Our sixteenth album!  This one shines the spotlight on a seldom heard topic – the birth of movie music. Return to the 1910s and early ’20s to listen as seventeen gifted pioneers develop the art of the “film score.” The album features 74 minutes of rare and delightful music – all played from the original orchestrations – along with a 52-page booklet highlighting the musical evolution of this glamorous era of the cinema. It’s a lost world of sound and a “must” for all classic movie fans and soundtrack buffs!

Go to PIONEERS OF MOVIE MUSIC for sound clips and more information.

PRO - Pioneers of Movie Music CD cover
Pasadena Star News

"Benjamin and his orchestra filled the second half of the evening with lilting, humorous, and even elegant readings of ragtime numbers, a W.C. Handy blues song, and even a Sousa march…Popular music, A.D. 1900, is still going strong."
– Pasadena Star News

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