(1959) "Rhapsody of Steel" is from a bygone era, a time in which one expected to see a cartoon, a few previews, and a short subject with a feature film. This short film was shown in theaters with features, and that is how I saw it. At the time, I was impressed with the high quality of its animation and, perhaps more so, with the score written by Dmitri Tiomkin and performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony. Tiomkin was a master at scoring films as his winning of 4 Academy Awards confirms.

This score is one of his finest, maybe because he felt free to unleash his creative powers with visuals, no actors and no dialogue. In 2009 the Kritzerland CD label released the soundtrack in beautiful stereo. The CD includes the music alone and also the music with the fine narration by Gary Merrill. It would be nice to see the film again at least on a TV screen. Better yet would be seeing it once again in a theater.