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Article: Steiner: King Kong. William J. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.223763.
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- April 1, 2000
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Steiner: King Kong. William J. Stromberg, Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Marco Polo 8.223763.
Look out! The big ape is back, this time bigger and better than ever. Marco Polo, which does this kind of thing as well as anyone, give us Max Steiner's complete 1933 film score for the movie classic, King Kong, with the music reconstructed and restored by John Morgan. Old-time-movie fans, monster-movie buffs, and lovers of film scores in general should take heed of this new issue.
The newly reconstituted music is a little over 72 minutes long. Considering that the entire film is only about 103 minutes, this means we are getting virtually everything musical composed ...