KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

Knights of the Round Table (1953) was M-G-M's first CinemaScope production, a colorful telling of the Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot love triangle that has since been filmed as Excalibur (1981) and First Knight (1995). Robert Taylor, fresh from the studio's hit Ivanhoe, was cast as Lancelot, opposite Ava Gardner as Guinevere, and Miklos Rozsa was likewise recalled to the genre for one of his legendary action-adventure outings. Rozsa provided a complex score for large orchestra, with bountiful themes for knights and ladies, and extended action cues for sprawling battles.

Same contents as a previous release on a Varese Sarabande LP, which was an English recording (conducted by Muir Matheson) that was at one time intended for the film.

1. Prelude
2. Modred's Plot-Lancelot Meets Elaine
3. Lancelot Meets Arthur-Chivalry
4. First Battle
5. Sanctus-Cortege-Alleluia
6. Hawking
7. Departure-Pict Battle-Return
8. Distant Thoughts & Dreams
9. The Death Of Arthur-Resignation
10. To The Death-Finale & End Title