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This year (2021) marks the centenary of the birth of Malcolm Arnold, who wrote 80 feature film scores between 1948 and 1969. He won an Oscar for 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' in 1958, and an Ivor Novello Award for 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' in 1959. He wrote a huge amount of other music too, and a complete catalogue is now available on Amazon. (Appendix C lists all the feature films and Appendix D the documentaries.)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VCKKHQ7 (US)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08VCKKHQ7 (UK)
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Cool! Thanks for the heads up. Arnold was a great composer whether writing for film or the concert hall.
Yavar
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I am NOT 'hotdatedave', but I approve this message.
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And for any malcolm fans, you should definitely get this Arnold bio film by Tony Palmer, Toward the Unknown Region, which is very powerful indeed.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toward-Region-Malcolm-Arnold-survival/dp/1844497968
"This documentary celebrates Malcolm Arnold, one of Britain's most underestimated and yet most popular composers, who wrote scores to altogether 132 films including 'Whistle Down the Wind', 'Hobson's Choice' and the Oscar winning 'Bridge Over the River Kwai'. Sir Malcolm also composed ballets, symphonies and operas. The DVD features interviews with friends and family, and includes extracts from his works, however, it does not shirk the darker side of Arnold's life full of complications caused by mental illness."
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Apr 14, 2021 - 5:23 PM
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TerraEpon
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Ended up buying it. Still flabbergasted at how inexpensive it is....
....that said, as far as these things go, it's also not exactly as...well done...as many are. For starters, outside of Op. numbers there's no actual cataloging (i.e. numbering), just a list of works -- in chronological order. It also doesn't put film music into the catalog, rather it keeps it separate and doesn't even list the instrumentation (though it has a section for concert arrangements, be it by Arnold or others, that does).
It also doesn't include any sort of listing by genre, almost all catalogs I've seen include this (if they aren't layed out that way already).
Still it does have all the 'standard' info otherwise, I suppose. And it WAS extremely inexpensive...
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