I like all the waxman's music, i never heard something average...
By the way if you do not have already, grab one of his best and rarest: Nun's Story at eBay UK or US now! Good luck.


filmmusicparis, July 28, 2007; 7:14 PM

Hello,

I only own about 7 Franz Waxman scores and out of those my favorites are:

"Rebecca"
"Prince Valiant"
"Taras Bulba"


Best Regards,
David Phoenix, AZ.

deg63iami, July 28, 2007; 8:54 PM

Bride Of Frankenstein
Sunset Boulevard
Peyton Place

serifiot, July 28, 2007; 9:38 PM

-Hemingway´s adventures of a young man (with Johnny Williams at the piano)
-Sayonara
-Cimarron (great epic score)

peter-anselm, July 29, 2007; 8:45 AM

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN....my all-time fave of his and IMHO his best and most innovative score.

kriegerg69, July 30, 2007; 2:30 AM

Also;

- OBJECTIVE, BURMA
- THE PARADINE CASE

I love Waxman's music. He was truly a golden age composer. underestimated by the majority of collectors I think. Enjoy Waxman's music. He also did a wonderful jazzy score for Hichcock's Rear Window. Leonard Bernstein got inspired by that music to write West Side Story.

Greetings,

Sijbold

s.tonkens, July 30, 2007; 5:29 AM

I am a fan of Waxman too. I would start with the 'Legends of Hollywood' series (Vol. 1 - 4)
performed by The Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Richard Mills, since I prefer re-
recordings most of the time. On Vol.2 'Bride of Frankenstein' and 'Nun's Story' are great. You
can find these recordings for a small price if you shop a bit on Amazon. Classic Film Scores of
Franz Waxman by Charles Gerhardt with the National Philharmonic Orchestra is another
great collection with a very different 'Bride' track. The re-recording by Kenneth Alwyn of 'Bride
of Frankenstein' is also a nice one to have, as are 'Nun's Story', 'Rebecca' and 'Peyton Place'.
Most of Waxman's scores are good anyway, but I always check the ratings by fellow collectors
on this site. The more ratings, the more reliable, even though I think people give in general
too high ratings (there are so many 5-star scores). Maybe this is because a rating is given
more easily to scores people really like rather than scores one dislikes. But it is useful if you
want to do cherry-picking in the big ocean of CD's.

chris, July 30, 2007; 9:19 AM

I tried to comment about Waxman a couple days ago using this laptop computer I just purchased. Had everything I wanted to say all ready to go when something got touched the wrong way sending the entire thing into the far reaches of the outer realm.

I've always enjoyed the jazz scores of Franz Waxman. "Crime In The Streets" and on the flip side (in vinyl jargon) themes composed for the film "I The Jury". Elmer Bernstein consulted with Waxman while composing his own score for "Man With The Golden Arm". "Bride Of Frankenstein" is another one of my favorites., Waxman Steiner and Alfred Newman are the true innovators. Who is there before them?

The big three in the annals of film music lore.

"Classic Film Scores For Franz Waxman" on RCA contains excerpts of his finest. "A Place In The Sun", "Sunset Blvd." and others.

One of the truly great composers eh?



victoravalentine, July 30, 2007; 8:52 PM