Score
This movie was the final film project of composer Alfred Newman. His health was failing and he was unable to conduct the sessions for the recording of his music. The job was handled by Stanley Wilson, although the cover of the 1993 Varèse Sarabande CD issue credits Newman. Newman did conduct the music heard in the film. He died before the release of the film. Newman received his 45th Oscar nomination posthumously for this film, the most received by a composer. John Williams matched the record in 2006, and surpassed it in 2012.
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