I have a copy of "The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin", including San Pietro (1945) and The Battle of Russia (1943) on the FMS label from '05.
Surprised there's been no mention of Elmer Bernstein's magnificent scores for "Making Of The President" and "Four Days In November." The latter will be my next biggest Bernstein Grail after "Ten Commandments" comes out!
Surprised there's been no mention of Elmer Bernstein's magnificent scores for "Making Of The President" and "Four Days In November." The latter will be my next biggest Bernstein Grail after "Ten Commandments" comes out!
Either or both would be an instant purchase for me, no-brainer.
I will have to second DavidOrange's nod to Brian Keane's magnificent score for the multi-part PBS series, NEW YORK, as well. That one I'm happy to say I already own.
Surprised there's been no mention of Elmer Bernstein's magnificent scores for "Making Of The President" and "Four Days In November." The latter will be my next biggest Bernstein Grail after "Ten Commandments" comes out!
Definitely! Surely both are important historical documents? A lot of us are still hoping that these will get a release sometime soon, they would sure make a great box set collection!
Years ago (2001 or 2002?), I saw a cable documentary on Discovery Channel about the Ark of the Covenant. I think it was called Search For the Lost Ark. I remember loving the score because it sounded very much like an action-adventure film score, complete with a unique theme, and not a more generic documentary score like I was used to. I recall the composer's name being Toby Langdon-Giles, or something like that, but nowadays I can't seem to find him listed anywhere online.
I also love Richard Blair-Oliphant's score for the fantastic When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions. Don't think it's ever been commercially released, but I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
I also love Richard Blair-Oliphant's score for the fantastic When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions. Don't think it's ever been commercially released, but I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Nope, nothing! And how about How the Universe Works? It's mind boggling these scores haven't been released. There's plenty of nature/animal based score releases, but space theme documentaries seem to get the shaft.
Edit: A nine minute suite of When We Left Earth is available on YouTube.
A real hidden gem is a score by one-time composer (who normally conducts classical music) Serge Baudo, for the 1964 Jacques-Yves Cousteau documentary "World Without Sun" (english translation).
Some cues were released on an obscure EP, but it appears not many were made and even less bought it. Not necessarily rare, but not well enough known to have been sought after.
The day this sees a proper and remastered full release, will be a good day indeed. One of the absolute best documentary scores I've heard.
Hard to believe that no one has mentioned Richard Rodgers' score for VICTORY AT SEA. You can hear a lot of this amazing score at youtube. (This guy didn't just compose lovely songs.) The music in this documentary is phenomenal.
Maybe people don't think it is a documentary as it was shown over time on TV, but I think it is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Of course it is, and it's great. Thanks to our mutual friend CAT for introducing me to it.
In 1954, the 26-episode television series was edited down to 98 minutes and released as a theatrical feature.
I have a copy of "The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin", including San Pietro (1945) and The Battle of Russia (1943) on the FMS label from '05.
Seconded. If you can find it, this limited release from the Film Music Society contains some good music from Dimitri Tiomkin for four World War II-era documentaries:
The Battle of Russia Tunisian Victory San Pietro The Negro Soldier
Off the top of my head i really liked The endless summer-66- music score
Before THE ENDLESS SUMMER, Bruce Brown had made three earlier feature-length documentary surfing films. The third of these was 1960's BAREFOOT ADVENTURE. Bud Shank scored the film, which he played along with five sidemen, including Shelly Manne.
And speaking of surfing documentaries, let's not forget this Lalo Schifrin rarity from FSM:
Has anyone heard this LP from Lalo Schfrin's television documentary THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH? Apparently, rather than releasing the original soundtrack, for this recording he created a Cantata--for tenor, contralto, chorus and narrator--adapted from his score.
