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Varèse Sarabande albums discography

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Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ21068279
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Varèse Sarabande is an American record label founded in 1978 and is currently owned by Concord Music. Its catalog includes film scores, television soundtracks, original cast recordings, and classical works. In the 1980s and 1990s, the label became an active publisher of soundtracks, releasing titles on LP, cassette, and CD.

VC/VX series (1978)

Starting in 1978, Varèse Sarabande released both classical works and motion picture soundtracks on vinyl (LP). Some of the titles were reissued by Intrada Records, Kritzerland Records, and Citadel Records.

VC-81028 The First Nudie Musical – Bruce Kimmel

VC-81040 Piano Improvisations, Duet From Act. I – Korngold

VC-81051 Milhaud, Joys of Life / Globetrotter Suite – Milhaud

VC-81053 Rózsa Conducts Rózsa: Volume 1 – Miklós Rózsa

VC-81056 William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony – Stokowski

VC-81058 Rózsa: Lust for Life & Background of Violence Suites – Miklós Rózsa

VX-81060 Orchestral Space – Seiji Ozawa

VX-81061 Ohki: Night Meditation / Fukai: 4 Movements / Kiyose: Japanese Festival Dances / Yamada: Mandara no hana – Yamaoka

VX-81062 Saburō Moroi: Symphony #2 – Yamaoka / Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra

VC-81070 Master of the World – Les Baxter

VC-81071 36 Hours – Dimitri Tiomkin

VC-81072 Silent Running – Peter Schickele (Later reissued)

VC-81073 The Quiet Man – Victor Young

VC-81073 Samson and Delilah – Victor Young

VC-81074 Written on the Wind – Frank Skinner, Victor Young / Four Girls in Town – Alex North

VC-81075 A Time to Love and a Time to Die – Miklós Rózsa

VC-81076 This Earth Is Mine – Hugo Friedhofer

VC-81077 Themes from Classic Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films – Various Artists; Dick Jacobs conductor

VC-81078 Goliath and the Barbarians – Les Baxter

VC-81080 Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" – Beethoven

VC-81081 Holdridge Conducts Holdridge – Lee Holdridge, Los Angeles String Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra (Later released on CD)

VC-81082 Brass Target – Laurence Rosenthal

VC-81083 Stages – Bruce Kimmel

VC-81084 Yatsu Haka-mura – Yasushi Akutagawa

VC-81085 Roy Harris: Concerto for Amplified Piano, Brass & Percussion, etc. – Harris / UCLA Brass

VC-81090 Respighi: Concerto gregoriano / de Beriot: Scene de Ballet – Borsamsky / Kegel

VC-81091 Prokofiev: Gypsy Fantasial Sym Suite of Waltzes / Balakirev: Overture on Russian Themes – Schwleger

VC-81092 Felix Draeseke: Symphony No. 3 in C major "Symphonia tragica", Op. 40 – Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Desser (Heinz Drewes) *Reissue of Urania LP-7162

VC-81097 Darius Milhaud, Le Train Bleu, Auric, Les Facheux / Satie – Markevitch

VC-81101 Jerome Moross: Two World Premiere Works from an American Master – Jerome Moross

VC-81102 Tourist Trap – Pino Donaggio

VC-81103 The Dunwich Horror – Les Baxter

VC-81104 King of Kings – Miklós Rózsa

VC-81105 Phantasm – Fred Myrow, Malcolm Seagrave

VC-81106 Dawn of the Dead – Goblin

VC-81107 Patrick – Brian May

VC-81123 Roy Harris: Quintet for Piano and Strings, String Quartet No.

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