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Richard ADDINSELL (1904-1977)

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Goodbye Mr Chips, Dangerous Moonlight, Scrooge
Love on the Dole,
Blithe Spirit, The Black Rose
Tom Browns Schooldays, The Admirable Crichton
Out of the
Clouds
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Review by Ian Lace
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John ADDISON (1920-1998)

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I was Montys Double (1958),
Centennial (1979)
Swashbuckler (1976),
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Maggie (1953),
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Strange Invaders (1983), Tom Jones (1963)
The Man Between Berlin Story (1953)
The Charge of the Light Brigade Suite (1968)
Brandy for the Parson (1951), Torn Curtain
Touch and Go Mirror Waltz (1955),
Sleuth (1972)
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958),
Murder, She Wrote
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Reviews by Ian
Lace and Rob Barnett
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William ALWYN (1905-1985)
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Volume 1
Odd Man Out,
Fallen Idol
History of Mr Polly,
The Rakes Progress
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Review by Hubert Culot |

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Volume 2
The Crimson Pirate, A Night to Remember, Green
Girdle
Take My Life, The Card, Desert Victory, Svengali
The Winslow Boy, In
Search of the Castaways
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Review by Ian Lace |
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Volume 3
The Magic Box (1951), The Million Pound Note (1953)
The Way Ahead (1944), Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), Geordie (1955)
The Cure for Love (1949), Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
The True Glory (1944-45), The Running Man
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Reviews by Christopher
Thomas and Ian Lace |
Malcolm ARNOLD (b. 1921)
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Volume 1
The Bridge on the River Kwai, Whistle Down the Wind
Hobsons
Choice, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
The
Sound Barrier
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Review by Colin Clarke |
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Volume 2
Trapeze, The Roots of Heaven, Machines
No Love for Johnny, David Copperfield
You Know What Sailors Are, Stolen Face
The
Belles of St Trinians, The Holly and the Ivy
The
Captains Paradise
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Reviews by Ian
Lace and Adrian Smith |
Georges AURIC (1899-1983)
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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945),
Dead of Night (1945)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1952), The Innocents (1961)
Passport to Pimlico (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Father Brown (1954)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947),
Hue and Cry (1946)
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Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
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Sir Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

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Oliver Twist
Malta GC
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Review by Ian Lace
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Sir Richard Rodney BENNETT (b. 1936)

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Murder on the Orient Express, Tender is
the Night
Far from the
Madding Crowd, Enchanted April
Four Weddings and a
Funeral, Lady Caroline Lamb
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Review by Ian Lace
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Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960)
Lord BERNERS (1883-1950)

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Champagne Charlie (1944), Nicholas Nickleby
(1947)
The Halfway House (1944)
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Reviews by Ian
Lace and Rob Barnett
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Stanley BLACK (1913-2002)

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Battle of the Sexes (1960),
Sands of the Desert (1960)
Stormy Crossing (1957),
Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Jack the Ripper (1959),
The Young Ones (1961)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1954)
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Review by Ian Lace
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Sir Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)
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Welcome the Queen, Things to Come
The Royal Palaces, Caesar and Cleopatra
War in the Air
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Reviews by Stephen
Lloyd and Gary Dalkin |
Francis CHAGRIN (1905-1972)
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Helter Skelter (1949), An Inspector Calls
(1954)
The Colditz Story (1954),
Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
The Four Just Men (1959), The Intruder (1953)
The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra (1965)
Easy Money (1947),
Last Holiday (1950)
The Bridge (1946)
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Reviews by Hubert
Culot and Ian Lace
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Brian EASDALE (1909-1995)
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The Red Shoes (1948) Kew Gardens (1936)
Black Narcissus (1947) Gone to Earth (1950)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) Adventure On! (1957)
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Reviews by Rob
Barnett and John
France |
Ron GOODWIN (1925-2003)

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633 Squadron, Frenzy, Lancelot and Guinevere
Deadly Strangers,
The Battle of Britain,
Whirlpool
The Trap,
Of Human Bondage, Where Eagles Dare
Monte Carlo or Bust,
Submarine X-1,
Miss Marple
Operation Crossbow,
Clash of Loyalties, 633 Squadron
Beauty and the Beast,
Force Ten from Navarone
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
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Review by Gary Dalkin |
Christopher GUNNING (1944-)
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Poirot Variants, La Mome Piaf, Under Suspicion
Cold Lazarus
The Rosemary and Thyme Caprice, Rebecca, Pollyanna
Firelight, When the Whales Came, The Hollow
Five Little Pigs, Lighthouse Hill
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Review by Rob
Barnett and Bob
Briggs |
Bernard HERRMANN (1911-1975)
Adrian JOHNSTON (b. 1961)

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Brideshead Revisited (2008)
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Review by Ian
Lace
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Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)

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The Sea Wolf (1941)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
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Review by Ian Lace
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The Sea Hawk (1940)
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Review by Rob Barnett |
Constant LAMBERT (1905-1951)

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Merchant Seamen (1940)
Suite from Anna Karenina (1948)
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Reviews by Ian
Lace and Rob
Barnett
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Leighton LUCAS (1903-1982)

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Yangtse Incident, Portrait of Clare
The Dam Busters, Stage Fright
Ice Cold in Alex, This Is York, Target for Tonight
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Reviews by Rob
Barnett and John
France
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Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)

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The Captive Heart, West of Zanzibar
The Cruel Sea, Where No Vultures Fly
Uncle Silas, Lease of Life
The Dancing Fleece, Burma Victory
Saraband for Dead Lovers
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Reviews by Paul
Conway and Hubert Culot
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Clifton PARKER (1905-1989)

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Treasure Island, Western Approaches
The Sword and the Rose, Sea of Sand
The Blue Lagoon, Night of the Demon
Virgin Island, Sink the Bismarck!,
Blue Pullman
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Review by Rob Barnett
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Nino ROTA (1911-1979)

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The Godfather,
The Glass Mountain
Fanciulle di lusso (Luxury Girls),
Death on the Nile
Romeo and Juliet,
Fantasmi a Roma (Ghosts in Rome) Obsession,
8½,
Il gattopardo (The Leopard)
Giulietta degli spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits)
The Taming of the Shrew
Quel bandito sono io (Her Favourite Husband)
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Review by Ian Lace
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Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

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Volume 1
The Youth Of Maxim (1935), King Lear (1970)
The Return of Maxim (1937), The Vyborg Side (1939)
The Man With A Gun (1938),
A Girl Alone (1931)
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Review by David Wishart |
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Volume 2
The Golden Mountains
The Gadfly,
Volochayev Days
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Review by Ian Lace |
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Volume 3
Hamlet (1964),
The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951)
Five Days and Five Nights (1960)
The Young Guard (1947-8)
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Review by Ian Lace |
Mischa SPOLIANSKY (1898-1985)

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North West Frontier (1959)
Sanders of the River (1935)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Wanted for Murder (1946)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Idol of Paris (1948)
King Solomon’s Mines (1937)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Saint Joan (1957)
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Review by
Rob
Barnett
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Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

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Volume 1
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
The People’s Land (1942)
Coastal Command (1943)
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Reviews by Ian
Lace and Rob Barnett
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Volume 2
49th Parallel (1940)
The Dim Little Island (1949)
The England of Elizabeth (1955)
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Review by Christopher Thomas |
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Volume 3
The Story of a Flemish Farm (1942)
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1946)
Bitter Springs (1950)
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Reveiws by Christopher
Thomas and Ian Lace |
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Collection (Vols 1-3)
CHAN10529-31
Review by Rob
Barnett |
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