Publisher Desc.  Frank Frazetta was a Brooklyn-born painter who became the most influential artist in the "sword and sorcery" fantasy genre. Featuring sword-wielding barbarians, armored women, and ghastly creatures, Frazetta's paintings are dynamic and filled with imagination, they are a journey into unknown places and adventures. "Leaping Lizards" (1989) recalls the great monster movies from the 1950s. This music consists of several monster movie cliches: heavy angular brass motifs ending in a rising major seventh, screeching woodwinds, and frequent chromatic lines and augmented arpeggios. To lighten the melodramatic mood, jazzy themes convey the humorous tone of the painting. "Frazetta Suite" consists of four movements, each depicting the drama found in the accompanying paintings.