my first listen to korngold was on youtube. barely a month ago. the sea hawk score. the charles gerhardt recording actually. but it was reeally good. i can see where john williams, elmer bernstein, and the rest of the greats get their inspiration from. i then downloaded the adventures of robin hood score also by korngold. it was bloody sweet. epic as epic can be. and to think he did the album in 1937+. i also got a hold of the original recording of the sea hawk. of course it was awesomer than the gerhardt version. all the stuff that i listen to which i consider epic or somewhat..is NOTHING compared to the shite that korngold does. the odd thing is..he only has scored around 15 movies. before that, he was back in Europe doing chamber, concert, and opera works. in 1936, he won an oscar for his work in Anthony Adverse. he is also known for kickstarting Errol Flynn's carrier when he scored Captain Blood in 1935. flynn 'followed' him through The Prince and the Pauper, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Private Lives Of Elizabeth Essex, The Sea Hawk, and Escape Me Never. his composition of romantic themes are so well written. i now need to get some of his early works..before he came to america..chamber stuff.. by the way..anyone interested in his work can look up scoredaddys.blogspot.com. a superb site for great music.
"Music is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum or cinema .
Form may change , the manner of writing may vary, but the composer needs to make no concessions whatever to what he conceives to be his own musical ideology ....."
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (interviewed in 1946)
MR
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