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| 7/30/07
- | A Patch of Blue: (Jerry Goldsmith)
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Buy it... |
only if you are a Jerry Goldsmith collector who has done some research into the
importance of this small, intimate score and its place in history.
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Avoid it... |
if you expect any tiny part of this score to get your pulse racing and you
generally avoid scores that require a significant increase in volume to even hear them.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 7/27/07
- | Volcano: (Alan Silvestri)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you typically enjoy all of Alan Silvestri's action material, even those scores
that stir up significant noise without really grabbing your attention.
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Avoid it... |
if you are tired of formulaic and predictable action scores that essentially don't
offer anything you haven't heard before (in greater length, too).
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| Rating: | ***
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| 7/24/07
- | True Women: (Bruce Broughton)
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Buy it... |
if you enjoy large-scale television Western scores like Lonesome Dove and Buffalo
Girls and want to hear one of Bruce Broughton's best ventures into the genre.
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Avoid it... |
if only a small dose of typical Broughton action material can't justify the very
lengthy sequences of quiet and respectful pastoral beauty.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 7/21/07
- | Swept from the Sea: (John Barry)
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Buy it... |
if you simply can't get enough of John Barry's repetitive, predictable, and
elongated romance writing from the 80's and 90's.
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Avoid it... |
if you're the type to celebrate the fact that this would be Barry's final venture
into full-scale romance writing.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 7/17/07
- | The Saint: (Graeme Revell)
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Buy it... |
if you'd like a good James Bond imitation score that serves as the best blend of
symphony, choir, and electronics that Graeme Revell has ever achieved.
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Avoid it... |
if the score's darker, more ambient half is too similar to Revell's usual
electronic output to ignore.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 7/14/07
- | The Rainmaker: (Elmer Bernstein)
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Buy it... |
if you are a true Elmer Bernstein collector and enjoy a trip down memory lane when
hearing his easy themes and innocently perky rhythms.
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Avoid it... |
if the scores late in Bernstein's career have all seemed somewhat mundane and
outdated to you.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 7/11/07
- | Men in Black: (Danny Elfman)
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Buy it... |
if the memorable, retro-style title theme over chopping string rhythms is enough to
sustain your interest in the entire score.
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Avoid it... |
if the title theme and a few robust crescendos of fantasy in the latter half of the
score can't float Danny Elfman's chaotic and less effective slapstick underscore in
between.
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| Rating: | ***
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7/9/07 - Rarely are future Fuax Pas Page entries so entertaining that
they demand immediate publishing, but this one makes the cut. The woman who
committed a faux pas last night had searched for name of one of the rappers who
performed the end title song "When Da Dawgs Come Out to Play" from Blood Diamond
and consequently found the Filmtracks review. Unfortunately, she seems to have
thought --like surprisingly many who find Filmtracks from the search engines--
that the review was of the film and not the score. In response to my criticism of
that song, she stated:
"to paraphrase your own, poor, film school, wannabe analysis of a film set in
AFRICA, did you actually have a hand in writing that trash comment on the African
songs on the film Blood Diamond? Yes, let's ignore all real African contributors to
the film and pretend we're watching a nice safe Disney version of events in Sierra
Leone, and that ugly rap sound, my my you are showing your racism and ignorance. I
would suggest you to stay away from analysing any African films or music in future
as you clearly know nothing and are neocolonialist in your stance to say the
least..."
Until the long overdue updates to the Faux Page Page are finished,
you can enjoy more of the visitor's rant at the Filmtracks
Scoreboard.
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| 7/6/07
- | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest: (Lee
Holdridge)
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Buy it... |
if you own a few of Lee Holdridge's scores and seek more of his engaging action
material and grand, harmonic themes.
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Avoid it... |
if you prefer your victory or tragedy tunes to be dripping with more obvious
melodrama and readily listenable action rhythms.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 7/3/07
- | Hoodlum: (Elmer Bernstein)
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Buy it... |
if you're interested in a flamboyant, spirited, and diverse score that serves as
Elmer Benstein's last great action and romance work.
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Avoid it... |
if you prefer the tender sensibilities of Bernstein's low-key dramatic scores
typical to the 1990's for the composer.
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| Rating: | ****
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