The Sports Car

Sir André Previn's entire score for the Vincente Minnelli World War II epic 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse has been fully restored on this limited-edition disc. As the first cut of the film ran in excess of three hours, when it was whittled down to two and a half, much of Previn's soundtrack went with it…

Hill was a 34-year-old Californian whose escape from an unhappy childhood – and in particular from an abusive father, the postmaster general of Santa Monica – had involved tinkering with any motor vehicle he could get his hands on. His first car, bought for $40 by an indulgent aunt, was a Model T Ford, and he learned how to strip it down and modify it at a time when a passion for hot rods was catching on among young men in southern California. After dropping out of college, he worked as a mechanic and a car salesman in order to subsidise a fledgling career on the local tracks.