Cinema Century (1996)

Composer(s):
Various

Released in:
1996

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A Fine Starting Point
For those interested in film scores, but who have not built up a large collection, Cinema Century is a fine starting point. Included on the 4 CDs are 57 Main Titles or Suites plus the famous 20th Century Fox Fanfare (sadly, it is not the version with the Cinemascope Extension). The set has such famous classics as "Gone with the Wind", "Citizen Kane", "Ben-Hur", "Psycho", "The Magnificent Seven", "The Pink Panther", "Doctor Zhivago", "The Godfather", "Jaws", "Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "E.T.", "Dances with Wolves", and "Jurassic Park". There are also some lesser-known themes, such as "City Lights" and "The Searchers" that are just as wonderful as the others and in some cases, hard to find elsewhere. The album is a re-recording and some of the arrangements are quite interesting. Some great themes are missing, but the sequel album, Cinema Century 2000, remedies this. The set is quite a value, the price of most 2 CD Sets. If you want to build up a collection, this album will remind you of many great scores from seven decades of filmaking.

Disappointing
The music is clean, skilled and rich, but it is lacking the extra bit of passion that I personally like in movie music. It is pleasantly bland rather than rousing.

A romp worthwhile for the "film-score-buffs" in all of us!!
Anyone who has ever read any of my reviews, know that I'm a complete "film-score-buff" nut...my favorite past time is collecting and listening to soundtrack compilations...and this is where my latest review comes in.

Silva Screen Records does this better than anybody...a 4-CD-Set featuring 58 tracks of unforgettable scores from the leading composers of the past Century...no one, I mean no one can provide the quality of sound, texture and substance of The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra...Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra...The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...The Philharmonia...The Milan Philharmonic...The London Screen Orchestra...each a self of culture into its own.

This compilation released in 1996 represents the best of the best...can only be described as a "collectors dream"...one not to be missed...so many highlights and stand outs...from one spectrum of comedy, romance, drama, suspense, action, adventure...to the other of westerns, horror, war, thrillers and Hollywood heroes.

A special thanks to the following who gave so much to this project ~ Reynold Da Silva(executive producer)...David Wishart(executive producer)...James Fitzpatrick(associate producer)...David Stone(associate producer)...and to one of my favorite(conductors/arrangers/orchestrators) Nic Raine...Paul Bateman(conductor)...Kenneth Alwyn(conductor)...Andrew Greenwood(conductor)...Tony Bremner(conductor)...Carl Davis(conductor)...Derek Wadsworth(conductor)...and as always Silva Screen comes through with another musical celebration with flying colors...this time "100 Years Of Cinema"...and what will the next 100 years bring...one can only hope Silva Screen will do the same honors.

Total Time: 232 minutes on 58 Tracks ~ Silva Screen Records STD-5006 ~ (1996)

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