Hallo,
etwas rund um die schönen Scans:
78er
POLYGON (UK)
00 53....P 1061.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Heykens' serenade/Wedding of the Ros
00 53....P 1066.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Rainbow Run/Jolly Brothers
PARLOPHONE (UK)
03 53....R. 3649.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Jet Journey/When I Fall In Love
05 53....R. 3686.... Ron Goodwin..The Theme From The Film "Limelight"/The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
Der größte Erfolg war die Adaption der Titelmelodie aus Charlie Chaplins “Rampenlicht“ (“Limelight“). Der Titel erreichte in den britischen Single-Charts 1953 # 3 und blieb 18 Wochen unter den Top 10.
ODEON (D)
00 53….OBL 1013…. Ron Goodwin Und Sein Orchester..Moulin Rouge (Ein Lied Aus Paris)/Limelight
PARLOPHONE (UK)
09 53....R. 3736.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Shane (Call Of The Far-Away Hills)/The Melba Waltz (Dream Time)
00 53....R. 3775.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Tropical mirage/The Man between
00 54....R. 3790.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Grand waltz of the Flowers & the Dragonflies/Lobster quadrille
00 54....R. 3831.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Solfeggio (The Do-Re-Mi-Song)/It may be you
06 54....R. 3855.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Song Of The High Seas/Guadalcanal March
06 54....R. 3889.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Three Coins In A Fountain/Cara Mia
09 54....R. 3890.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Theme From "Modern Times" (Smile)/The Messenger Boy
11 54....R. 3923.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..On The Waterfront/Midnight Blue
00 55....R. 3982.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..You my love/When you're in love
03 55....R. 3999.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Under The Linden Tree/Last Love
07 55....R. 4041.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Three Galleons (Las Tres Carabelas)/Summertime In Venice
10 55....R. 4074.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Blue Star (The 'Medic' Theme)/Lonely Heart
11 55....R. 4094.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Little Laplander/Bluebell Polka
00 56....R. 4144.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Concetta/Handyman
05 56....R. 4162.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..No Other Love/The Headless Horsemen
10 56....R. 4235.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..War and Peace/The Christmas tree
02 57....R. 4272.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Elizabethan Serenade/Red Cloak
04 57....R. 4297.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..I'll Find You/Skiffling Strings
09 57....R. 4349.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Swedish Polka/Lingering Lovers
01 58....R. 4391.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Colonel Bogey And The River Kwai March/Laughing Sailor
00 58....R. 4448.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Indiscreet/Jumping Jupiter
10 58....R. 4480.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Wagon Trail/Josita
10 58....R. 4492.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Christmas Tree/
12 58....R. 4508.... Ron Goodwin..Latin Lovers/Blue Grotto
00 59....R. 4537.... Ron Goodwin..The Whirlpool theme/Herman's theme
45er
PARLOPHONE (UK)
00 53....MSP 6020.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Jet Journey/When I Fall In Love
CORAL (USA)
06 53....9-61006.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Terry's Theme From "Limelight"/When I Fall In Love
PARLOPHONE (UK)
07 53....MSP 6035.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..The Song From Moulin Rouge ("Where Is Your Heart")/The Theme From The Film
00 53....MSP 6044.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Shane (Call Of The Far-away Hills)/The Melba Waltz (Dream Time)
00 53....MSP 6055.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Tropical Mirage/Theme From "The Man Between"
00 54....MSP 6064.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Lobster Quadrille/Grand Waltz Of The Flowers And The Dragonflies
00 54....MSP 6085.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Solfeggio (The Do-Re-Mi Song)/It May Be You
00 54....MSP 6103.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Song Of The High Seas/Guadalcanal March
00 54....MSP 6115.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Three Coins In The Fountain/Cara Mia
00 54....MSP 6116.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Theme From "Modern Times" (Smile)/The Messenger Boy
00 54....MSP 6136.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..On The Waterfront/Midnight Blue
00 55....MSP 6154.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..You, My Love/When You're In Love
00 55....MSP 6159.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Under The Linden Tree/Last Love
