Comments oscar nominations for best director, best music score, best picture, best sound, and best writing. His first original score for captain blood helped launch errol flynns film career in 1935, and korngolds score for the movie anthony adverse received an oscar for the best film music of. Errol flynn captain blood 1935 original 8 x 10 printed in a 8 12 x 11 white semigloss paper top quality image this is a reprint 202739819091. A short romantic excerpt is included here ship in the night for the sequence where errol allows safe passage for a. Rca classic film scores on sacd the absolute sound. The year was late december 1935, and the movie was warner bros swashbuckling actionadventure film, captain blood, starring errol flynn as the charismatic young doctor, peter blood. Charles gerhardt, national philharmonic orchestra captain.
Captain blood features a stirring and romantic musical score, the first of its type for a sound film, by austrian composer erich wolfgang korngold. Its true that errol flynn doesnt always land, given that this was his first lead role, but he is incredibly charming and incredibly handsome and full of energy, and would really grow within a few years. Jan 25, 2011 captain blood has a stronger story, but the sea hawk is the better, more polished film it can even be argued that the sea hawk is a better film than the adventures of robin hood, but robin hood is far more heartfelt. Korngold was given three weeks to score the film, although during the day he was working on adapting the score of an operetta for paramount called give us this night 1936. Captain blood classic film scores of errol flynn by steiner, max, korngold, erich wolfgang on arkivcd.
The film begins when blood is found guilty of treason after treating a wounded rebel and sold into. Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of captain blood, film score on allmusic. Peter blood, and english surgeon who is sold into slavery in the west indies after treating the leader of the rebellion against king james ii. The franz waxman and hugo friedhofer tracks are only 2 and 4minutes long respectively, so much of the emphasis of the. Critics score release date 2010 captain blood synopsis. Michael curtiz, a musical score from hollywoods greatest composer erich. Phenomenal in terms of tension, action, and pure joy. The first film to feature a musical score by erich wolfgang korngold, one of hollywoods greatest composers.
These two scores are absolutely first class and together with korngolds kings row are true masterpieces of the genre. Find recording details and track inforamtion for captain blood, film score erich wolfgang korngold on allmusic. Original motion picture soundtrack for the movie captain blood. He had a nice career in australian movies one a film about fletcher christian and the bounty, but captain blood was his first hollywood film as a star, and it was a brilliantly colorful opening role. Gone with the wind 1973 god bless america 1981 serenade 1989 you may also like see all. Classic film scores for errol flynn by national philharmonic orchestra cd, jun1991, rca victor at the best online prices at ebay.
Pictures, produced by harry joe brown and gordon hollingshead with hal b. Captain blood marks a milestone in korngolds career, since it is his first fully symphonic film score. Seeking retribution, he turns his fellow escapees into a private crew with himself as the elader captain blood. Errol flynn in captain blood 1935 errol flynn and fred cavens in captain blood. Read impure blood a captain darac novel 1 captain darac mystery pdf free. Your item will be previously owned but still in great condition. It was created by a combination of process shots, miniatures, and footage from the silent film, the sea hawk 1924, which was based on another sabatini novel. Dutton vocalions most recent releases are spellbound. The first film korngold scored for flynn was also the swashbuckling stars debut captain blood. Listen to your favorite songs from classic film scores. Focusing on the scores of several key composers of the sound era, including erich wolfgang korngolds captain blood, max steiners the informer. Captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn discogs. Captain blood may be a 70 yearold film, but its still the apex of all swashbuckling epics. Captain blood became an immediate hit, with an oscar nomination for the score.
