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Eric Wolfgang Korngold's film score for the 1942 movie "Kings Row" has a "familiar ring". The movie starred Ann Sheridan, Bob Cummings and Ronald Reagan.

While many people can hear in John Williams "Star Wars" score elements of Holst's "The Planets", the main theme and indeed the orchestral arrangement (minus the piano) was 'borrowed' from the great composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score for "Kings Row".

If you are a Baby Boomer who grew up with "The Adventures of Superman" television series starring George Reeves, you will hear elements of this score in Leon Klatzkin's underrated score for that series.

This stereo recording was produced in 1961 by Warner Brothers Records and so obviously has superior sonics to the original 1942 soundtrack recording.

The source here is the 1996 DCC Compact Classics Steve Hoffman mastered reissue (LPZ-2017) using the original 1961 master tape. Lacquer cutting was by Kevin Gray.