I haven’t been able to find this anywhere on the Internet, so I’m assuming it’s quite rare. Quality is pretty good for a 1942 recording - bright and not muffled. I’m guessing it’s from an acetate source, so it’s not perfect, but I’ve heard much worse. I’m offering FLAC only because some of the tracks play without a gap, and all mp3s add a split second of silence at the start so the gapless effect is ruined.

1. Main Title (1:16)
2. The Storyteller (2:40)
3. Kamar, Condemned Traitor (4:35)
4. Ahmad's Stooges (2:47)
5. Let's Pack Our Bags And Get Out Of Bagdad! (0:47)
6. "Death" Of The Caliph (2:11)
7. Ministrations (4:39)
8. Sold Into Slavery (4:34)
9. Slave Market (6:29)
10. Revolt In The Slave Market (1:42)
11. Breaking Their Bonds (2:41)
12. Trek To Kamar's Oasis Retreat (3:42)
13. Ali And The Poolside Harem (4:09)
14. Nadan's Bargain (6:59)
15. No Cobra, But Whatta Dance! (3:46)
16. Battle For The Throne (4:11)
17. End Cast (0:30)

FLAC (MEGA):
https://mega.nz/#!Qdc1RZLL!g6WRxVFuYtsCxRYDyl4vsoMe79EwIYYYyC2nfZ1D37c

It's quite rare, indeed!
Thank you so much for your great upload!

Thank you very much!. Quality is good.

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How marvellous! Thanks.

I saw the movie a few weeks ago. Great entertainment with Sabu and Maria Montez.
Thanks for the OST!

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Anything by Skinner is a great treat. Many Thanks!

Was nominated for an Oscar that year but look at the competition.

Now, Voyager – Max Steiner (WINNER)
Bambi – Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb
The Shanghai Gesture – Richard Hageman
The Pride of the Yankees – Leigh Harline
To Be or Not to Be – Werner Heymann
The Talk of the Town – Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff
Klondike Fury – Edward Kay
The Black Swan – Alfred Newman
Jungle Book – Miklos Rozsa
Arabian Nights – Frank Skinner
Random Harvest – Herbert Stothart
The Gold Rush – Max Terr
The Corsican Brothers – Dimitri Tiomkin
I Married a Witch – Roy Webb
Joan of Paris – Roy Webb
Flying Tigers – Victor Young
Silver Queen – Victor Young
Take a Letter, Darling – Victor Young

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Thanks, feedthecats!

What a great find. Beautiful sound, great music and gorgeous artwork. A thousand thanks. Now, if only someone can find the music for Ali Baba and the 40 thieves. Till then, thank you again.

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Thank you for offering us a score of this great composer !

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Was nominated for an Oscar that year but look at the competition.

Now, Voyager – Max Steiner (WINNER)
Bambi – Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb
The Shanghai Gesture – Richard Hageman
The Pride of the Yankees – Leigh Harline
To Be or Not to Be – Werner Heymann
The Talk of the Town – Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff
Klondike Fury – Edward Kay
The Black Swan – Alfred Newman
Jungle Book – Miklos Rozsa
Arabian Nights – Frank Skinner
Random Harvest – Herbert Stothart
The Gold Rush – Max Terr
The Corsican Brothers – Dimitri Tiomkin
I Married a Witch – Roy Webb
Joan of Paris – Roy Webb
Flying Tigers – Victor Young
Silver Queen – Victor Young
Take a Letter, Darling – Victor Young

Wow, 18 nominees for best score ...not counting the 8 nominees for best scoring of a musical picture - which in that year included 2nd nominations for Alfred Newman and Leigh Harline (who would have felt disappointed with only one nomination in light of Roy Webb's double and Victor Young's triple(!) nominations :) ).

Thank you, dear Wildwood, for this information. I knew that they sometimes had more than five nominees in certain categories (and used to have 8 to 10 best picture nominees - as they have again in recent years). But 18 was a number that surprised me so much that I had to look it up for myself (not that I don't trust you, which I really do). In the year before - when Bernard Herrmann won his only(!) Oscar for "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (aka "All That Money Can Buy") there were even 20 nominees for best score (his "Citizen Kane" among them ...if they nominate 20 films they could have at least given Herrmann two Oscars - I mean, how do you not give an Oscar for that score??).

It's amazing how many familiar scores there are among the nominations from that time which have been released in the last 15 years and yet quite a few from films and composers I have never heard of.

Which brings me to a question: why does this score seem to never have been released (okay, many great and interesting scores from that time still have not been) and more so why does the SoundtrackCollector-database seem not even to have an entry for this title? (I mean, it's a rather well known and available film). I looked it up when I saw the original post and could not find anything (maybe I just didn't see it).

Many thanks to feedthecats for the post. I look forward to hearing it.

This is great. I love Frank Skinner. Thank you so much.

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Which brings me to a question: why does this score seem to never have been released (okay, many great and interesting scores from that time still have not been) and more so why does the SoundtrackCollector-database seem not even to have an entry for this title? (I mean, it's a rather well known and available film). I looked it up when I saw the original post and could not find anything (maybe I just didn't see it).

Many thanks to feedthecats for the post. I look forward to hearing it.

It's available as a CD from BYU through the Harold Lee Library to be checked out I would imagine that was the source of this recording more than likely taking from the original 1943 acetate.


http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=4T4Y9pRcB0/LEE/28770092/123

Thank you Skinner is a winner!

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Just have a few Frank Skinner albums. This one is very very desirably welcome. Thanks a lot for this superb sharing!

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Thanks a lot for this great share! Unfortunately, Frank Skinner was somewhat neglected compared to Newman, Rozsa and the rest of the big name composers. It's really good to hear another of his fine scores...

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Stunning release to say the least!

I also saw this movie a few weeks ago, and enjoyed the score immensely. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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WOW! I loves me some fresh Frank Skinner. Thanks for sharing this rarity!

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The sound is so clear and consistent that, at first is hard to believe it came from the original recordings.
Well done custom cover too!

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Thank you for this rare share.

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Great, thank you for a lossless upload of this super rarity!

It's available as a CD from BYU through the Harold Lee Library to be checked out I would imagine that was the source of this recording more than likely taking from the original 1943 acetate.
Library links are temporary so here's the Worldcat link:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/arabian-nights-the-complete-original-soundtrack-score/oclc/367549740

Another underrepresented composer. Thanks.

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Awesome! Many thanks! ;)

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Yes indeed thank you for sharing this fine score, it's great to see some older work still gets a look in.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

Sadsack has posted a new lossless version of this score here (Thread 205721).

He and I were talking about his new source for this release a couple of weeks ago, and we compared it with mine. I had never performed a frequency test on my version, figuring it was from the best available source for such a rare recording. But when I analysed it in Audacity I discovered the frequencies cut off before 2000Hz, the tell-tale sign of mp3 compression. So my FLAC version is not truly lossless, whereas sadsack’s new version is. Will you hear any significant audio difference? Only your ears can be the judge. Personally, I'm very happy to have his upgrade.

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thanks for this, looks fantastic!

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grateful thanks for this rarity

Many thanks, feedthecats!

Thanks for the share. Appreciate your work.

Your stuff is always an AWESOME find! Thank You!

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Fantastic, in Flac. Thanks very much.

Thank you for the kind share to all of us :)

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Thanks so much for this feedthecats. Gave you a rep.

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The link is still live! Thanks!

Thank you very much looking forward to this very much! Have A Great Week

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Thank you for resurrecting this thread and bringing it to my attention!

Thanks for this almost forgotten gem by Frank Skinner

Thanks for this rare music by Frank Skinner

Thank you for sharing.

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