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The epic 1952 television documentary series Victory at Sea had proven the dramatic, inspirational power of combining archival combat footage with Richard Rodgers' stirring, original orchestral score. But in 1974, English television gratifyingly revisited the genre with a more Euro-centric historical and musical scope. This comprehensive new soundtrack edition does double-duty, honoring the series' 30th anniversary and commemorating D-Day plus 60 years. Carl Davis' score (expanded here and given a stirring new performance by the sturdy City of Prague Philharmonic) echoed the nationalities of WWII's combatant nations, variously evoking the spirits of Wagner, Prokofiev, Bartok, French jazz, and Anglo classicism with an economy of intent, yet profound emotional gravity. The composer's modernistic suites for "Arnhem Airlift" and "Warsaw Aftermath" especially echo the unsettling nature of war and the true dimensions of its human tragedy, the latter driven by a ghostly piano cadenza that evokes the city's shattered classical music legacy. Generously rounding out the series' and soundtrack's musical perspective are a dozen original pop recordings of the era, tunes whose sprightly, carefree nature stand in stark irony to the grim events they were attempting to leaven. Those performances span a rare 1939 performance by Gracie Fields with British troops in France and Charles Tenet's bubbly "Boum" and more familiar wartime icons that include Lale Anderson's "Lili Marlene" and timely fare by Noel Coward and Vera Lynn. Excerpts of key speeches by Churchill, Eisenhower, Neville Chamberlain, and Field Marshall Montgomery further underscore the music's powerful historical context. --Jerry McCulley
ARTIST: World at War
CATEGORY: Music
MANUFACTURER: Silva America
FEATURES: Soundtrack
TYPE: Pop, Soundtracks & Film Scores
MEDIA: Audio CD
TRACKS: State of War (Speech) - Neville Chamberlain, World at War: Main Theme/German March - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye - Gracie Fields, (We're Gonna Hang Out) The Washing on the Siegfried Line - Arthur Askey, Boum - Charles Trenet, Suite: The Maginot Line/Paris Demo/Mobilisation/The Ardennes/Panic in P - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, We Shall Go to the End (Speech) - Winston Churchill, Adolf - Alan Breeze, Lili Marlene, Red Star - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Red Army Is the Strongest - The Red Army Choir, Alamein Address to the Troops (Speech), This Is the Army, Mr. Jones - Irving Berlin, G.I. Blues - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer - Anne Shelton, D-Day Announcement (Speech) - General Eisenhower, Arnhem Airlift - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Aftermath - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Run Rabbit Run, I'm Going to Get Lit Up (When the Lights Go up in London) - Savoy Orpheans, Turkey Shoot - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, London Pride - Noël Coward, When They Sound the Last "All Clear" - Vera Lynn, Blood, Sweat and Tears - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Their Finest Hour (Speech) - Winston Churchill, Reckoning: Freed Prisoners/Missing People - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, World at War: End Titles Theme - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
UPC: 738572115821

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Customer Reviews of World at War

Reckoning and Remembrance
For fans of the quintessential 1974 UK television history series, this is a keepsake album. The Main Theme of Carl Davis overshadows all else in the selections. This majestic melody (and arrangement) is an amazing piece of music that captures the tragedy, pathos and mood of intense catastrophe in one minute of orchestral sound.
Several of the Davis themes are arranged into effective suites (one major missing piece is the material for Imperial Japan). The best Davis suite is "Reckoning" which brings back the main theme in a brilliant little elegaic tone poem not unlike John Williams' 1993 music for the film "Schindler's List".
A fun bonus - several utterly in-tune-with-the-time pop tunes that appeared on the series soundtrack including "Boum" and "Run, Rabbit, Run". Most of these songs (and the speeches) are British in keeping with the UK perspective of the series. There are no pop tunes or marches from the Axis on this album (as there were in the series) except for "Lili Marlene".
It would be a valuable and important development to release an additional 'World at War' CD of the original music soundtrack score. The suites on this album are sometimes different in tempo from the soundtrack (the main theme is played much slower on this new recording). But, in any case, this is a quality album well worth collecting and keeping on the treasure shelf with the terrific 'World at War' DVD series box set.


"events captured by music ~ World at War"
Silva America presents some of the most historical moments in "World at War-30th Anniversary Edition", featuring music and themes from the '30s and '40s, plus original scores from Carl Davis (conductor) and The City of Prague Philharmonic coming up to the plate and hitting a home run. This wonderful package is separated into categories of radio broadcasts and tunes from the time period ~ then a overpowering and dynamical cues weaving both into a delectable tapestry.

Each segment is beautifully told through music and a stand out that is emotional and powerful. This album is not your same old and over dramatized collection ~ but is tense in content and gives you an overscope of years past but never forgotten. Being a "flm-score-buff"and collector for a number of years, must admit being very excited about some hard-to-find cues that are mostly from England and France, bringing the entire project together in fine fashion.

Entire album is a stand out with "WISH ME LUCK AS YOU WAVE GOODBYE" (Gracie Fields), "LONDON PRIDE" (Noel Coward), "THIS IS THE ARMY, MR. JONES" (Irving Berlin), ("WE'RE GONNA HANG OUT)THE WASHING ON THE SIEGFRIED LINE" (Arthur Askey), "BOUM" (Charles Trenet), "ADOLF" (Billy Cotton Band), "THE RED ARMY IS THE STRONGEST (Red Army), "LILI MARLENE" (Lale Anderson ~ one of my all-time favorites, performed by many artists since then), "WHEN THEY SOUND THE LAST "ALL CLEAR"(Vera Lynn) and "COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER" (Anne Shelton). Much care has been taken for the clarity of excerpts by speeches from Winston Churchill(Their Finest Hour-speech), Neville Chamberlain(A State of War-speech) and Dwight Eisenhower(D-Day Announcement-speech).

For the discriminate collector, this is a well balanced collection of the times ~ producer James Fitzpatrick has hit the mark with high standards within each cue ~ this is not a Hollywood production, but real lives and the events that shook the world when war presented itself ~ would like to add the score by Carl Davis and The City of Prague Philharmonic performance is what makes this compilation soundtrack a pearl and a collectors dream.

Total Time: 74:41 on 26 Tracks ~ Silva America 1158 ~ (1/20/2004)

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