Jon Johanning wrote:

>Of course what keeps a lot of film music from being ranked very high
>as "classical" music is that it is usually written in bits and pieces,
>timed to the fraction of a second to fit specific scenes, and that it
>is usually very subordinate to the film itself, merely providing some
>underlyning of the mood. Therefore, it is not very distinguished when
>heard by itself. But there have been some great practitioners of the
>art, including Korngold...

I agree.  Among those great practitioners, I would include Basil
Pouledoris.  His score for the film "Conan, The Barbarian" (forget the
film, focus on the music) is, IMHO, brilliant.  I urge all the listers
to listen to this score (available on CD) and give their opinions.

Wilson Pereira.