For Saint Joan, Preminger hired Mischa Spoliansky, not exactly a film composer whose name was known to the public, even though he"d provided great scores for numerous films by then, including the scores for many high-profile films like The Private Life of Don Juan, Sanders of the River (starring Paul Robeson, and for which Spoliansky composed several songs), The Man Who Could Work Miracles, King Solomon"s Mines, Wanted for Murder, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and many others. Spoliansky"s main theme for the film is astonishingly beautiful and evocative, and his dramatic scoring accompanies Preminger"s stately visuals masterfully. Every cue in the film helps underscore the characters" many and varied emotions.For this first ever CD release of Saint Joan, we used the original album masters housed in the Capitol/EMI vaults. The score was recorded and released in mono. For an LP presentation back then, it was quite long - over 38 minutes, and the album contained all of Spoliansky"s score. On the LP, cues were combined, and rather artfully so, so we"ve left our CD in the exact album configuration. The cover art is by the brilliant Saul Bass.