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Feb 26, 2007 - 10:28 PM
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joan hue
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I'm sure many of you have seen the 1953 movie FROM HERE TO
ETERNITY which sported amazing performances by Clift, Lancaster,
Reed, Kerr, Sinatra and others. I've always enjoyed it, but I admit
that I've never tuned into the film music for this movie.
For some reason, during the past few days, that famous scene where
Lancaster kisses Kerr on the beach has played on my TV, and that
scene is underscored by a gorgeous love theme. (DOMD..Duh On
My "Dumbness" or Duh On My Deafness... for never noticing the music.)
I looked up the composer on IMDB, and it was George Dunning, a fine
composer.
Here is what I find odd. When you look up Dunning, you'll see he is
the composer for movies like 3:10 TO YUMA and many others. By many
movies, you'll see the words "stock uncredited," and I understand what that means.
However, by FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, it says George Dunning "background
music." That is it, and that is the only movie that says that about him.
I'm confused. Does this mean that he did not compose anything "new" for
this movie? Why not "stock uncredited" then? Also, was this music ever
used in another movie and then transferred to FHTE? Was it released
on CD? I look forward to some of you educating me. Gracias.
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Feb 26, 2007 - 11:34 PM
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manderley
(Member)
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.....I'm sure many of you have seen the 1953 movie FROM HERE TO
ETERNITY which sported amazing performances by Clift, Lancaster,
Reed, Kerr, Sinatra and others. I've always enjoyed it, but I admit
that I've never tuned into the film music for this movie.
For some reason, during the past few days, that famous scene where
Lancaster kisses Kerr on the beach has played on my TV, and that
scene is underscored by a gorgeous love theme. (DOMD..Duh On
My "Dumbness" or Duh On My Deafness... for never noticing the music.)
I looked up the composer on IMDB, and it was George Dunning, a fine
composer.
Here is what I find odd. When you look up Dunning, you'll see he is
the composer for movies like 3:10 TO YUMA and many others. By many
movies, you'll see the words "stock uncredited," and I understand what that means.
However, by FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, it says George Dunning "background
music." That is it, and that is the only movie that says that about him.
I'm confused. Does this mean that he did not compose anything "new" for
this movie? Why not "stock uncredited" then? Also, was this music ever
used in another movie and then transferred to FHTE? Was it released
on CD? I look forward to some of you educating me. Gracias.....
Joan.....I'm sure you know that George Duning was the KEY Columbia Pictures scoring master during the 1940s and particularly, the 1950s.
The IMDB is often vague and inconsistent about its terminology. Duning did the "score" for the film, and, as Joe Caps says, a suite of this music was on an old Decca soundtrack LP, later transferred to a Japanese cd.
I think the distinction of "background score" is probably made because the film, set in Hawaii, also has a number of tracks by a Hawaiian group doing source cues. This music also came out on a Decca soundtrack lp concurrent with the release of the film, but to the best of my knowledge, has never been issued on CD.
So, "Original/Background Score"---George Duning, "Source Music"---Hawaiian group, or however you want to say it. 
I have to say that George Duning is one of those composers whose melodies and style, after you hear them awhile, are so recognizable that you can hardly ever mistake them.
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I need to see the film again, Howard, and really listen to the music. I forgot about Ernest Borgnine playing Fatso. He did a fine job of playing an evil guy and then became a sweetie in Marty and his TV series.
It is a classic movie, and I hope the "youngers" on the board check it out. If I remember correctly, Sinatra had to beg for his part and then went on to win an Oscar...I think. Donna Reed, who usually played such a sweet innocent person, certainly wasn't typecast in the movie, and she was effective as a sexpot. Montgomery Clift always played tortured characters with wonderful authenticity. (Of course, it just tortured me to look at Lancaster in a bathing suit. )
Ii's always been a point of fascination that certain parts give fine actresses a nod or even an Academy award. Specifically, prostitutes or "Ladies of Easy Virtue". Wholesome Donna Reed
got hers for this fine film, Wholesome Shirley Jones in ELMER GANTRY, Dorothy Malone in WRITTEN ON THE WIND- there are other examples.
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