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RACERS, THE / DADDY LONG LEGS
Label: Masters Film Music SRS 2015 Date: 1955 Tracks: 20 Time: 50:26
Two 1955 20th Century-Fox titles on one CD. THE RACERS is sultry, jazzy score (40:07) with focus on sizzling solos for sax and smooth love theme for orchestra. DADDY LONG LEGS ballet (10:19) is stunning final sequence to Fred Astaire movie. Three-movement work captures color of Paris, Hong Kong, Rio in vivid, robust orchestral music. Lionel Newman conducts the first score, Alfred Newman conducts the ballet. Limited edition release presents both scores in stereo from original session elements.
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