Classic film scores for errol flynn by national philharmonic orchestra londoncharles gerhardt cd, oct2010, rca red seal at the best online prices at ebay. Erich wolfgang korngolds first original score for films. Captain blood marks a milestone in korngolds career, since it is his first fully symphonic film. This page lists all recordings of captain blood by erich wolfgang korngold 18971957. Beginning with the earliest experiments in musical accompaniment carried out in the edison laboratories, kathryn kalinak uses archival material to outline the history of am. Focusing on the scores of several key composers of the sound era, including erich wolfgang korngolds captain blood, max steiners the informer, bernard herrmanns the magnificent ambersons, and david raksins laura, kalinak concludes that classical scoring conventions were designed to ensure the dominance of narrative exposition. Erich korngold was the pioneer composer of the hollywood film score during. When the original 119 minutes of the film was shortened to 95, much of korngolds music was likewise discarded. The film received academy award nominations for best picture, best director, best writing, and best sound editing. The program includes not only music from captain blood 1935, but also suites from seven other errol flynn films, including a short selection from hugo friedhofer s score for the sun also rises, made just two years before flynns death in 1959. Charles gerhardt, national philharmonic orchestra captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn. This screening includes captain blood date and time. As such, the album traverses several eras in film music history. Captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn captain blood.
The most complete recording of captain blood that i have heard to date. Also included are excerpts from miklos rozsas the kings thief 1955, victor youngs scaramouche 1952, and max steiners the three musketeers 1935. Classic film scores for errol flynn composed by hugo friedhofer, erich wolfgang korngold, max steiner, franz waxman, released by rca records uk, rca red seal in 1975. Shortly after, he signed an exclusive contract with warner bros. Captain blood classic film scores of errol flynn rca.
Warner brothers studio thought that a big, swashbuckling pirate movie would be just the thing after other studios found success with treasure island 1934 and the count of monte cristo 1934. Erich wolfgang korngolds official entrance into the golden age of film music was certainly a memorable one. Movie music by composer hugo friedhofer, franz waxman, e. Still, the high point of the movies final print, the duel scene. Following an exiled doctor become pirate, captain blood is true hollywood escapism. Because, erich wolfgang korngold had only three weeks for scoring this picture, he used portions of two tone poems by franz liszt for some of the action scenes. Korngold was given three weeks to score the film, although during the day he was working on adapting the score of an operetta for paramount called give us this night. Williams success in recapturing korngolds style effected a new respect in hollywood for this kind of symphonic score. This influential recording from 1974, titled captain blood, was remixed in the late 80s and reissued in 2010 also found here and here, contains excerpts from classic errol flynn films scored by golden age film composers korngold, steiner, waxman, and friedhofer, thankfully with no overlap of musical material from gerhardts previous 1972 sea hawk album, also on rca. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic.
Flynn took hollywood by storm after this role, and. Watch captain blood 1935 movie trailer instantly, no need to login. Classic film scores for errol flynn the ambrosian singers cd 4 gone with the wind. Its not the final movie version, which makes it even more interesting. Beautifully scripted, the action scenes and miniature effects maintain a startling level of energy, and director michael curtiz balanced his camera so every supporting character is never forgotten during the film s multiple battle scenes within its. The classic film scores of erich wolfgang korngold norma procter contralto sidney sax violin the ambrosian singers cd 2 lost horizon. After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, peter blood, an english physician, is sent. Erich wolfgang korngold, franz waxman, hugo friedhofer, max steiner near mint unsealed only one available. The classic film scores of dimitri tiomkin john alldis choir cd 3 captain blood. Erich wolfgang korngolds score for 1935s captain blood explodes with orchestral fireworks, throbbing love themes, and a measure of humor. Composed and conducted by erich wolfgang korngold, performed by the warner brothers studio orchestra. This was the first film to feature a musical score by erich wolfgang korngold, one of hollywoods greatest composers. Captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn out of the numerous albums in charles gerhardts classic film scores series, captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn, released in 1975, was the final album devoted to a particular star.
In the novel, blood s crew thinks that naming the ship arabella just some of blood s ironic humor and a jab at the bishops, whose slaves they all were. Charles gerhardt, national philharmonic orchestra captain blood. Peter blood, a physician who is the 1685 version of dr. He at first declined, feeling that a story about pirates was outside his range of interest.
