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I still say we were led to believe that the next release, this release, was going to be a western from Paramount and GOLDEN AGE.
I don’t really understand this comment because the definition of Golden Age and Silver Age film music is very arbitrary. As a very active composer throughout the '30s, '40s and ‘50s, I see no reason why Cyril Mockbridge's scores from 1962 and 1963 can’t be considered Golden Age scores. Are scores such as KING OF KINGS, EL CID, TARAS BULBA and FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE from undoubtably Golden Age composers not considered Golden Age scores simply because they were composed in the early ‘60s? It might make more sense to define Golden/Silver ages in respect of the composer’s style rather than any specific decade.
It was Lukas Kendall who coined the terms Golden Age and Silver Age for film music. The split was always fairly meaningless but it was a useful marketing tool and the terms caught on with fans and labels alike. As Lukas once said
“For now we've been defining Golden Age as '30s through the '50s and the Silver Age as the '60s and '70s -- but they can overlap depending on the composer and the genre/aesthetic in question” (FSM Mailbag 6/13/2000).
I like this comment on an old FSM thread from David Schecter:
“Golden Age and Silver Age are arbitrary terms. Rozsa scored films in the '70s and '80s, so were those "Silver Age" scores, and what he scored in the '50s were "Golden Age" scores? They all sounded (brilliantly) similar. Bernstein's "The Great Escape" is a "Silver Age" score, but his "The Buccaneer" is a "Golden Age" score? They both sound like Elmer Bernstein scores and are very similar in execution.
What one person labels a "Silver Age" will be considered a "Golden Age" by somebody else. They're really rather worthless terms, if you ask me. I think "Star Wars" is a Golden Age score, because John Williams basically gave us 1930s Erich Wolfgang Korngold all over again”.
I also like this thread on the subject (only because I contributed to it of course!)
http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=100554&forumID=1&archive=0
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Maybe this "age" thing is a slightly silly topic -- but not half as silly as some of the other things discussed hereabouts! Taxonomy is a potentially useful pursuit. My suggestion would be to forget about individual scores. There will always be outliers. Think about the composers' careers instead. If we simply consider that composers who became active after about 1950 belong to the Silver Age, there will be fewer problems. This would include, most importantly, Alex North and Elmer Bernstein but also Rosenman, Moross, Stevens, Mancini, and all the jazz guys.
The year 1950 is convenient, but 1948 would also do nicely. That was the year the Supreme Court upheld (in U.S. v. Paramount Pictures) the Consent Decree of 1940, thereby signaling the beginning of the end of the old studio system.
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So, let me get these rules clear: I'm in my 60s so that means I'm Silver Age?
And if Lukas Kendall is indeed responsible for this, I say we tie him to a tree and make him listen to the theme from Gilligan's Island five hundred times in a row.
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THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and DONOVAN'S REEF by Cyril Mockridge ????
Well, wouldn't THAT be something to dance a jig about.
When will this be available for order?
I thought you'd never ask! Monday morning.
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Bruce, any word when Centennial Summer will ship?
We're hoping they'll be here by Wednesday
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THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and DONOVAN'S REEF by Cyril Mockridge ????
Well, wouldn't THAT be something to dance a jig about.
When will this be available for order?
I thought you'd never ask! Monday morning.
My order will be in! Great release Bruce! 
Does the DONAVAN's REEF score have that lovely chant heard frequently in the film?
Definitely getting this.
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THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and DONOVAN'S REEF by Cyril Mockridge ????
Well, wouldn't THAT be something to dance a jig about.
When will this be available for order?
I thought you'd never ask! Monday morning.
My order will be in! Great release Bruce!
Does the DONAVAN's REEF score have that lovely chant heard frequently in the film?
Definitely getting this.
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THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and DONOVAN'S REEF by Cyril Mockridge ????
Well, wouldn't THAT be something to dance a jig about.
When will this be available for order?
I thought you'd never ask! Monday morning.
My order will be in! Great release Bruce!
Does the DONAVAN's REEF score have that lovely chant heard frequently in the film?
Definitely getting this.
Yep - it's complete.
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