A double dose of cinematic musical splendor for those OK with travelling back a little farther in time to a Golden Age when such film music releases as this couldn't even be dreamed of. Lending power and verisimilitude to the occasionally silly — if supremely diverting — proceedings in Bird of Paradise, is Daniele Amfitheatrof’s gorgeously evocative score.
Very different in kind is the muscular score to Lydia Bailey, somber and grave from the very first moments of its opening cue, Mirabeau, with Hugo Friedhofer brilliantly blending straightforward symphonic suspense and daring hints of African-style percussion.
Limited Collector’s Edition of 1000 copies