Pamela McElwain-Brown said:

>The WC theme seems more to me like ersatz Rachy;

It was supposed to.  They actually wanted to use his 2nd piano concerto,
but it didn't work out, and it had already been used in several other
movies, so Addinsell was asked to write something.  The liner notes for
Naxos' "Warsaw Concerto and Other Piano Concertos From The Movies" goes
into greater detail about the WC.  Addinsell had already written the
main theme and consulted Rachmaninoff's 2nd, 3rd concertos and the
Rhapsody in doing the editing and orchestration.

Joel Hill
Tallahassee, FL - USA
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