Victory at Sea
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Free Music Review: Victory at Sea - Revisited
Hit: 3 Stars
Well, they certainly DO get "Better than This" (in response to a previous reviewer). I grew up listening to the original score and soundtrack from the 1952 TV series. This re-arrangement for the movie fall short of the depth, excitement, and vision of R. Roger's original composition.
Athough the music on this CD is still wonderful to listen to, it doesn't capture the same feeling for someone like myself who expected to hear the fine nuances in the spectacular music I grew up with nearly 50 years ago.
Unfortunately, I don't think the original soundtrack is available on CD, only on the upcoming original TV series to be released on DVD this fall.
Free Music Review: Not The Original Music
Hit: 3 Stars
This album is fine for individuals who may want to savor their actual days at sea, which is why I went ahead and gave it three stars. But what I really wanted it for was to be THE actual recorded music of the TV series, not a re-recording. While this is a very nice set of recordings, it is probably done with a larger orchestra, and for some reason it is all played a lot slower than the score of the original TV series. I was really hoping for the EXACT recording and this is not it.Free Music Review: FYI
Hit: 3 Stars
Original lp was released in 1956; performance by members of the NBC symphony orchestra. Vol.2 of V at S was released in 1959 and Vol.3 in the early
1960's and performance is by the RCA symphony orchestra. Note: Arturo
Toscanini was conductor of the NBC symphony from 1937 until 1954. Under his direction, NBC was considered to be one of the finest
symphony orchestras in the world. When Maestro Toscanini died in 1957, the
orchestra disbanded 5 years later.
Free Music Review: Disappointing
Hit: 3 Stars
I grew up with an LP recording of the Boston Pops playing most of the tracks found on this CD. While this particular recording may be closer to the original, I found the tempos plodding and lacking in energy. The strings sound muddy and weak and at times the general sound reminded me of a good high school orchestra. This recording is just not doing justice to the music. I find it disappointing.Free Music Review: Disappointing
Hit: 1 Stars
This CD album of Richard Rogers 'Victory at Sea' I found very disappointing. The Volume 2 and other CDs available I also found disappointing. After so many years I would have thought that the 'Highlights from Victory at Sea' by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and released in 1957 that includes the American Forces Symphony and other tracks not on this CD would have been available on CD by now. But it's not. In my opinion the 1957 Vinyl LP by the London Philharmonic Orchestra leaves this LP with a 1 star rating. Here is a track listing from the 1957 Pye Golden Guinea LP: A side: Victory At Sea: Song Of The High Seas; Submarines; In A Calm Sea; Beneath The Southern Cross; Guadalcanal March; Theme Of Growing & Building; Fiddlin' Off Watch; The Sunny Pacific Islands; The Approaching Enemy; Death & Debris; Hymn Of Victory
B side: U.S. Armed Forces Symphony - Symphonic Suite Of Service Anthems: National Antem; U.S. Army; U.S. Navy; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Marines; U.S. Army Air Corps; National Anthem. Now you've read the list you'll see why I'm disappointed and I am, and very!