Victory At Sea: Music From The Award Winning Television Series (1952 TV Series)

As a youngster in the 1950s, in those early days of television, I remember being much impressed with VICTORY AT SEA, a documentary series on America's ocean battles, primarily in the Pacific, during World War II. It was my first awareness of the wider conflict in which my father had served with the Army and my first exposure to the self-satisfied conviction that a Righteous America had saved the world almost single-handed. Decades later, I have a more balanced perspective, but the soundtrack for the series remains one of my favorites. Indeed, as I "matured" into my teenage years and acquired other musical favorites, it was the stirring score by Richard Rodgers which my parents would not ask me to block from their hearing by shutting the bedroom door.

The Rodgers composition may be the finest film soundtrack ever recorded - an absolutely perfect mating of the aural to the visual. This particular CD release is particularly nostalgic because it's the original performance by...Read more

I owned this music for years on LP. I was too young to see the series when it came out, but saw it in the seventies and fell in love with it. I searched out the soundtrack after seeing the series. Where in the mind of man does music this beautiful come from? As a classical listener I think this music will stand with anyone's. There is no need to see the series from which this was made to be captivated by Mr. Rogers's score. I agree with another reviewer, this is possibly the finest, most perfect mating of aural to visual, ever. This remains one of the few recordings that can stir my skeptical heart, anywhere and anytime. That it was written during a particularly difficult time in the life of Mr. Rogers makes it all the more miraculous. After enjoying the LP for many years, the transfer to CD brought new vibrance that I'd never heard on LP.

One caveat: as another reviewer has noted, this is not the complete score. I purchased this particular CD as a gift; I own the...Read more

If the original music from the "Victory At Sea" TV series and movie are what you are looking for then search no farther, you have found what you are looking for. This CD has exceeded my expectations for quality and IT IS the music from the soundtrack. I was expecting the sound quality to be somewhat flat but to my suprise the sound is quite brite, clean and crisp. Amazon.com's delivery of this CD was also quite good. The delivery was well inside the standard delivery time they advertise. I have ordered several times from this company and have not been disappointed yet. If you liked the Victory At Sea series, you will like this CD. Its a winner.