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7/18/25 Shamus   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... if you believe that Jerry Goldsmith could credibly whip up some urban coolness with electric bass and guitar alongside his synthetic keyboarding, but that blend is a little more bizarre than you may be ready for.
Avoid it... if convincing style is your target in any Goldsmith detective score, this one largely missing the mark because the tone varies between serious intent and parody as it tries to straddle musical genres.
7/16/25 RoboCop 3   (Basil Poledouris)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you want a taste of only the best music from the RoboCop franchise, this third entry by Basil Poledouris containing a nicely matured and melodically engaging evolution of his material from the first film's score.
Avoid it... if you have no interest in hearing Poledouris stray deep into Jerry Goldsmith territory, the synthetics and orchestrations in RoboCop 3 not always remaining within the confines of Poledouris' own trademark tendencies.
7/13/25 The Red Pony   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... on one of the re-recorded suites of highlights for a decent but rather stoic and passionless Jerry Goldsmith drama laced with occasional Western hoedown flair.
Avoid it... if Goldsmith's lyricism has always attracted you to his Western scores, this one's themes elusive and lacking the same heart despite hitting all the right basic notes.
7/10/25 Fools of Fortune   (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... even on the flawed album presentation for one of Hans Zimmer's most lyrically powerful and emotionally engaging orchestral scores from his earliest years.
Avoid it... if your interest in Zimmer's music is directly tied to his synthesizers, this score barely employing them and instead wallowing in the composer's trademark symphonic melodrama of the era.
7/7/25 Wisdom   (Danny Elfman)
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Buy it... only if you are familiar with the movie and can accept an amateurish but workmanlike synthetic score from Danny Elfman that exudes no distinctive personality.
Avoid it... if you have little interest in hearing the composer emulate the styles of Harold Faltermeyer, early James Horner, and Tangerine Dream with lesser equipment.
7/4/25 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... if you desire Jerry Goldsmith in swinging ragtime mode, his music for the troubled characters of this 1920's plot adeptly improved by Alexander Courage during the late rearrangements of the score.
Avoid it... if you loathe hearing contemporary pop elements in vintage settings or if you expect aerial majesty to come from Goldsmith during the flying sequences.
7/2/25 Spider-Man 2   (Danny Elfman/Various)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you wish to hear Danny Elfman's very strong, thematically satisfying sequel score in its original form, separate from the film's awkwardly poor treatment of it.
Avoid it... if you were hoping for a more contemporary and stylish turn to the franchise's scores or if, like many, you wonder why the director would force Christopher Young's music from Hellbound: Hellraiser II into this picture.
6/29/25 One Little Indian   (Jerry Goldsmith)
All New Review
Buy it... to experience one of Jerry Goldsmith's most uniquely flavorful Western scores, this one combining significant lyricism with unusual instrumentation for the camels central to the plot.
Avoid it... if you simply cannot accept the replacement of an acoustic guitar with a sitar in your Goldsmith Western formula, the children's genre also demanding a dose of quirky comedy in this score's midsection.
6/26/25 The Last Days   (Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... if there is no limit to your embrace of Hans Zimmer's gloomy light drama mode, this documentary score sufficiently and respectfully styled for the Holocaust topic.
Avoid it... and seek Lee Holdridge's superior alternatives for the same kind of films in the 1990's if you desire your music to tackle these challenging stories with a convincing sense of passion and resonance.
6/23/25 Summer School   (Danny Elfman)
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Buy it... only to complete your collection of early Danny Elfman music, this score a cheap shadow of the composer's other light orchestral comedies of the 1980's.
Avoid it... if you want anything genuinely unique from the composer, though the finale cue does offer a few minutes of nice orchestral redemption, albeit from an undersized ensemble.
6/20/25 The Don is Dead   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... if you prefer your mafia scores to espouse dreadfully gritty atmospheres, Jerry Goldsmith's strategy for this gruesome story consistently unpleasant by design.
Avoid it... if you have no interest in hearing the composer dominate the orchestral soundscape with synthetic buzzing effects as a tool of fear.
6/18/25 Jurassic Park III   (Don Davis)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you're a casual fan of the franchise for whom the smaller technical details of the adaptation of old ideas with new ones aren't a scientific affair.
Avoid it... if you could be bothered by some of the liberties in tempo and structural rearrangement that Don Davis applies to John Williams' famous original ideas for the franchise.
6/15/25 The Going Up of David Lev   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... if you are a longtime enthusiast of Jerry Goldsmith's music for QB VII and desire a short but worthy companion score of the same general sound for Israel.
Avoid it... if you have nightmares about Chaim Topol's singing, for his two songs in this soundtrack severely interrupt the flow of Goldsmith's score despite conveying their own cultural merit.
6/12/25 The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island   (Nick Glennie-Smith/Hans Zimmer)
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Buy it... for an engaging and often lovely extension of Nick Glennie-Smith and Hans Zimmer's Lauras Stern, this time featuring the attractive woodwind performances of Richard Harvey.
Avoid it... for its songs, which are a major detriment despite their brevity, because the remainder of the soundtrack is an easy, friendly, and at times inspiring experience.
6/9/25 Midnight Run   (Danny Elfman)
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Buy it... for a vibrant and refreshingly unique entry in Danny Elfman's career, a very bluesy comedy score of immense positivity and enticing performance inflection.
Avoid it... if you simply cannot escape the era of the recording, because while the music remains fresh stylistically, some listeners may not be able to tolerate its connections to the 1980's.
6/6/25 QB VII   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... on the 2013 complete re-recording for a resounding presentation of this immense and culturally important Jerry Goldsmith score.
Avoid it... on its short album featuring the original recording unless you seek the unique solo colors of that archival mix, though the composer's collectors will likely want both available versions.
6/3/25 The Godfather Part II   (Nino Rota/Carmine Coppola)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you seek to investigate only one score in this famous franchise, a compelling combination of the memorable themes from the first score with several powerful additions for the continuation.
Avoid it... on the longstanding original album release to appreciate the more varied interpolations of the primary set of themes, which are only fully illuminated on the expanded 2024 product.
5/30/25 S*P*Y*S   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... if you ever wondered if Jerry Goldsmith was capable of writing music so obnoxiously terrible that you curse the space it takes in your memory.
Avoid it... if you have demented visions of playing this music for your romantic partner with any expectation of getting laid in the subsequent 30 days.
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