Kings Row (film score)

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"Kings Row" is a 1942 film score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, renowned for its lush late-Romantic orchestration and significant influence on the sound of classic Hollywood cinema.

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Label Occurrences
Kings Row (film score) canonical 1
Kings Row main theme 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film score ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
associatedWithStudioSystem Warner Bros. studio orchestra ⓘ
basedOn Kings Row (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Kings Row
commissionedFor Kings Row (1942 film) ⓘ
linked to: Kings Row
composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ
composerNationality Austrian-American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception highly regarded by film music scholars ⓘ
era Golden Age of Hollywood ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext film screening of Kings Row (1942) ⓘ
genre film music ⓘ
late-Romantic music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasMovementOrSection Dramatic underscore cues ⓘ
Love Theme ⓘ
Main Title ⓘ
hasTitleTheme Kings Row main theme ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped define the symphonic Hollywood sound of the 1940s ⓘ
influenced John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars (film score) ⓘ
classic Hollywood film music sound ⓘ
inMusicologicalContext example of late-Romantic idiom in film music ⓘ
medium music for motion picture ⓘ
musicPeriod 20th-century music ⓘ
notableFor impact on symphonic film scoring tradition ⓘ
influential orchestration techniques ⓘ
rich thematic development ⓘ
orchestrationCharacteristic broad, sweeping melodies ⓘ
dense harmonic textures ⓘ
dramatic brass fanfares ⓘ
originalLanguage non-vocal (instrumental) ⓘ
partOf Kings Row (1942 film) ⓘ
linked to: Kings Row
premiereMedium cinema ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilm Warner Bros. ⓘ
publicationYear 1942 ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer The Adventures of Robin Hood (film score) ⓘ
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score) ⓘ
The Sea Hawk (film score) ⓘ
style lush late-Romantic orchestration ⓘ
thematicCharacteristic leitmotivic writing for characters and situations ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition early 1940s ⓘ
usesInstrumentation full symphony orchestra ⓘ
lush string writing ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
prominent brass section ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold → notableWork → Kings Row (film score) ⓘ
Kings Row (film score) → hasTitleTheme → Kings Row main theme ⓘ
linked to: Kings Row (film score)