Pip-pip, cheery-o, bloody teacup

Having returned from my self-imposed film music exile, I am now frantically trying to make up a lot of lost ground. While I was away, Chandos put out reconstructed British film music like nobody’s business, and now I have to buy them all. First up is The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss, by God! (It was supposed to be a double bill with Ron Goodwin, but for some reason the store I ordered it from sent me the wrong CD instead - British Film Classics, a double disc of music I mostly already have. So the Chandos Goodwin will have to wait until I get this straightened out.)

Well, I have nothing really pithy to say about this CD except that it’s great to have Things to Come and that I just want to stay home from work tomorrow, wrap myself in tweed and drown myself in a pot of tea. Really the only criticism I have is that, since they started these recordings, Chandos has decided to give them rather silly “fun” cover art, as if they’re trying to attract mainstream score CD collectors who like Star Wars or Fifties kitsch.

Onward…