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Max
STEINER (1888-1971)
The Son of Kong (1933) (45:28)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
(31:49)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra/William Stromberg
rec. Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, April 2000
NAXOS 8.570183 [77:20]
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First a word of warning
for Max Steiner completists: this recording
was first issued in the year 2000 on
Marco Polo 8.225166. It follows the
same team's 1996 album of Max Steiner's
complete pathfinding film score for
the original 1933 King Kong (Marco
Polo 8.223763).
Son of Kong
was rushed out at the end of 1933 to
cash in on the extraordinary success
of the celebrated original released
earlier that year. Son of Kong
was a banal film; cringing comedy following
a classic film of great excitement and
pathos. The Most Dangerous Game was
a horror vehicle dating from a year
earlier concerning a madman whose sport
was hunting human prey on his remote
island.
Steiner used much new
material for Son of Kong, suitable
for the sequel’s lighter atmosphere
but retaining some major King Kong
themes for continuity. One of the most
interesting Son of Kong
tracks is ‘Runaway Blues’ redolent of
blue jazz of that era. It reminds us
of Steiner’s pedigree, working in Vaudeville
and on Broadway before he went over
to Hollywood.
When Film Music
on the Web was operational as part
of MusicWeb, my colleague Gary Dalkin
wrote an erudite review of this music
as released on the Marco Polo label.
I can do no better than refer you to
his
original appreciation.
The new Naxos 12-page
notes are sparser than on the Marco
Polo original but tightly-packed and
certainly informative enough.
Ian Lace
See also review
by Gary Dalkin
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