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| 11/30/06
- | The Life and Music of Basil Poledouris: (Video)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
only if you're an extreme Basil Poledouris enthusiast, or are a fan of his popular daughter Zoe.
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Avoid it... |
if the hassle of finding and purchasing the old VHS-format video isn't worth the money you
could spend instead on one of Poledouris' collectible scores.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 11/25/06
- | Monstrous Movie Music: (Compilations)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
on any of the equally qualified albums from the 'Monstrous Movie Music' label if you grew up
loving those B-rate atomic-inspired sci-fi flicks of the 1950's.
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if even the greater fidelity in sound quality of these re-recordings won't satisfy your
digital era sensibilities.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 11/19/06
- | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: (Howard
Shore) - All New Review of Complete Set |
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Buy it... |
in the complete set if you are an audiophile or keep the original album in the front row of
your collection.
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Avoid it... |
in the complete set if you are satisfied with the 16-bit stereo sound of the original album
and see no need for additional material or sound quality.
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| Rating: | *****
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11/8/06 - | Composer Basil Poledouris has
died |
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It was announced on November 8th that Basil Poledouris, enduring a lengthy battle with cancer,
has passed away. At the end of his lengthy and productive mainstream career, Poledouris' final
feature score came for the Chinese adventure film The Touch in 2002. He had made a
concert appearance in Spain as recently as several months ago, and was only 61 years old. You
can visit Filmtracks' Poledouris Tribute for
information about his career, or honor Poledouris' achievements and the influence his music
had on you at the Scoreboard.
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| 11/7/06
- | King Kong Lives: (John Scott)
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Buy it... |
if you want an excellent sampling of some of the best adventure material ever
composed by John Scott in his lengthy career.
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if you have no interest in engaging and massive orchestral action music.
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| Rating: | *****
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| 11/2/06
- | Steel: (Mervyn Warren)
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Buy it... |
if you're a fan of badly dated 1970's pop rock of Shaft variety for your DC Comics
superheroes.
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Avoid it... |
if the above statement doesn't sound quite right and you're tired of highly derivative David
Arnold-style orchestral action music.
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| Rating: | **
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