Violinist) (!)
*** INTERMISSION ***
SECOND HALF:
Miklos Rozsa.................BEN-HUR (Prelude)
Miklos Rozsa.................BEN-HUR (Parade of the Charioteers)
Franz Waxman..............A PLACE IN THE SUN (Suite)
Henry Mancini...............DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
Henry Mancini...............HATARI (Baby Elephant Walk)
Henry Mancini...............PETER GUNN
MEDLEY OF ACADEMY AWARD WINNING SONGS (Arr. By Johnny Mandel)
(Henry Mancini, Conducting) (Andy Williams, Vocalist)
- LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING
(Sammy Fain-Paul Francis Webster)
- MONA LISA (Jay Livingston-Ray Evans)
- ON THE ATCHESON, TOPEKA AND THE SANA FE
(Harry Warren-Johnny Mercer)
- ALL THE WAY (James Van Heusen-Sammy Cahn)
- MOON RIVER (Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer)
Alfred Newman.............HOW THE WEST WAS WON (Main Title)
Alfred Newman.............CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (Conquest)
Dimitri Tiomin................HIGH NOON (Arr. By Morton Gould)
Dimitri Tiomkin..............THE ALAMO ("The Green Leaves of Summer")
(Mahalia Jackson, Vocalist)
FILM THEME FANTASY (Conducted by John Green)
- WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (Leigh Harline)
- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (Hugo Friedhofer)
- PICNIC (George Duning)
- EXODUS (Ernest Gold)
- AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS (Victor Young)
- HI-LILI, HI-LO (Bronislau Kaper)
FINALE - A GESTURE OF APPRECIATION (The Entire Cast)
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What Hollywood film music star power was on one stage for one
night! Were any of our veteran contributors lucky enough to
attend? Even relative newcomers "Johnny" Williams and
"Jerrald" Goldsmith were represented? I had tried for a long
time to tape Harry Sukman's noble theme to THE ELEVENTH HOUR
off the TV speakers without success (meaning without the "voiceover").
Anybody know if this is on any LP or CD compilation?
And just what was "A Gesture of Appreciation?"
Ron Burbella