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It's an Overture.
There are numerous examples. Endless list.
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Sodom and Gomorrah
The Ten Commandments
Spartacus
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Anthony and Cleopatra
King of Kings
Ben-Hur
Quo Vadis?
Fall of the Roman Empire
El Cid
Man of La Mancha
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Alamo
How the West was Won
Gone With the Wind
Khartoum
Fifty-Five Days at Peking
Doctor Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia
Ryan's Daughter
Oh, What a Lovely War
Many scores have concert overtures arranged long after the film's releases, for album treatments. Some, like 'Spartacus' or 'Spellbound' have cut'n'paste affairs.
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HAWAII
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but it sounded like it had one somewhere in the middle.
That would be an entre'acte.
No, entreacte is a French desert made with snails.
There are no deserts in France.
But to try and stay on topic a little, I wonder in how many films (it may be thousands more) the "overture" occurs during the main titles. A brief arrangement of tunes to be heard in the underscore which follows is, after all, an overture for all practical purposes, isn't it?
Sure, you're not staring at a blank screen or the word "OVERTURE" over a pretty picture, and the arrangement may not have a formal ending, but rather a transition right into the music for the opening scene . . . but it's STILL sort of an overture, isn't it?
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GREYSTOKE
the first track of the lp was the MUSIC OVERTURE when i saw the movie some years ago.
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. . . I hope to be able to share the full story within the next few weeks.
Oh, boy! Does this mean you have "insider info" on an important imminent CD release?!
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