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(William Alwyn)
The film score was released in Great Britain in 1943 for
this Academy Award winner that was also known as Battle For North Africa. It was a production by the British Ministry
of Information and tells the story of Field Marshal Montgomery's victory at
El Alamein against General Rommel using much newsreel footage that was
captured from the Germans. Movements
in this score include:
(i)
Prologue
(ii)
Map of Routes to Middle East
(iii)
Reinforcements Arrive
(iv)
Training Sequence
(v)
March
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra recordings
Chandos CHAN 9959 (CD: The Film Music of William
Alwyn, Vol. 2)
Conductor - Rumon
Gamba
Sources:
- http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Namedrill?&name_id=240&name_role=1
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Victory
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