A Special Collectors Edition 2 CD Set featuring one of the greatest film scores of all time from the Composer of EL CID,SPELLBOUND,KING OF KINGS,THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,QUO VADIS,JULIUS CAESAR,THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE,LUST FOR LIFE,TIME AFTER TIME,THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. Under the supervision of producer Fitzpatrick, this new Ben-Hur CD has been created by the outstanding City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus under the superb baton of Nic Raine. Hearing many full versions of the film cues and some that were never recorded before, generations new and old will be exposed to my father's epic masterpiece in its entirety for the first time. Premiere Recording The Complete 157-minute Score from One of the Greatest Films of All Time,Includes Previously Unrecorded Music. BEN-HUR (1959) won a then record 11 Academy Awards and starred CHARLTON HESTON * JACK HAWKINS * STEPHEN BOYD. Deluxe 2 CD Set with 16-Prage Full-Colour Booklet. Newly Recorded in Stunning and Dynamic 24-Bit 96kHz Digital Sound. Performed by the Acclaimed and Multi Award-Winning City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Nic Raine. 96 Piece Orchestra augmented by extra percussion plus 80 voice Choir. Produced and Financed by Veteran Film Score Producer James Fitzpatrick of Tadlow Music. New Score & Orchestration Reconstructed from by Rozsa Expert Leigh Phillips. From the same team who recorded Rozsa's Complete Scores for EL CID,SODOM AND GOMORRAH,THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES,THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. Probably the Most important (and Expensive) Classic Score Reconstruction. Ben-Hur was one of my father's favourite scores; he worked on it for over a year mostly in his beloved Italy. He won the richly deserved Academy Award (his third) for Best Music score. He would have been ever so pleased with this new CD as am I and I thank Tadlow Music and James Fitzpatrick for producing my father's magnum opus, recorded in rich digital 21st-century sound, in all its majestic glory. Bravo!!