Jerry Goldsmith - The Blue Max (Main Title)

The Blue Max (1966) was an ambitious and epic score from a young Jerry Goldsmith. The World War I film focuses on an arrogant German infantryman named Bruno Stachel (George Peppard), turned fighter pilot who climbs the ranks for the coveted Blue Max medal, awarded for twenty enemy kills. It was written at a time when war film music contained the intelligence in compositional form and a memorable use of melody. Unfortunately, a majority of this incredible effort was a victim of editing and would be replaced