"hard-to-find scores on this Silva Classic compilation"
J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 11/26/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Paul Bateman and Nic Raine joined by The City Of Prague Philharmonic venture on another journey through CLASSIC FRENCH FILM MUSIC with this second installment from ARTHOUSE CAFE...featuring familiar composers who have made their mark in film scoring ~ Luis Bonfa, Francis Lai, Pierre Bachelet, Herve Roy, Grabriel Yared, Michael Nyman(a personal favorite), Georges Delerue(set standardards high for other composers) and Miklos Rozsa(the pure melody composer)...outstanding line-up features brilliant performances to savor...all this and HDCD(high definition compatable digital) audio recording thrown in, gotta love it!This compilation covers films from the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s...inclusive are such classics as ~ "BLACK ORPHEUS"(Bonfa)..."A MAN & A WOMAN"(Lai)..."EMMANUELLE"(Bachelet/Roy)...and my highlight pick is "PROVIDENCE"(ROZSA), once again Rozsa's haunting melodic style brings you under his spell of composing, an icon in the Music Industry for decades, we will not see his likes again.Total Time:50:45 on 14 Tracks ~ Silva Screen Records STD-5018 ~ (1998)"