In Session: A Film Music Celebration
60 Years and Over 140 Minutes of the Best Film Music EVER Written!
Producer Robert Townson's 500th CD is celebrated with this compilation of Varese Sarabande's Award-winning and best-selling "Varese Film Classics" series of recordings featuring performances conducted by the legendary likes of Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein along with Joel McNeely, John Debney, Cliff Eidelman and Frederic Talgorn. Representing such famed film composers of the past as Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Miklos Rozsa, Franz Waxman, Henry Mancini and Georges Delerue as well as such masters of today as Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein and John Barry … IN SESSION invites you into the studio for some truly historic recording.
2 CDs are packed to the brim and sold for the price of a single disc! All music is presented in 20-bit digital sound and features performances by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony. Featuring extensive liner notes the likes of which we have never before published, IN SESSION: A FILM MUSIC CELEBRATION is the one film music compilation everyone needs in their collection. Classic movies, favorite themes, memories from a lifetime of film, all brought together.
Tracklist
Disc One
1. 2001 Main Title (Alex North) 1968 (1:37)
Jerry Goldsmith • National Philharmonic Orchestra
2. REBECCA Main Title, Foreword and Opening Scene (Franz Waxman) 1940 (4:39)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
3. CITIZEN KANE Salaambo’s Aria (Bernard Herrmann) 1941 (4:11)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Janice Watson, soprano
4. THAT HAMILTON WOMAN Love Theme (Miklós Rózsa) 1941 (4:26)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
5. ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM Elegy (Bernard Herrmann) 1947 (4:23)
Joel McNeely • Seattle Symphony Orchestra
6. CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE Conquest (Alfred Newman) 1947 (3:18)
Cliff Eidelman • Seattle Symphony Orchestra
7. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Stan Meets Blanche (Alex North) 1951 (3:03)
Jerry Goldsmith • National Philharmonic Orchestra
8. VIVA ZAPATA! Gathering Forces (Alex North) 1952 (3:48)
Jerry Goldsmith • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
9. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY Overture and Autumn (Bernard Herrmann) 1955 (2:16)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
10. PEYTON PLACE Swimming Scene (Franz Waxman) 1957 (5:37)
Frederic Talgorn • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
11. VERTIGO Prelude and Rooftop (Bernard Herrmann) 1958 (4:54)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
12. THE 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD Overture (Bernard Herrmann) 1958 (2:05)
John Debney • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
13. THE TWILIGHT ZONE Walking Distance: Memories (Bernard Herrmann) 1960 (2:50)
Conducted by Joel McNeely
14. PSYCHO Prelude and The City (Bernard Herrmann) 1960 (4:09)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
15. THE 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER The Lilliputains and The Duel (Bernard Herrmann) 1960 (2:48)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
16. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S Moon River (Henry Mancini) 1961 (5:39)
Michael Lang, piano
17. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD End Title (Elmer Bernstein) 1962 (3:25)
Elmer Bernstein • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
18. MARNIE The Hunt (Bernard Herrmann) 1964 (4:18)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
19. HAMLET Ball at the Palace (Dmitri Shostakovich) 1965 (2:59)
Cliff Eidelman • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Disc Two
1. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY Main Title (Alex North) 1965 (2:58)
Jerry Goldsmith • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
2. THE SAND PEBBLES Overture (Jerry Goldsmith) 1966 (2:28)
Jerry Goldsmith • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
3. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Moon and Main Title (Alex North) 1966 (3:54)
Jerry Goldsmith • National Philharmonic Orchestra
4. BORN FREE Playtime (John Barry) 1966 (3:21)
Frederic Talgorn • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
5. FAHRENHEIT 451 The Road (Bernard Herrmann) 1967 (3:43)
Joel McNeely • Seattle Symphony Orchestra
6. PATTON Entr’acte (Jerry Goldsmith) 1970 (2:16)
Jerry Goldsmith • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
7. TORA! TORA! TORA! Main Title (Jerry Goldsmith) 1970 (3:17)
Jerry Goldsmith • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
8. JAWS Man Against Beast (John Williams) 1975 (5:15)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
9. MIDWAY Main Title and End Title (John Williams) 1976 (5:15)
Rick Wentworth • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
10. SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE Love Theme (John Williams) 1978 (5:01)
John Debney • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
11. STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE The Enterprise (Jerry Goldsmith) 1979 (6:07)
Jerry Goldsmith • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
12. SOMEWHERE IN TIME Theme (John Barry) 1980 (3:37)
John Debney • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
13. BODY HEAT Main Title (John Barry) 1981 (3:52)
Joel McNeely • London Symphony Orchestra
14. OUT OF AFRICA Main Title (John Barry) 1985 (3:14)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra
15. PLATOON Theme (Georges Delerue) 1986 (6:54)
Conducted by Georges Delerue
16. STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE Xizor's Theme (Joel McNeely) 1996 (4:36)
Joel McNeely • Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus
17. TARAS BULBA Ride of the Cossacks (Franz Waxman) 1962 (4:51)
Cliff Eidelman • Seattle Symphony Orchestra