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The Seven Wonders of the World? I can name them:
1. Bernard Herrmann
2. Alfred Newman
3. Max Steiner
4. Franz Waxman
5. Hugo Friedhofer
6. Jerry Goldsmith
7. John Williams
;-)
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Just wanted to thank the members of this board for all the info. on this interesting recording. I happened upon two near mint copies of it (jackets and disks), along with another Admiral title and picked them up simply because at 59 I'm old enough to recognize the Cinerama logo. Not sure where to go with them from here, but again, without the information you all have posted here, I wouldn't even know what I've got.
Thanks again.
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Thanks, Bob, for the "Seven Wonders of the World" and "Search for Paradise" trailers. I was impressed with the remastering on the "Cinerama Holiday" and "South Sea Adventures" Blu-rays. Let's hope that these two new installments are released soon.
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Regarding the Sepia CD: Does anybody know who wrote what? The album cover mentions 3 composers: Emil Newman, David Raksin, and Jerome Moross. The liner notes also mention Sol Kaplan (misspelled once as "Kaplin"). The liners also break it down as follows:
David Raksin: New York, Darjeeling, Grand Canyon
Sol Kaplan: Japanese and Arabic scenes
Jerome Moross: Jerusalem and the Holy Land; Athens and Ancient Greece
Emil Newman: overall composing effort and score structure (?)
Matching this information with the track list is not easy. One could guess by trying to identify each composer's individual style, but it would be great to have an actual list, if possible.
Ditto. It is very annoying that this release gives zippo credit to composers for the various cuts. I was looking forward to zero-ing in on the Raksin stuff right away, and the best the liner notes do is say he scored the ones eewee names above.
Which is not much help since I'm getting the feeling that a good bit of all of these three (especially New York) were not edited into this release. I remember a long flying sequence that Raksin scored that doesn't appear to be here.
Also, I'd bet my reputation as a Raksin Geek that he scored the Sahara sequence. It decidedly sounds like him.
Since I know his style, I can examine the cuts closely to see where I think Raksin contributed. Does anyone know Moross well enough to do the same for him? I'm thinking that Eugene might.
(It's reported elsewhere here that Emil Newman did the theme.)
And has anyone compared the amount of music on the DVD to this cd?
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It looks like I can watch this at the library. I'm hearing now that Raksin did the flight from New York and the jungle stuff all the way up to Rio.
I also read the liner notes of the release carefully and found that they deliberately sought to re-create the previous LP release, not to make a more comprehensive version.
Nuts!
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I’m pretty sure Moross also did the Rome sequence; it certainly sounds like his style.
Actually, at least 3 years ago, there was some kind of Cinerama film festival at the (‘Natch!) Cinerama Dome Theater in L.A. (Only in L.A!) practically all of the Cinerama films were shown. I was able to see SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD and WINDJAMMER.
It was fun to see them, but, apart from the music scores, they’re actually pretty turgid films.
Various Cinerama scores have turned up on CD, including an expanded SEARCH FOR PARADISE, SEVEN WONDERS, and CINERAMA HOLIDAY. Recently I even found a 2-CD CINERAMA compilation, called THE BEST OF CINERAMA, which has very good sound, and, like the SEVEN WONDERS CD, includes the Nikreis lp mentioned above.
Great to finally get recordings if these scores!
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Listening closely, I'm finding that Raksin also scored Timbuktu to Victoria Falls and the volcano lake.
He comes back in Arabia: the desert, the city of "skyscrapers", and the camel stampede.
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