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Title: BEWARE! THIS IS A RE-RECORDING.
Review: Sunset Boulevard has one of the best film scores ever written. It is one of Mr.Waxman's masterpieces (if you consider a man with such a great talent can have many masterpieces).I didn't like this recording because (in my point of view) it falls into the temptation of making bigger, broader, lusher an orchestra that (in the movie) was tightly conducted and recorded.The music is beautiful and I am sure it will delight your ears. But call me a purist... I prefer listening to the original recordings in the movie (unfortunately not available on CD). Most film music cannot live outside the film. Sunset Blvd. is NOT one of those. Yet, in the movie, it is subtle, discreet and quiet. On the new recordings from classical Films (such as this) they have a tendency to overdo the music.That's what I feel about this recording.
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