Love this cover. Actually, it’s kind of sophisticated. Look! It has the magic words Hollywood and John Wilson and nothing more need be said. Now I know what to get for Christmas for my other old lady friends.
Above: John conducts the Sinfonia of London in Frederick Loewe’s “Embassy Waltz” from My Fair Lady.
- Erich Korngold, orchestration by Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer + Milan Roder: Elizabeth and Essex (Warner Bros,1939)
- David Raksin, orchestration by composer: Laura (20th Century Fox, 1944)
- Harold Arlen+Herbert Stothart, orchestration by George Bassman+Murray Cutter+Leo Arnaud: The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939)
- Max Steiner, orchestration by Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer: Now, Voyager (Warner Bros, 1942)
- Frederick Loewe, orchestration by Alexander Courage: Transylvanian March and Embassy Waltz from My Fair Lady (Warner Bros, 1956)
- Johnny Mandel, orchestration by composer: The Sandpiper (MGM, 1965)
- Franz Waxman, orchestration by Leonid V Raab: Rebecca (Selznick, 1940)
- Alfred Newman, orchestration by Edward B Powell: How to Marry a Millionaire (20th Century Fox, 1953)
- NOTES for Hollywood Soundstage (Chandos 2022)
Actually, I think that’s Musical Director Johnny “Two-Harps” Green up there with the MGM Orchestra.
"I'll Be Dead Before You Break My Heart" 