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PRINCE AND THE PAUPER is a great score as almost all Korngolds. I don’t know this album – isn’t this series a bit cursed by too much reverd on the recording? – but the later Tribute recording of Stromberg and Gerhardt recorded a nice suite on the Classic Film Score series, too.
Steiner can be a bit too routine but I like a lot scores of him. KING KONG and TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE are also favorites of mine. I have even two recording of KING KONG: THe older Fred Steiner one and the newer complete Marco Polo one with Stromberg. This one I like in more complete form. Interestingly I prefer the Gerhardt suite of TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE over the complete Stromberg recording. Steiner like often Waxman generally often works better in suites for I think.
Just realized that I have the Marco Polo recording of MARK TWAIN. Haven’t heard it for a while but remeber it as a nice score.