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Franz Waxman
Career

Album US 2012 on Kritzerland label
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Limited edition of 1000 copies. CAREER Music Composed and Conducted by Franz Waxman In 1959, Paramount brought Career (based on James Lee’s hit off-Broadway play) to the screen with a terrific cast including Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine, Carolyn Jones, Joan Blackman, and Robert Middleton. The film was directed by Joseph Anthony, who was a successful theater director and an expert at turning plays into films – prior to Career he’d already done two for Paramount: The Rainmakerand The Matchmaker. The film was a success with audiences and critics, and received three Academy Award nominations – Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams), Best Cinematography (Joseph LaShelle), and Best Costume Design (Edith Head). But the film shines in every department, none more so than with its dynamic score by Franz Waxman. From the exciting opening chords that lead directly into the big city theme, the score is absolutely thrilling. It is the kind of dramatic scoring that Waxman did so brilliantly. He gets inside the drama and the characters – the yearning, the hunger, the nastiness, the competiveness, the romance, the first taste of success, the bitter taste of failure after failure – it’s brilliant music from start to finish. By the time of Career, Waxman’s own career was filled with masterpiece after masterpiece – the 1950s alone brought forth Sunset Blvd., My Cousin Rachel, A Place in the Sun, Prince Valiant, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Rear Window, The Silver Chalice, Mister Roberts, The Spirit of St. Louis, Sayonara, Peyton Place, and The Nun’s Story – to name just a few. During his long and distinguished career, he was nominated for twelve Oscars and took home the prize twice, for Sunset Blvd. and A Place in the Sun. He had a unique musical voice and will forever hold a high place in the pantheon of great film composers. Waxman’s score for Career is presented here complete and in stereo from the original session tapes housed in the Paramount vaults. We’ve included several bonus cues that appear in the film, including the source music song “(Love Is a) Career” by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen, and a little dance music cue composed by Gus Levene, as well as a couple of the cues from the mono music stem. It’s always thrilling to be able to bring an unreleased Franz Waxman score to CD, especially one as dynamic and beautiful as Career.

     
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Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Main TitleFranz Waxman
2Out of the Past/Cold Water FlatFranz Waxman
3The SurpriseFranz Waxman
4Man and WifeFranz Waxman
5Preparations/The First QuarrelFranz Waxman
6Sharon/Sharon ProposesFranz Waxman
7My Way of Life/Another ObstacleFranz Waxman
8The Smell of Success/Sad NewsFranz Waxman
9Two Up on MeFranz Waxman
10Detroit TheatreFranz Waxman
11Hysterical Proposal/Across the ThresholdFranz Waxman
12Never So Good/No Divorce Parts 1 and 2Franz Waxman
13Defeated AgainFranz Waxman
14Korea WarFranz Waxman
15A New Start/Back From the PastFranz Waxman
16Discovering the Obvious/The Road to Success/FinaleFranz Waxman
17Bonus TracksFranz Waxman
18(Love Is a) Career – vocal versionFranz Waxman
19Night Club Dance No. 1Franz Waxman
20(Love Is a) Career (film)Franz Waxman
21The Surprise (film)Franz Waxman
22Never So Good/No Divorce (film)Franz Waxman
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