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Citizen Kane [Soundtrack]

~ Bernard Herrmann
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Track Listings

1. Prelude
2. Rain
3. Litany
4. Manuscript Reading and Snow Picture
5. Mother's Sacrifice
6. Charles Meets Thatcher
7. Galop
8. Dissolve
9. Second Manuscript
10. Thanks
11. Bernstein's Narration
12. Kane's New Office
13. Horpipe Polka
14. Carter's Exit
15. Chronicle Scherzo
16. Bernstein's Presto
17. Kane's Return
18. Valse Presentation
19. Sunset narration
20. New Dawn Music
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Having chalked up essentials recordings of Bernard Herrmann's Hitchcock scores for Vertigo and Psycho, Citizen Kane was a natural choice to continue Varese Sarabande's series of re-recordings. It took a little time to arrive, but here it is in all its glory--a fabulous demonstration of what so much effort can achieve. The performance is heartfelt (thanks to conductor Joel McNeely), the recording is crisp (thanks to engineer Jonathan Allen), and the presentation is sumptuous (thanks to producer Robert Townson). Every shot of the film and every bar of music resonates with creative energy. Herrmann's score is extraordinarily vivid and bold, essaying a diverse range of styles from 19th-century waltzes, through operatic pastiche (the unforgettable "Salaambo's Aria", here sung in full over-the-top diva mode by soprano Janice Watson) to the sombre colours of the "Xanadu" sequence. Both film and score were totally unlike anything Hollywood had experienced before: that Kane was both Welles' and Herrmann's first picture seems a sublime happenstance of cinematic fate. Varese were wise not have followed suit and attempted this magnificent score first. Theirs and our patience has been rewarded with a larger-than-life album that befits all three larger-than-life men: Welles, Herrmann, and Kane would be proud. --Paul Tonks

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