INTRADA Annnounces Elmer Bernstein's THEMES FROM GE THEATER

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

INTRADA Announces:

THEMES FROM THE GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER
Composed and Conducted by ELMER BERNSTEIN
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 292

The General Electric Theater presented adaptations of popular plays, short stories, novels and films in a half-hour anthology series starring top Hollywood and Broadway talent. The format accommodated live telecasts originating from both coasts and telefilms, with Ronald Reagan hosting the show from its third season to its last and provided a voice for General Electric’s public relations campaign.

Starting in 1958, the show made the switch from library music to original scores, with composer Elmer Bernstein spearheading the changeover. Each week Bernstein came up with an entirely new score (save for the main theme), usually using an orchestra of 25 players. To Bernstein, the challenge and fun came from the different kinds of stories and the musical challenges each presented.

General Electric Theatre left behind a dramatic legacy of 200 half-hour programs representing some of the best that Golden Age television had to offer. Fortunately for music lovers, Columbia Records—in a rare move for 1959—issued this album of score highlights recorded by Bernstein with an orchestra of 45–50 players (nearly double the size used on the series itself), never before available on CD and presented from the original master tapes preserved in the Sony vaults.

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 292
Retail Price: $19.99
Available NOW
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9011/.f

T. Newman Fan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:10 pm

Don't be fooled by little rappin' Ronnie Reagan on the cover, this is a fantastic album.

Like many old Columbia Records LPs, the sound quality defies its age.

Stovepipe46 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:56 am **Posts:** 37

Two great classic Bernstein releases but both with very short running times. Could they not have been combined on one cd?

Douglass Fake · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:48 pm **Posts:** 2773

Alan · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:05 am

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chriss · **Joined:** Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:07 am **Posts:** 381

T. Newman Fan · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:27 am

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RM Eastman · **Joined:** Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:51 pm **Posts:** 361

I have not heard this recording since I had the awful LP, and at the time loving the music. Hallelujah , the CD is finally here.

Thanks a bunch, Intrada for two magnificent Bernstein.

T. Newman Fan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:16 am

The sound on this album is marvelous. If there is anything that the two Bernstein releases this week further proves, it's that the man was capable of masterfully scoring virtually any type of content.

The beautiful dramatic sounds of Bernstein's General Electric Theater scores are of a quality on the level with his work for the Captains and the Kings mini-series. Have you folks at Intrada heard Captains and the Kings? If not, then trust me, a release of it is definitely worth hassling Universal over.

WorkingWithKnives · **Posted:** Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:24 am

Early television music is tops. There's an LP of music from The Kraft Television Theatre composed by Vladimir Selensky dating back to the early 50's and Tony Mottola's Danger from 1951, both are gems. Especially Danger, scored for solo guitar and voices.

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