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Reynold DaSilva's Silva Screen Records has built up quite a library of music by having the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (which presumably works cheaper than a name orchestra from Western Europe or the U.S. would) create new recordings of film scores, enabling the label to then recycle the material into thematic compilations such as this one devoted to music from "epic" motion pictures. The subtitle, "The History of the World According to Hollywood," calls to mind the books and History Channel shows devoted to examining how historical movies differ from history as historians know it. But no such analysis is attempted here. (In fact, there are no liner notes.) Instead, the idea is to present music from big-budget movies about the past, in roughly chronological order, that is, chronological order of history itself, not the movies, so that the first track on the first disc is a suite from Mario Nascimbene's score for the 1966 film One Million Years B.C., best remembered for Raquel Welch cavorting in a furry bikini, and the last track on the fourth disc, arriving more than four-and-three-quarters-hours later, is Ernest Gold's overture from the 1960 film Exodus, a dramatization of the struggles leading to the establishment of Israel in the mid-20th century. In between, as subheads helpfully note, we get music associated with films depicting "The Ancient World" (quite a few of those), "The Fall of Rome," "Biblical Epics," "Medieval Europe," "Pirates & Swashbucklers" (how did they get in here?), "Kings & Queens," "Heroes," "The New Worlds," and "The British Empire/The Orient." This organization makes sense only on paper, of course. On disc, the collection mixes up scores written between 1935 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold's main title from Captain Blood) and 2004 (Vangelis' "Across the Mountains" and "Eternal Alexander" from Alexander, James Horner's "Remember" from Troy, John Debney's "Resurrection" from The Passion of the Christ), which means the music was written for epics of very different kinds. As a general statement, epics tend to bring out big orchestral effects from composers: grand themes, martial rhythms, and choruses wordlessly emoting or singing in Latin. (Either the Prague's chorus or the Crouch End Festival Chorus obliges where necessary.) But especially the more recent works by composers such as Horner and Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Last Samurai) can be more subtle. Perhaps appropriately, this epical music is all over the map.
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The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mario Nascimbene, Composer - Mark Ayres, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Elmer Bernstein, Composer, Conductor - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Vangelis, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Miklos Rozsa, Composer - Kenneth Alwyn, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Producer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Manos Hadjidakis, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Cynthia Weil, Composer - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - James Horner, Composer - Tracy Miller, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Vangelis, Composer - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Miklos Rozsa, Composer - Kenneth Alwyn, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Producer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Alfred Newman, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Franz Waxman, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex North, Composer - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor, Chorus Conductor - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - John Scott, Composer - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Gerrard Badelt, Composer - Nic Raine, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gareth Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Hans Zimmer, ComposerLyricist - Lisa Gerrard, ComposerLyricist - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 2
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerry Goldsmith, ComposerLyricist - Nicholas Charles Raine, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex North, Composer - James Fitzpatrick, Producer
℗ 1997 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Alex North, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - James Fitzpatrick, Producer
℗ 2014 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Alfred Newman, Composer - David Temple, Conductor - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Maurice Jarre, Composer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Miklos Rozsa, Composer - Kenneth Alwyn, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Producer
℗ 2012 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Miklos Rozsa, Composer - Kenneth Alwyn, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Producer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Franz Waxman, Composer
℗ 2009 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Nic Raine, Conductor, MainArtist - John Debney, Composer - Crouch End Festival Chorus, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Jerome Moross, Composer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Miklos Rozsa, Composer - Kenneth Alwyn, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Producer
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Miklos Rozsa, Composer - Kenneth Alwyn, Conductor - Nicholas Charles Raine, Producer
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor - Mario Nascimbene, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 3
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Basil Poledouris, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor - John Barry, Composer - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Franz Waxman, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Franz Waxman, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - William Alwyn, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - KLAUS BADELT, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor - John Barry, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Patrick Doyle, Composer - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Walton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - John Barry, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2014 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 4
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor, Chorus Conductor - Carl Orff, ComposerLyricist - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - David Temple, Conductor, Chorus Conductor - Jerry Goldsmith, Composer, MainArtist - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2009 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor, MainArtist - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Horner, Composer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Bronislau Kaper, Composer
℗ 2009 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - David Temple, Conductor, Chorus Conductor - Vangelis, Composer - Nic Raine, Conductor - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 1995 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor, MainArtist - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Alfred Newman, Composer
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Bateman, Conductor, MainArtist - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ennio Morricone, ComposerLyricist - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir, MainArtist
℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Reynold DaSilva's Silva Screen Records has built up quite a library of music by having the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (which presumably works cheaper than a name orchestra from Western Europe or the U.S. would) create new recordings of film scores, enabling the label to then recycle the material into thematic compilations such as this one devoted to music from "epic" motion pictures. The subtitle, "The History of the World According to Hollywood," calls to mind the books and History Channel shows devoted to examining how historical movies differ from history as historians know it. But no such analysis is attempted here. (In fact, there are no liner notes.) Instead, the idea is to present music from big-budget movies about the past, in roughly chronological order, that is, chronological order of history itself, not the movies, so that the first track on the first disc is a suite from Mario Nascimbene's score for the 1966 film One Million Years B.C., best remembered for Raquel Welch cavorting in a furry bikini, and the last track on the fourth disc, arriving more than four-and-three-quarters-hours later, is Ernest Gold's overture from the 1960 film Exodus, a dramatization of the struggles leading to the establishment of Israel in the mid-20th century. In between, as subheads helpfully note, we get music associated with films depicting "The Ancient World" (quite a few of those), "The Fall of Rome," "Biblical Epics," "Medieval Europe," "Pirates & Swashbucklers" (how did they get in here?), "Kings & Queens," "Heroes," "The New Worlds," and "The British Empire/The Orient." This organization makes sense only on paper, of course. On disc, the collection mixes up scores written between 1935 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold's main title from Captain Blood) and 2004 (Vangelis' "Across the Mountains" and "Eternal Alexander" from Alexander, James Horner's "Remember" from Troy, John Debney's "Resurrection" from The Passion of the Christ), which means the music was written for epics of very different kinds. As a general statement, epics tend to bring out big orchestral effects from composers: grand themes, martial rhythms, and choruses wordlessly emoting or singing in Latin. (Either the Prague's chorus or the Crouch End Festival Chorus obliges where necessary.) But especially the more recent works by composers such as Horner and Hans Zimmer (Gladiator, The Last Samurai) can be more subtle. Perhaps appropriately, this epical music is all over the map.
© TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 56 track(s)
- Total length: 04:51:56
- Main artists: The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO) (Classics)
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited This Compilation ℗ 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited
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