SEALED

Very limited mail-order only issued stamps were released to recognize the six great Hollywood film composers; stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service on September 17th, 1999. All six stamps are reproduced on the cover in full color.

Notes by Rudy Behlmer

Charles Gerhardt conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra.

1. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Max Steiner (13:21) with previously unreleased music

01 Main Title; (Roark's Theme)
02 Dominique's Theme
03 The Quarry
04 Construction - Enright House
05 The Opening
06 Recollections
07 Integrity
08 Finale - The Wynand Building

Charles Gerhardt, piano soloist

2. THE ROBE by Alfred Newman (8:40)

09 Main Title
10 Elegy
11 Caligula's March
12 The Map of Jerusalem

With The Ambrosian Singers and the Band of the Grenadier Guards

3. THE THING by Dimitri Tiomkin (10:32)

13 Prelude: The Flying Saucer Under The Ice
14 Melting Sequence
15 The Hand
16 Plasma I
17 Plasma II
18 The Growing Plants
19 The Thing on the Walkway
20 Electrocution

4. THE SEA WOLF by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (7:27)

21 Main Title
22 Escape in the Fog
23 Love Scene
24 Finale

5. BENEATH THE TWELVE MILE REEF by Bernard Herrmann (10:27)

25 The Sea: The Lagoon
26 Descending
27 The Octopus: Homecoming

6. Prince Valiant by Franz Waxman (9:54)

28 Prelude
29 King Aguar's Escape
30 The Fens
31 The First Chase
32 The Tournament
33 Sir Brack's Death & Finale