Sony Masterworks Joins With Turner Classic Movies To Present Play It Again - The Classic Sound of Hollywood

New 2-CD Set Celebrates TCM's 20th Anniversary with Iconic Movie Themes and Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood

Available April 1, 2014

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Mar 20, 2014, 12:10 ET

NEW YORK, March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Some of the 20th century's greatest music can be found in the film scores of Hollywood's golden age. For 20 years, Turner Classic Movies Network has been keeping this great music alive with their presentations of classic films for movie lovers of all ages. To mark the anniversary, Sony Masterworks and TCM have joined forces to present a new 2-CD collection of iconic movie themes and highlights from the very best film scores, including music by Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Maurice Jarre, Elmer Bernstein, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone and John Williams. Play It Again – The Classic Sound of Hollywood is available April 1 from Sony Masterworks.

"We, at Turner Classic Movies, believe in bringing movie lovers closer to the movies they love, and Play It Again – The Classic Sound of Hollywood is a great way to do that," said Dennis Adamovich, senior vice president of digital, affiliate, lifestyle and commerce enterprise for TCM, TNT and TBS. "The carefully curated selections on the 2-CD compilation not only evoke vivid memories of the films for which they were written, but also stand apart from those films as magnificent compositions. As TCM celebrates its 20th anniversary, we are proud to be working with Sony Masterworks on this extraordinary collection."

The first disc restores long-unavailable recordings made for the acclaimed Classic Film Scores series, recorded for RCA Red Seal in the early 1970s by conductor Charles Gerhardt and London's National Philharmonic Orchestra. It includes two grand suites from scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Of Human Bondage and The Sea Hawk, both re-edited by Gerhardt – that have been unavailable for decades. These sweeping works make clear what lovers of classic film scores have always known: Not only is movie music essential to Hollywood's classic films, the best of it can also stand on its own. The disc also features music from Salome, Peyton Place and The Thing (from Another World).

The second disc samples definitive moments from the greatest of all movie scores, from Casablanca to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and from Gone with the Wind to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The savage drama of Steiner's King Kong, one of the first profound movie scores, is here, but so is the cool, wistful longing of Mancini's "Moon River" from the title sequence of Breakfast at Tiffany's. Rounding out the disc are selections from Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur, Vertigo, and many more iconic films.

DISC 1 - CD
1      Original Main Title (from "Peyton Place")
2      The Thing (From Another World): Suite
3      The Dance of the Seven Veils (from "Salome")
4      Of Human Bondage:
        Main Title
        Christmas
        Sally
        Nora
        Lullaby
        Finale
5      Between Two Worlds:
        Main Title
        Mother and Son
        Piano Rhapsody
6      The Sea Hawk:
        Main Title
        The Albatross
        The Throne Room of Elizabeth I
        Entrance of the Sea Hawks
        Rose Garden
        The Orchid
        Panama March
        Escape from the Galley
        Sword Fight
        Strike for the Shores of Dover
        Reunion
        "Rise, Sir Geoffrey Thorpe!"
        End Title

DISC 2 - CD
1      Main Title: Dixie, Mammy, Tara, Rhett (from "Gone With The Wind")
2      Prelude & "Lara's Theme" (from "Doctor Zhivago")
3      The Murder (from "Psycho")
4      Lawrence of Arabia
5      Main Titles and Calvera's Visit (from "The Magnificent Seven")
6      Vertigo: Scene D'Amour
7      Casablanca
8      Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (Titles) (from "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly")
9      The Dialogue (from "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind")
10    King Kong
11    Parade of the Charioteers (From "Ben-Hur")
12    Moon River (from "Breakfast at Tiffany's")

Sony Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, OKeh, Portrait, Masterworks Broadway and Flying Buddha imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.SonyMasterworks.com.

About Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a Peabody Award-winning network that presents great films, uncut and commercial-free, from the largest film libraries in the world. TCM, which is available in more than 85 million homes, features the insights of hosts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz, plus interviews with a wide range of special guests. Currently in its 20th year as a leading authority in classic film, TCM offers critically acclaimed original documentaries and specials; film series like The Essentials, hosted by Robert Osborne and Drew Barrymore, and Friday Night Spotlight; and annual programming events like 31 Days of Oscar® in February, Summer Under the Stars in August and TCM Essentials Jr. during the summer. TCM also connects with movie fans through such events as the annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood and the TCM Classic Cruise, as well as through the TCM Classic Film Tour in New York City. In addition, TCM produces a wide range of media about classic film, including books and DVDs, and hosts a wealth of material online at tcm.com and through the Watch TCM mobile app.

TCM is part of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company. Turner Broadcasting creates and programs branded news; entertainment; animation and young adult; and sports media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

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