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12/6/25 Into the West   (Patrick Doyle)
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Buy it... for the fleetingly beautiful lyricism in the vocalized performances of its main lullaby, a tender and dramatically lovely representation of Patrick Doyle at his best.
Avoid it... if you've never been very satisfied with the sparse orchestral renderings typical to some of Doyle's early scores, this one badly underpowered in its action and fantasy portions.
12/4/25 The Parent Trap   (Alan Silvestri)
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Buy it... for occasionally lovely dramatic redemption from piano and woodwind solos over wholesome ensemble romance.
Avoid it... if you want to hear Alan Silvestri at the top of his thematic game, his identities for this score not particularly memorable despite serving their purpose.
12/2/25 Roman J. Israel, Esq.   (James Newton Howard)
All New Review
Buy it... for ten minutes of compelling drama from James Newton Howard, the closing cue highlighting the themes of the score well.
Avoid it... if you have difficulty digesting the composer's gloomy, urban drama and suspense modes despite being laced with choral fantasy at times here.
11/30/25 Dead Again   (Patrick Doyle)
All New Review
Buy it... on the expanded 2014 album for a more satisfying representation of all three of the score's primary themes, collectors of Patrick Doyle's music well-served by the greater range of tact conveyed in the score's midsection.
Avoid it... if you have no tolerance for film music that smacks you across the face with its overwrought emotional force too often, Doyle not yet adept at knowing how to modulate his tone at this point in his career.
11/28/25 Stuart Little   (Alan Silvestri)
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Buy it... for a completely competent and often charming foray by Alan Silvestri into the lightly dramatic children's genre.
Avoid it... if the composer's comedic forays towards parody purposes interferes with your appreciation of his tender themes.
11/26/25 The Chairman   (Jerry Goldsmith)
All New Review
Buy it... only for eight to ten minutes of melodic highlights featuring impressive ethnic accompaniment to the orchestra, the main march for the Chinese a resounding embodiment of oppressive power.
Avoid it... on all albums except an outstanding 2025 re-recording of the whole score if you demand satisfactory sound quality, the original recording's archival distortion nearly disqualifying.
11/24/25 Bandolero!   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... for Jerry Goldsmith's charmingly upbeat main theme of contemporary and traditional Western blend, a snazzy earworm representing the composer's best lyricism.
Avoid it... unless you are prepared for the increasingly grim posture of the remainder of the score, Goldsmith's secondary themes decent but underwhelming.
11/22/25 The Illustrated Man   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... only if you are truly prepared for episodic nature of this challenging score, its whole length unnervingly functional but its individual parts reflecting Jerry Goldsmith's experimentation without guardrails.
Avoid it... if you anticipate the witchcraft and mystery elements to guide a convincing lyrical side to this score, that component intentionally muddied to produce a frightening, edgy atmosphere from start to finish.
11/20/25 Justine   (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... for Jerry Goldsmith's muted but still attractive exotic romanticism for this somber Middle Eastern tale, moments of lush allure sparing but appreciable.
Avoid it... if you expect the score to yield satisfying development for any of its ideas, the main theme an intentional tease and the others never offered enough air time to really thrive.
11/18/25 Fedora   (Miklós Rózsa)
Updated Review, Separated From Dual Review
Buy it... without hesitation if you still appreciate Miklós Rózsa's trademark, nostalgic 1940's style and wish to enjoy it in superior sound quality from the final years of his career.
Avoid it... if the whole demeanor of Rózsa's Golden Age romanticism for a badly misplaced, late-1970's film doesn't compute with your digital era ears, or if your interest in the score is too casual to justify the price of the collectible albums.
11/16/25 Last Embrace   (Miklós Rózsa)
Updated Review, Separated From Dual Review
Buy it... if you are a Miklós Rózsa completist and are curious about his continued merit in the suspense genre despite surprisingly limited sound quality for the era.
Avoid it... if Rózsa's lush Golden Age romanticism doesn't impress you despite its understandable application to films of the 1970's and 1980's that were attempting to resurrect the best of the noir thriller generation.
11/14/25 Falling Down   (James Newton Howard)
All New Review, Separated From Dual Review
Buy it... to study James Newton Howard's intelligent exploration of self-destruction and societal commentary even if it is generally unsatisfying in all its facets.
Avoid it... if you expect any of Howard's compelling modes of self-destruction to last long enough in performance to merit the acquisition of the score's rare albums.
11/12/25 Flatliners   (James Newton Howard)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... only if you are prepared to suffer through James Newton Howard's mass of generic, synthetically dominated suspense and horror cues to appreciate the score's absolutely lovely redemption theme.
Avoid it... if a mere ten minutes of tonal salvation of immense stature cannot alone save this whole listening experience, even on the long overdue official 2025 album that replaced years of substandard bootlegs.
11/10/25 Alien: Romulus   (Benjamin Wallfisch)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you continue to appreciate Benjamin Wallfisch's tendency to approach franchise scores with intelligence, this entry adapting old and new ideas into one of the concept's more compelling film scores.
Avoid it... if you cannot accept any dose of the composer's highly grating electronic manipulation for horror applications, the chasing and confrontation moments in this work completely unlistenable.
11/8/25 Crimson Tide   (Hans Zimmer)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you seek the superior power anthem and brilliantly-paced suspense that inspired the revolution of the synthetic blockbuster score concept in the late 1990's.
Avoid it... if you're part of the mutiny among score fans that has rejected Hans Zimmer's revolution on a matter of principle, regardless of the strengths of his initially successful redefinition of the genre.
11/6/25 Jaws   (John Williams)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... on the impressive 2025 3-CD set if you seek to conduct a definitive study of one of the most effective film scores of all time, or on the immense 2000 re-recording if you want to hear that classic music translated decently into contemporary sound quality.
Avoid it... on all the albums if you recognize, like many John Williams collectors do, that this remains a great score only truly appreciable in the context of the film, a challenging listening experience on album for merely casual entertainment.
11/4/25 Thelma & Louise   (Hans Zimmer)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... on any of the various score-only album releases if you desire the defiantly beautiful, gospel-laced finale cue to go with the more commonly available presentation of the famous "Thunderbird" suite from the score.
Avoid it... if you expect to hear more than eight to ten minutes of truly meaningful material in this work, because outside of the stylish guitar performances and that finale, there isn't much to impress on any full presentation of the short score.
11/2/25 The Secret of N.I.M.H.   (Jerry Goldsmith)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... on especially the 2025 Intrada Records product for an impressively complete survey of a compelling score that previewed Jerry Goldsmith's future wealth of strong, consistent music for children's fantasy and animated films.
Avoid it... on any of the prior products if a more outwardly dynamic and powerful spirit uninhibited by archival sound quality is what you seek in your Goldsmith material of lyrical romanticism and grand fantasy scope.
10/31/25 Halloween Ends   (John Carpenter/Various)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you were disappointed by the underwhelming tone of the music for Halloween Kills, John Carpenter and his team stepping up to provide a more engaging and satisfying conclusion to this franchise's music.
Avoid it... if you expect anything to radically change in the style or thematic foundations of this music, even with additional tonality applied to address the dramatic elements of this film's plot.
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