A Centenary Celebration

Album by Franz Waxman

A Centenary Celebration is a compilation album of music by composer Franz Waxman, released in 2006. The collection showcases Waxman's orchestral and cinematic writing, characterised by lush, late-Romantic harmonies and dramatic, ensemble-driven scoring that reflects his contribution to mid-20th-century film music and concert repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Main Title / Foreword / Opening Scene
    4:41
  2. 2.
    Hotel Lobby
    2:36
  3. 3.
    Terrace Scene
    2:46
  4. 4.
    Tennis Montage I
    1:29
  5. 5.
    Tennis Montage II
    4:12
  6. 6.
    Proposal Scene
    2:21
  7. 7.
    Marriage
    1:39
  8. 8.
    Arrival At Manderley
    1:49
  9. 9.
    Mrs. Danvers (original version)
    3:12
  10. 10.
    Walk To The Beach
    2:00
  11. 11.
    The Boathouse
    1:04
  12. 12.
    Coming Back From Boathouse
    2:30
  13. 13.
    Rebecca’s Room
    7:21
  14. 14.
    The New Mrs. De Winter
    1:38
  15. 15.
    Confession Scene
    6:02
  16. 16.
    Telephone Rings
    2:29
  17. 17.
    Fireplace Tableau
    2:56
  18. 18.
    The Fire And Epilogue
    3:46

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Sunset Boulevard Prelude
    3:51
  2. 3.
    Paramount Studio
    0:55
  3. 4.
    Chase and Mansion
    3:42
  4. 5.
    Norma Desmond
    2:18
  5. 6.
    An Aging Actress
    0:54
  6. 7.
    Reading the Script
    2:34
  7. 8.
    The Strange Garden
    1:56
  8. 9.
    Norma’s Gallery
    1:24
  9. 10.
    The Waxworks And The Bridge Game
    1:44
  10. 11.
    Afternoon Outings
    1:00
  11. 12.
    Sacrifice Of Self-Respect
    4:07
  12. 13.
    The Old Bathing Beauty
    2:29
  13. 14.
    Parading To Paramount
    0:55
  14. 15.
    Old Friends
    1:27
  15. 16.
    DeMille’s Compassion
    0:42
  16. 17.
    Norma’s Suspicions
    3:55
  17. 18.
    A New Interest And The Studio Stroll
    5:08
  18. 19.
    Her First Husband
    2:56
  19. 20.
    The Showdown
    4:14
  20. 21.
    Farewell
    1:56
  21. 22.
    Joe Walks Out
    5:22
  22. 23.
    The Corpse
    1:11
  23. 24.
    The Comeback
    4:24
  24. 25.
    Sunset Boulevard Cast
    0:31
  25. 26.
    Prelude And Conversing Corpses (bonus track)
    9:01

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Main Title
    3:53
  2. 4.
    Entering Peyton Place
    1:37
  3. 5.
    Going To School
    1:22
  4. 6.
    After School
    3:36
  5. 7.
    Hilltop Scene
    6:45
  6. 8.
    Rossi’s Visit
    2:59
  7. 9.
    After The Dance
    2:29
  8. 10.
    The Rape
    2:07
  9. 11.
    Summer Montage
    1:19
  10. 12.
    Chase In The Woods
    2:29
  11. 13.
    Swimming Scene
    5:37
  12. 14.
    Constance’s Story
    2:04
  13. 15.
    Allison’s Decision
    2:09
  14. 16.
    Leaving For New York
    1:45
  15. 17.
    Peyton Place Draftees
    3:27
  16. 18.
    Honor Roll
    2:18
  17. 19.
    Love Me, Michael: End Title
    2:05
  18. 20.
    End Credits
    1:42

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