> Elfman's employment and usage of his main themes (in particular Tess's
> Theme) is among his most colorful works to date, and his assimilation of
> the jazz and big band-era harmonic language is quite laudable. Also, Dick
> tracy recieved excellent reviews from many of the nation's top critics and
> publications. And every elfman fan i know (and i know several) loves this
> score, including myself.

Yeah, I never read a bad review of the film. I was surprised to see that even Ebert himself gave it 4 stars. I liked it and the score. Not as good as Batman, Edwards Scissorhands, but still a very interesting score to listen to.