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Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition world premiere release – four great scores on one CD:
VICTOR YOUNG AT PARAMOUNT VOLUME II
THE PROUD AND PROFANE
FOREVER FEMALE
LITTLE BOY LOST
MY FAVORITE SPY
Music Composed and Conducted by Victor Young
Paramount and Victor Young – one of the greatest studio/composer relationships in history. Over the course of his career, Victor Young received an astonishing twenty-two Oscar nominations (in 1940 and 1941 he was nominated four times in the same year!). But he would not win the golden statuette during his lifetime – he won the Oscar for Best Music (Dramatic or Comedy Picture) posthumously for Around the World in Eighty Days. Some of his themes are among the most beloved of all time. For this CD, we are proud to present four world premiere releases. They are a diverse gathering that beautifully illustrates how he could write for any kind of story.
First up is the 1956 Perlberg-Seaton war film, The Proud and the Profane. The film was directed and written by George Seaton, and starred William Holden, Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter. Young wrote a memorable and beautiful main theme for the drama, which weaves in and out of the score in many guises. It’s a wonderful score and classic Young.
Next up is the 1953 film Forever Female, starring Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas and Pat Crowley. This time it’s Victor Young in full-out sparkling mode, beginning with a lilting and lovely waltz that then morphs into some fun big-city music. The score is like a glass of champagne – bubbly, effervescent and sophisticated.
Also from 1953 we have another George Seaton film, Little Boy Lost, a drama starring Bing Crosby. It’s a compelling film about a World War II correspondent whose French wife was killed by the Nazis, returning to France after the war to try and find his son.
Little Boy Lost has a superb Victor Young score, right up there with his best. Originally there were only three surviving cues from this brilliant score, but in a last-minute bit of serendipity, almost all of it was found and so it’s a real treat to be able to present just about everything from this Victor Young classic. The score has just about everything that made Victor Young one of the greats.
Finally we have My Favorite Spy, a great 1951 Bob Hope comedy, directed by Norman Z. McLeod (who also directed the Marx Brothers’ Horse Feathers and Monkey Business). Young’s music suits the film perfectly, underscoring the comedy and intrigue with panache and a grand sense of fun.
All scores have been carefully transferred and restored by Chris Malone from the elements in the Paramount vaults.
Victor Young at Paramount Volume II is limited to 1000 copies only and is priced at $19.98, plus shipping.
CDs will ship by the third week of December, but we’ve been averaging three to five weeks early in terms of shipping ahead of the official ship date. To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.
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(Sorry, it's one of those days, but I *am* genuinely excited by this release. Ta, BK!  )
I am as excited as you are! This is marvellous, I hope this is not the last Victor Young score.
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Hats off to Kritzerland! A most welcome release; one can never have enough Victor Young...
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This is one that will be sent out automatically(to those who donated,inc. me).Just checking.
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this is a great release.
Bruce K,
do you have any idea if anything exists at Paramount of the actual soundtracks for Samson and Delilah ?
It's not on any lists I've seen, sadly.
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While we do have enough material for at least one but more likely two more volumes, they really cannot happen if there is a lack of interest, much as I would like them to. Even many Indiegogo supporters, for whom this release is already paid for and inexpensive simply do not have any interest in it and have opted out.
That is why you see fewer and fewer Golden Age title unless it's Rozsa or Tiomkin or Newman. Victor Young was one of the greats, right up there with all of them, and yes, the people who've responded in this thread know that, but it's not enough to keep these kinds of releases coming when we see this kind of overall disinterest. You've heard it from other labels much more than us and you know where my heart is and for us it's not always about the money - but they do have to pay for themselves. Hopefully, this early morning lethargy will pick up as the day goes by. We're actually very close to selling out volume one, and I don't mind if this one is a long haul kind of thing, as long as it's not TOO long haul
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I don't know any of these scores… looking forward to discovering them!!! Volume 1 was fantastic!
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Glad to see the Golden Age vaults continue to be mined for gems. Keep up the great work, Bruce!
Just a thought, but if sales are disappointing is it at all possible to limit these to 500 or 800 or something, but continue releasing them? I notice that MSM and Quartet and Music Box do 500 pressings (and the latter two perhaps even 350 pressings) for some titles with limited sales potential which are still worth preservation...
Yavar
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As long as we break even on these, we'll do them - but 500 isn't really practical at the 19.98 price point, because the big dealer orders are discounted, so we clear even less.
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While we do have enough material for at least one but more likely two more volumes, they really cannot happen if there is a lack of interest, much as I would like them to. Even many Indiegogo supporters, for whom this release is already paid for and inexpensive simply do not have any interest in it and have opted out.
That is why you see fewer and fewer Golden Age title unless it's Rozsa or Tiomkin or Newman. Victor Young was one of the greats, right up there with all of them, and yes, the people who've responded in this thread know that, but it's not enough to keep these kinds of releases coming when we see this kind of overall disinterest. You've heard it from other labels much more than us and you know where my heart is and for us it's not always about the money - but they do have to pay for themselves. Hopefully, this early morning lethargy will pick up as the day goes by. We're actually very close to selling out volume one, and I don't mind if this one is a long haul kind of thing, as long as it's not TOO long haul
That is most disheartening, particularly regarding those Indiegogo supporters who opted out of getting something that should be entirely up their alley.
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