the pomona
valley symphony
the pomona valley symphony orechestra, conducted by fred e.graff, plus a rock
'n' roll combo played they score to "the world's greatest
sinner". music written by frank zappa.
they are still very active. their
home page is at:
http://www.music.pomona.edu/orchestra/
info from ben watson:
another involvement was music for a film called "the world's
greatest sinner", a vehicle for tim carey. zappa's
score was played in 1960 by amateurs and semi-professionals gathered together by
the music teacher at pomona high school: fifty-two musicians, two microphones,
mixed down to mono in a mobile studio in a truck outside the chaffey college
little theater. the credit ran: the
pomona valley symphony orchestra conducted by fred e. graff. for
the rock 'n' roll sections zappa played guitar, kenny burgen saxophone, doug
rost rhythm guitar and al surratt drums. 'rancid' was
zappa's description of the recording conditions.
info from paul buff:
to my recollection, "the run home slow" soundtrack did not use
the pomona valley symphony - they were hollywood studio musicians, i believe. i
did the recording at original sound, with zappa producing and directing.
