Kings Row (film score)
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"Kings Row" is a 1942 film score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, renowned for its lush late-Romantic orchestration and significant influence on the sound of classic Hollywood cinema.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kings Row (film score) canonical | 1 |
| Kings Row main theme | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2901195 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Kings Row (film score) Context triple: [Erich Wolfgang Korngold, notableWork, Kings Row (film score)]
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A.
The Heiress (film score)
The Heiress (film score) is Aaron Copland’s acclaimed 1949 orchestral soundtrack for the film adaptation of Henry James’s "Washington Square," noted for its emotionally nuanced, romantic yet modernist style.
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B.
Plunkett & Macleane (film score)
Plunkett & Macleane (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Craig Armstrong for the 1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane."
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C.
The Robe (film score)
The Robe (film score) is a landmark 1953 orchestral film soundtrack by Alfred Newman, renowned for its lush, dramatic themes and pioneering use of CinemaScope-era widescreen scoring.
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D.
Citizen Kane (1941 film) score
The score for the 1941 film "Citizen Kane" is a groundbreaking orchestral soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann, renowned for its innovative use of leitmotifs and atmospheric orchestration that helped redefine film music.
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E.
The Walk (film score)
The Walk (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri for the 2015 biographical drama film "The Walk," enhancing the tension and emotional arc of Philippe Petit's high-wire feat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kings Row (film score) Target entity description: "Kings Row" is a 1942 film score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, renowned for its lush late-Romantic orchestration and significant influence on the sound of classic Hollywood cinema.
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A.
The Heiress (film score)
The Heiress (film score) is Aaron Copland’s acclaimed 1949 orchestral soundtrack for the film adaptation of Henry James’s "Washington Square," noted for its emotionally nuanced, romantic yet modernist style.
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B.
Plunkett & Macleane (film score)
Plunkett & Macleane (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Craig Armstrong for the 1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane."
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C.
The Robe (film score)
The Robe (film score) is a landmark 1953 orchestral film soundtrack by Alfred Newman, renowned for its lush, dramatic themes and pioneering use of CinemaScope-era widescreen scoring.
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D.
Citizen Kane (1941 film) score
The score for the 1941 film "Citizen Kane" is a groundbreaking orchestral soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann, renowned for its innovative use of leitmotifs and atmospheric orchestration that helped redefine film music.
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E.
The Walk (film score)
The Walk (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri for the 2015 biographical drama film "The Walk," enhancing the tension and emotional arc of Philippe Petit's high-wire feat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
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orchestral work ⓘ |
| associatedWithStudioSystem | Warner Bros. studio orchestra ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Kings Row
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surface form:
Kings Row (novel)
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| commissionedFor |
Kings Row
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surface form:
Kings Row (1942 film)
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| composer | Erich Wolfgang Korngold ⓘ |
| composerNationality | Austrian-American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | highly regarded by film music scholars ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| firstPerformanceContext | film screening of Kings Row (1942) ⓘ |
| genre |
film music
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late-Romantic music ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasMovementOrSection |
Dramatic underscore cues
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Love Theme ⓘ Main Title ⓘ |
| hasTitleTheme |
Kings Row (film score)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kings Row main theme
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| historicalSignificance | helped define the symphonic Hollywood sound of the 1940s ⓘ |
| influenced |
John Williams
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Star Wars film score ⓘ
surface form:
Star Wars (film score)
classic Hollywood film music sound ⓘ |
| inMusicologicalContext | example of late-Romantic idiom in film music ⓘ |
| medium | music for motion picture ⓘ |
| musicPeriod | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
impact on symphonic film scoring tradition
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influential orchestration techniques ⓘ rich thematic development ⓘ |
| orchestrationCharacteristic |
broad, sweeping melodies
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dense harmonic textures ⓘ dramatic brass fanfares ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | non-vocal (instrumental) ⓘ |
| partOf |
Kings Row
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surface form:
Kings Row (1942 film)
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| premiereMedium | cinema ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfFilm |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer |
The Adventures of Robin Hood (film score)
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (film score) ⓘ The Sea Hawk (film score) ⓘ |
| style | lush late-Romantic orchestration ⓘ |
| thematicCharacteristic | leitmotivic writing for characters and situations ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 1940s ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation |
full symphony orchestra
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lush string writing ⓘ percussion ⓘ prominent brass section ⓘ woodwinds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kings Row (film score) Description of subject: "Kings Row" is a 1942 film score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, renowned for its lush late-Romantic orchestration and significant influence on the sound of classic Hollywood cinema.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Kings Row main theme