Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Korngold's brilliant score writing for films finds its apex in the music for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
Selected Scenes:
Main Title, Muted Fanfare
The Banquet (1:50)
Robin Hood's Fight with Friar Tuck (4:05)
The Poor (7:35)
The Tournament (11:54)
Love Scene (18:31)
The Battle, The Duel, The Victory (24:57)
There is much to be said regarding the laborious process that went into the completion of the score. Take, for instance, these apt observations from Korngold biographer Brendan Carroll:
"The time pressure was immense and to ensure that the lengthy score could be orchestrated and the orchestral materials produced, Korngold worked to a punishing schedule with his preferred orchestrator Hugo Friedhofer who (given the scope of the score) was assisted by Milan Roder. Meeting in the early evening, he would play each sequence to Friedhofer, on the piano, calling out instructions, indicating instrumental colours and any special requirements, while Friedhofer scribbled copious notes. Following these meetings, Friedhofer would return home to begin the orchestration, which would then be turned over to copyists led by Art Grier and Albert Glasser whose job it was to prepare the instrumental parts for the scoring sessions the next day, often working through the night. In this way, the huge job of producing conductor scores and instrumental parts for over 75 minutes of complex music for a 65-piece orchestra was accomplished within the tight deadline."
A complete rundown of the events surrounding the making of the film and the music can be found here: naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.225268&catNum=225268&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English#
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William Stromberg
Purchasing options: naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.225268
Korngold's brilliant score writing for films finds its apex in the music for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
Selected Scenes:
Main Title, Muted Fanfare
The Banquet (1:50)
Robin Hood's Fight with Friar Tuck (4:05)
The Poor (7:35)
The Tournament (11:54)
Love Scene (18:31)
The Battle, The Duel, The Victory (24:57)
There is much to be said regarding the laborious process that went into the completion of the score. Take, for instance, these apt observations from Korngold biographer Brendan Carroll:
"The time pressure was immense and to ensure that the lengthy score could be orchestrated and the orchestral materials produced, Korngold worked to a punishing schedule with his preferred orchestrator Hugo Friedhofer who (given the scope of the score) was assisted by Milan Roder. Meeting in the early evening, he would play each sequence to Friedhofer, on the piano, calling out instructions, indicating instrumental colours and any special requirements, while Friedhofer scribbled copious notes. Following these meetings, Friedhofer would return home to begin the orchestration, which would then be turned over to copyists led by Art Grier and Albert Glasser whose job it was to prepare the instrumental parts for the scoring sessions the next day, often working through the night. In this way, the huge job of producing conductor scores and instrumental parts for over 75 minutes of complex music for a 65-piece orchestra was accomplished within the tight deadline."
A complete rundown of the events surrounding the making of the film and the music can be found here: naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.225268&catNum=225268&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English#
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William Stromberg
Purchasing options: naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.225268
