Music for Performance
Medal of Honor, The
1943-1955
Movements
Suite 5:48
1. Destination Tokyo
2. Objective, Burma!
3. Mister Roberts
4. Task Force
Program Notes
The music for this patriotic suite is taken from four of Waxman’s Warner Brothers motion pictures depicting World War II; i.e. Destination Tokyo (1944) which stars Cary Grant and John Garfield, Objective, Burma! (1945) with Errol Flynn, Mister Roberts (1955) with Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemmon, William Powell and Task Force (1949) starring Gary Cooper.
The heroism displayed by the leading characters in these films are worthy of the Medal of Honor.
The “Medal of Honor Suite” was especially prepared for and recorded by Richard Hayman & His Orchestra for release by Marco Polo.
Instr.
Orchestral
3(III=picc).2(II=EH).3.2
4.4.3.1
timp.perc(3?): SD,military D,BD,cyms,glsp,vib,
chimes,tgl
harp
pft
str
Concert Band
2.picc.2(II=EH).3.bcl.
basseth.eflcbcl.2asx.tsx.
barsx.2
4.3.3.bari.1
timp.perc(?): SD,picc SD,Field D,BD,xyl,vib,bells,mar,
chimes,sus cym,cyms
harp
synth
bs