2. music
  3. 159639-141095

Forgotten Film Scores

In my extensive soundtrack collection, I do have a few by film composer Ernst Gold. Recently I looked up his WIKI page and discovered his marriage to Marni Nixon (whose seamless voiceover’s include the film My Fair Lady) and R&R son, Andrew Gold.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Gold_(composer)

A film Ernst Gold scored which I had also forgotten is On The Beach, now available on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXnRHxI9Lvg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film)

Gold’s score is centered around Waltzing Matilda - a well chosen theme given the film is about life in "Oz".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX6BsaQsClo

What a delight to once again hear this melodic score. I was so taken with it that I tracked down one of a few copies of the soundtrack offered for sale.

Anyone else have thought on a forgotten film score?
bigquery

Showing 1 response by frogman

frogman
7,356 posts
 
Hardly a forgotten film score, but speaking of Marni Nixon, don’t forget the singing voice of Maria (Natalie Wood) in “West Side Story”. I knew Marni and she was a wonderful singer with a surprisingly wide range; I played a Schoenberg “Pierrot Lunaire” with her once and she was excellent.

One that comes immediately to mind: “The Pawn Broker” starring Rod Steiger. Great score by Quincy Jones before he was “Q”. .

Speaking of Bernstein, a great (if sparse) sometimes forgotten (as much as Bernstein can be forgotten) score is “On the Waterfront” starring Brando.

Hey, how about “Black Beauty”? Danny Elfman score.
More to discover