Elmer Bernstein, known for scores like 'The Magnificent Seven', had his career temporarily hindered in Hollywood due to his left-wing sympathies.
Performer Biography
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham, has a worldwide reputation for high-quality music-making and versatility.
Performer Biography
José Serebrier, the conductor on this album, is a Grammy Award-winning conductor and composer who has received twenty-six Grammy nominations.
Composer Biography
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, like Mozart, was a child prodigy who composed sensational music in his early teens and had two short operas produced by age eighteen.
Composer Biography
Bernard Herrmann, one of America's most outstanding film music composers, studied music at New York University and the Juilliard Graduate School of Music.
Composer Biography
Miklós Rózsa, a successful 'serious' composer in Paris, was lured into cinema and became one of Hollywood's most successful composers, specializing in film noir and biblical epics.
Composer Biography
Max Steiner, who composed scores for over 300 movies including 'King Kong' and 'Gone with the Wind', studied music at the Vienna Conservatoire and received advice from Gustav Mahler.
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