It is entirely appropriate that this recording of music for epic adventure films should include captain blood 1935 because it was with that greatly successful. In fact, the first film score cd i ever purchased was the charles gerhardt captain blood. If you like the trailer, then check out the entire film for free in the second video. Captain blood 1935 action energized by errol flynn and. Unique approach to film scoring 3 no scores that were famous for incorporating already existing music. Captain blood is a 1935 american blackandwhite swashbuckling pirate film from first national pictures and warner bros. The disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wear. Nov 23, 2008 my favorite film score of all time would have to be erich wolfgang korngolds rousing music for the 1935 warner brothers errol flynn vehicle, captain blood. Without a doubt captain blood 1935 is my favorite actionadventure film of alltime. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. Despite the radical period and venue switch, the film will be fairly faithful to a plot in which the doctor, peter blood, joins up with a.
Captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn soundtrack. The first is the original trailer for captain blood set to the score by erich wolfgang korngold. Several films were made later using the same character including the fortunes of captain blood produced by columbia in 1950 with director gordon douglas and starring louis hayward and patricia medina, and columbias 1952 film captain pirate, again starring hayward and medina and directed by ralph murphy. Captain blood 1935 film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Captain blood soundtrack from 19351955, composed by erich wolfgang korngold, miklos rozsa, max steiner, victor young. Beginning with the earliest experiments in musical accompaniment carried out in the edison laboratories, kathryn kalinak uses archival material to outline the history of american music and film. His score for anthony adverse 1936 won an oscar, and was followed two years later with another oscar for the adventures of robin hood 1938. Music and the classical hollywood film kathryn kalinak.
The commercial success of treasure island and the count of monte cristo in 1934 inspired warner brothers studio executives to remake their earlier silent film of captain blood, which first hit the silver screen in 1923. Bought by the beautiful arabella, blood leads a revolt with his fellow prisoners and escapes. Captain blood soundtrack suite erich wolfgang korngold. He absolutely owns the camera with his every move with perhaps only erich wolfgang korngolds rousing score registering on a scale approaching the young flynn. Captain blood is an entertaining tale of an enslaved doctor who escapes with his fellow pirates to become the most feared pirates on the seas.
Is this the movie where there is a shipwreck and flynn is put on trial for. Captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn soundtrack cd details and availability. Captain blood, film score recording details and tracks. Contains the complete score conducted by erich wolfgang korngold. As korngolds first fully symphonic film score, it marked a milestone in his career, as he became the first composer of international stature to sign a contract with a film studio. Capitan blood captain blood 1935 di michael curtiz duration. Oct 19, 2010 captain blood classic film scores for errol flynn soundtrack cd details and availability. Various artists captain blood scaramouche the three. He subsequently wrote scores for such films as captain blood 1935, which helped boost the career of its starring newcomer, errol flynn.
City lights film series is a continuing series of key masterworks of 20thcentury filmmaking. So producer hal wallis assigned michael curtiz to direct a remake of the studios 1924 silent film captain blood, which was in turn based on rafael. A captain darac novel 1 captain darac mystery full online. When he engaged john williams to score the first star wars film, he asked him to compose instead of modernistic scifi sounds or the recent songoriented sound track style, a romantic swashbuckler score like the sea hawk. This is the first track of that score a rerecording. Captain blood features a stirring and romantic musical score, the first of its type for a sound film, by austrian. Classic film scores for errol flynn charles gerhardt conductor, national philharmonic orchestra orchestra format. Captain blood or the sea hawk films and filmmakers tcm. One month later the studio presented newcomer errol flynn in captain blood. Captain blood features a stirring musical score by erich wolfgang korngold. In 1935 warners asked korngold if he was interested in writing an original dramatic score for captain blood. The film received oscar nominations for best picture, best director, best writing, and best sound editing.
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