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Mar 27, 2005 - 5:13 PM
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Recordman
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“The True Story of the Civil War”(1956), won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1956. It was a short visual history of the US Civil War utilizing 300-400 original photographs of the time (Gee, and Ken Burns probably thought he was the first!). The film’s score was by composer Ernest Gold who utilized themes, songs and instrumentation of the times and an original composition for Lincoln and Ford’s Theater. Elmer Bernstein was Music Supervisor for the film and it is narrated by Raymond Massey The soundtrack to the film was released in 1958 on a beautifully produced Coral LP (CRL-59100 - mono). The gatefold LP includes an inner 8 page booklet with photos of the Civil War and song lyrics. It has long been a high end LP collectible This is one of Gold’s lesser known (and recorded) compositions, however his popular works include soundtracks for “Exodus”; “Judgment at Nuremberg”; “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, the beautiful “Ship of Fools” and my personal favorite, “On the Beach” which was recently rescued and released by FSM. Mike
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Recordman, I must be catching up with you. As with CINDERFELLA, this is an LP that I have... Great production, with the battlefield maps and everything. I do wonder, though, what Elmer Bernstein's involvement as 'music supervisor' entailed.
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Wow!! Recordman; that is one beautiful record!! If it's the same LP once heard in a cassette a friend taped for me(?); does it have narration by Spencer Tracy and did Gold just arrange period anthems on it ; or did it have an original Gold recording on it also??? Anyway how beautifully preserved you have the cover!! And thanks for sharing these with us. Alex
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