CORAL (USA)
09 55....9-61504.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Summertime In Venice/Jet Journey
PARLOPHONE (UK)
00 55....GEP 8555.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Orchestra De Luxe
A1: Blue Star (The Medic Theme)
A2: Lonely Heart
B1: Summertime In Venice
B2: The Three Galleons (Las Tres Carabelas)
00 56....MSP 6221.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Concetta/Handyman
00 57....GEP 8573.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Contrasts For Star Orchestra
A1: No Other Love
A2: The Headless Horsemen
B1: Bluebell Polka
B2: The Little Laplander
10 56....45-R 4235.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Christmas Tree/
CAPITOL (USA)
07 56....F 3490.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Song Of The High Seas/Guadalcanal March
PARLOPHONE (UK)
02 57....45-R 4272.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Elizabethan Serenade/Red Cloak
04 57....45-R 4297.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Skiffling Strings/I'll Find You
09 57....45-R 4349.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Swedish Polka/Lingering Lovers
CAPITOL (USA)
04 57....F 3708.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Headless Horsemen, the/When I fall in love
08 57....F 3748.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Swingin' Sweethearts/I'll find you
11 57....F 3834.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Swedisch polka/Lingering Lovers
ODEON (D)
00 57….45-O 29143….Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Skiffling Strings (Swinging Sweethearts)/I'll Find You
PARLOPHONE (UK)
01 58....45-R 4391.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Colonel Bogey And The River Kwai March/Laughing Sailor
CAPITOL (USA)
02 58....F 3927.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Red Cloak/The Laughing Sailor
PARLOPHONE (UK)
02 58....GEP 8662.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Ron Goodwin Specials! (Four Great Orchestral Successes)
A1: Lingering Lovers
A2: Swingin' Sweethearts (Skiffling Strings)
B1: Swedish Polka
B2: Laughing Sailor
00 58....GEP 8684.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Music Of The Sea
A1: La Mer
A2: Galway Bay
B1: The Song Of The High Seas
B2: Spanish Main
06 58....45-R 4448.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Jumping Jupiter/Indiscreet
10 58....45-R 4480.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Wagon Train/Josita (Theme From The Film "Sea Fury")
10 58....GEP 8699.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Ron Goodwin Specials (No. 2)
A1: Jet Journey
A2: Red Cloak
B1: The Messenger Boy
B2: Elizabethan Serenade
00 58....GEP 8722.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Themes
A1: Josita (From "Sea Fury")
A2: Wagon Train
B1: Indiscreet
B2: The River Kwai March
10 58....45-R 4492.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Christmas Tree/
12 58....45-R 4508.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Latin Lovers/Blue Grotto
ODEON (D)
00 58….45-O 29174….Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Laughing Sailor/Colonel Bogey And The River Kwai March
Seine erste Filmmusik komponierte Goodwin für den 1958 in Deutschland entstandenen Streifen “Die schwarze Lorelei“.
CAPITOL (USA)
01 59....F 4139.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Wagon Train/Latin Lovers
PARLOPHONE (UK)
04 59....45-R 4537.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Whirlpool Theme/Herman's Theme From Whirlpool
CAPITOL (USA)
05 59....F 4201.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Martians On Parade/The Venus Waltz
PARLOPHONE (UK)
12 59....45-R 4608.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..All Strung Up/Lolita
02 60....45-R 4632.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Tracy's Theme/My Girl
05 60....45-R 4649.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Girl From Corsica/The Singing Piano
06 60....45-R 4663.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Love Theme From 'Ben Hur'/Theme From 'The Unforgiven'
00 60....SGE 2010.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..The Smooth Sound
A1: The Girl From Corsica
A2: The Singing Piano
B1: Tracey's Theme
B2: My Girl
11 60....GEP 8816.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Smooth Sound
A1: The Girl From Corsica
A2: The Singing Piano
B1: Tracy's Theme
B2: My Girl
09 60....45-R 4687.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Walkin' Down To Washington/Sunshine Cruise
12 60....45-R 4718.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Wedding Dance/Windows Of The East (Ya Mayla)
Ron Goodwins Komposition “Venus-Waltz“ gab es im Original nur auf der LP PMC1065. Erst aufgrund des Eintrittes von Ron Goodwin in die deutschen Charts im August 1960 erschien erstmals im Frühjahr 1961 der “Venus-Waltz“ auf einer britischen Single (PARLOPHONE 45-R 4760).
