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March 13, 2023 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

Charles Gerhardt Star Wars and Close Encounters

Fans of John Williams' sweeping scores to the nine Star Wars films released between 1977 and 2019 must have the patience of a Jedi Knight. While archival-quality expansions of the original trilogy's soundtracks were released in 1997 for the series' 20th anniversary and special edition reissues, the balance of the other six scores remain mostly preserved in their original album forms. In 2018, the series' new owner, The Walt Disney Company, sort of went back to formula on the original and prequel

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Categories: News Formats: CD, SACD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Charles Gerhardt, John Williams

February 10, 2011 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

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In October, to the delight of film score fans everywhere, Sony Masterworks reissued a portion of the Classic Film Scores series, vintage RCA LPs of great soundtracks as recorded by Charles Gerhardt and The National Philharmonic Orchestra. In March, the second installment of the reissue series is happening, covering some of the greatest composers in motion picture history, including Hermann, Waxman, Korngold and Steiner. Masterworks' reissue campaign, announced today, covers compilations

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Charles Gerhardt

September 8, 2010 By Mike Duquette 1 Comment

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A surprise find on Amazon today: it looks like RCA is reissuing six classic film score compilations recorded by Charles Gerhardt and The National Philharmonic Orchestra. The American conductor, who made a name for himself as a producer/compiler of LP box sets sold through Reader's Digest, founded The National Philharmonic Orchestra, a crack team of London session musicians, in 1970. Within two years, the unit was earning high marks in the film world for "The Classic Film Scores" series,

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Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Charles Gerhardt

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