Prince Valiant

Franz Waxman’s orchestral score for Prince Valiant channels the sweeping romanticism of 1950s Hollywood adventure cinema, all brass fanfares and lush string arrangements built for Technicolor spectacle. Film Score Monthly’s reissue restores Waxman’s melodic gift for the swashbuckling narrative, capturing the composer’s mastery of underscore that elevates rather than overwhelms. A essential document of classical film scoring at its most unabashedly romantic.