In den USA war der “Venus Waltz“ bereits 1958 auf Single: CAPITOL F 4201 “The Venus Waltz“/“Martians on parade“ erschienen.
ODEON (D)
00 60….O 21 527…. Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Elisabeth Serenade/Venus Walzer
03 61....45-R 4760.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..El Morocco Tea Rooms/Venus Waltz
06 61....45-R 4787.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Theme From "Romanoff And Juliet"/Pleasure Island
KING (USA)
08 61....45-5509.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Theme From "Romanoff And Juliet"/El Morocco Tea Rooms
PARLOPHONE (UK)
09 61....45-R 4821.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Murder She Said (Theme From Film)/Double Scotch
03 62....45-R 4891.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..
03 62....45-R 4892.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Theme From "The Village Of Daughters"/The Cafe Royal Waltz
11 62....45-R 4962.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Hot Sand (Heisser Sand)/Theme In Blue
00 62....GEP 8863.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Serenade For Strings
A1: Waltz From Serenade For Strings
A2: Elizabeth And Essex Love Theme
B1: Clair De Lune
B2: Sunrise Serenade
Mit “Moulin Rouge“ und “Limelight“ begann es. Ein neuer Name, ein neues Orchester tauchten auf dem deutschen Musikmarkt auf: Ron Goodwin. Warme, weiche, schmeichelnde Klänge. Unterhaltungsmusik für den Feierabend. Melodien, die entspannen und beruhigen und den Menschen von des Tages Last und Sorgen angenehm befreien. Dann kamen die “Elisabeth-Serenade“ (“Serenade auf Schloss Windsor“) und der “Venus-Walzer“. Und diese beiden Nummern des englischen Orchesters Ron Goodwin schlugen - wenn man das bei so sanfter, freundlicher Musik sagen darf - wie eine Bombe ins Herz des deutschen Musikfreundes ein.
Jedermann lässt sich leichte Unterhaltungsmusik gern gefallen, wenn sie so gepflegt, so geschmackvoll daherkommt. Heute gilt Ron Goodwin, der Kapellmeister und Komponist von den britischen Inseln, als der Herzwärmer unter den internationalen Unterhaltungsmusikern. Seine Schallplatten erzielen Rekordumsätze. Auch in Amerika wurde sein milder "sound" ein großer Erfolg. Daheim in England war Ron dauernd unterwegs zwischen Funkhäusern, Filmstudios und Schallplattenaufnahmen. Er war ein vielgefragter Mann geworden. Und manche Stars (so u. a. Sophia Loren) haben allen Grund, ihm dankbar zu sein für die kultivierte Begleitung, die er und sein Orchester ihrem Gesang haben angedeihen lassen.
Nun liegt seine neueste Platte vor. Sechsunddreißig Musiker hat er versammelt, um zwei Serenaden zu spielen. Von den endlosen Ebenen im amerikanischen Mittelwesten - von den Steppen, über die ein heißer, trockener Wind weht – von einem freien, sorglosen Leben in der weiten Natur erzählt die “Prärie-Serenade“. Ron selbst hat sich die Geschichte ausgedacht: er lässt von Gitarre und Mundharmonika echte Hillbilly-Atmosphäre zaubern, und dann erklingen seine melodiösen Violinen.
Auch die “Spieluhr-Serenade“ ist eine Komposition von Ron Goodwin. Die Flöte und die Harfe spielen Hauptrollen in dem zarten, zärtlichen Stückchen Musik, das ebenso hübsch ist wie sein Titel. Große, aber auch kleine Leute werden daran ihre helle Freude haben.
