Editing Captain Blood (1935 film) (section)

===Music score===
''Captain Blood'' features a stirring and romantic musical score, the first of its type for a sound film, by Austrian composer [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]. In 1935, Warner Bros. asked Korngold to score the film, but he declined, feeling that a story about pirates was outside his range of interest. However, Korngold changed his mind after watching the filming.

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Korngold was required to compose more than an hour of symphonic music in only three weeks. The short time frame forced him to borrow portions of symphonic poems by [[Franz Liszt]], which constituted approximately ten percent of the score. As such, Korngold was unwilling to take credit for the entire film score, insisting instead that his credit be for "musical arrangement" only.<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|8}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwCEqrD4Z7I 'Captain Blood'' trailer segment]</ref>

''Captain Blood'' became an immediate hit, with an Oscar nomination for the score.<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 Oscar nominees for 1936]</ref> As Korngold's first fully symphonic film score, it marked a milestone in his career, as he became the first composer of international stature to sign a contract with a film studio.<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|10}}<ref name=Woodstra>Woodstra, Chris, Brennan, Gerald, Schrott, Allen, editors. ''All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music'', Hal Leonard Corp. (2005) p. 701</ref> It also launched Flynn's film career and gave a major boost to that of de Havilland, who would appear in another seven [[feature films|features]] with Flynn. Korngold would score six more starring Flynn.<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|21}} The film also opened the way for other costumed, romantic film adventures, which had not been seen since the silent era.<ref name=Thomas/>{{rp|9}}