The most famous
swashbuckling adventure scores in Hollywood history are those by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, such as The Sea Hawk and The
Adventures of Robin Hood; immensely good though they are, equally satisfying are those by Alfred Newman, such as Prince of Foxes, which
offers just as much dramatic and compositional depth.
Appearing in ballads as early as the fourteenth century, he's an enduring hero who
offers up not only
swashbuckling adventures but an admirable legacy, and he has turned up in folklore, television shows, and films alike (including one particularly formative animated feature).