Serenaden sind Abendmusiken. Und Rons Serenaden wollen tatsächlich am Feierabend zu Entspannung und Erholung verhelfen. Man sollte es sich also bequem im Sessel machen, Herz und Gemüt öffnen, und die weichen Melodien von Ron Goodwin und seinem Orchester genießen ...
ODEON (D)
00 62….O 22 060…. Ron Goodwin Und Sein Orchester..Prärie-Serenade/Spieluhr-Serenade
PARLOPHONE (UK)
02 63....45-R 4994.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Kill Or Cure/Panatella
08 63....45-R 5053.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Moonstrike/Midsummer Madness
11 63....45-R 5083.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Ladies Who Do/Mexican Pirate
06 64....45-R 5146.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..633 Squadron/Love Theme From 633 Squadron
SMASH (UK)
05 64....S-1900.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Ladies Who Do/Mexican Pirate
UNITED ARTISTS (USA)
07 64....UA 749.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..633 Squadron/Love Theme From 633 Squadron
PARLOPHONE (UK)
10 64....45-R 5181.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Of Human Bondage/Girl With A Dream
02 65....45-R 5239.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..The Fat Man/Colonel Schmendrick
12 65....45-R 5394.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Theme From 'The Early Bird'/Theme From 'The Alphabet Murders'
20th CENTURY FOX INTERNATIONAL (D)
00 65….IN 4003…. Orchester Ron Goodwin..Original-Filmmusik Aus Dem Film: Die Tollkühnen Männer In Ihren Fliegenden Kisten
A: Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
B: Arizona
PARLOPHONE (UK)
09 66....45-R 5501.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..The Trap/Operation Crossbow
07 67....45-R 5618.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..The Magnificent Two/The Venus Waltz
COLUMBIA (UK)
09 68....DB 8472.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Decline And Fall/Margot'sTheme
PARAMOUNT (USA)
05 69....PAA-0003.... Jimmy Durante..Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies/
Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra.. They're Playing Chester's Song
EMI (UK)
00 71....SPSR 330.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Elizabeth And Essex/London Serenade
00 71....SPSR 331.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Elizabeth an SerenadePro Arte Orchestra/Overture "Punchinello"
COLUMBIA (UK)
10 72....DB 8938.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Pathfinders March/Aces High (Luftwaffe March)
EMI (UK)
04 74....EMI 2156.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Carnforth Practice/Minuet In Blue
09 76....EMI 2536.... Ron Goodwin And His Concert Orchestra..Dickens Of London/Return My Love
In den 1970 er Jahren schrieb Goodwin auch die Musiken für einige Disney-Filme, von denen diejenige für “Die kleinen Pferdediebe“ (Escape from the Dark, 1976) wegen der Verwendung eines reinen Blasorchesters (der bekannten Grimethorpe Colliery Band) stilistisch am interessantesten war. Weiterhin komponierte er die Musik zu “Wer hat unseren Dinosaurier geklaut?“ im Jahr 1975. Er komponierte und dirigierte außerdem die Filmmusik für die kanadischen Zeichentrickfilme “Der selbstsüchtige Riese“ und “The Happy Prince“.
PARLOPHONE (UK)
00 79....45-R 6024.... Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra..Beatles Concerto single
Die letzte Filmproduktion, an der Ron Goodwin beteiligt war, war der dänische Zeichentrickfilm “Walhalla“ (1986). Neben seiner Filmmusik schrieb Goodwin auch zahlreiche Werke für den Konzertsaal, meist in Form von Miniaturen in leichterem Tonfall. Jedoch komponierte er auch einige längere Suiten, darunter “Drake 400“ im Auftrag der Stadt Plymouth.
Der seit Jahren schwer an Asthma erkrankte Goodwin kehrte am 07. Januar 2003 von seiner (32.) alljährlich stattfindenden Konzerttour zu Weihnachten und Jahresende durch Südengland mit dem Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra nach Hause zurück und starb nur einen Tag später im Alter von nahezu 78 Jahren. Mit seiner Ehefrau Heather hatte Goodwin einen Sohn. Den "Ivor Novello Award" erhielt er drei Mal, zuletzt 1994 für sein Lebenswerk.
Gruß
Heino