"... Stanley Black was an expert at painting musical canvases with a big band or a large orchestra. The music is rarely background, always striving to add to the intensity of the screen action and always guiding the audience to the correct emotional response. Chandos' selection is brilliant - a worthy addition to their wonderful series featuring British composers - and leaves the listener yearning for a second volume."
AK - Music from the Movies No. 47 - Winter 2005
"... As the CD notes by Mervyn Cooke aptly put it, this music represents ‘a lost age of innocently witty film writing’. As ever Chandos has done this repertoire proud with a luminous and full-bodied recording."
Adrian Edwards - Gramophone magazine - July 2005
"... Stanley Black was an unsung stalwart of British film music who died in 2002. Here he is remembered in some fine premiere recordings by Chandos. Horror scores such as the preposterous ‘Blood of the Vampire’, the cross-channel swimming drama ‘Stormy Crossing’, and highly effective good-time caper music for Cliff Richard’s ‘The Young Ones’ are all highlights from an enterprising disc. Barry Wordsworth steers the BBC Concert Orchestra with unerring agility." ****
BBC Music Magazine - Proms Issue 2005
"... Excellent playing makes this a valuable addition to the Chandos Film Library."
Chris Green - Suffolk & Norfolk Life - September 2007