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| 3/30/07
- | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: (John
Williams) - Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
with reservations if you are willing to tolerate substandard sound quality and only half of
the music provided on the original commercial album.
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Avoid it... |
if you, like many Indy and John Williams fans, are waiting for proper treatment to be given
the score on an expanded, remastered edition.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 3/26/07
- | Glory: (James Horner)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you're ready for one of the most effective and engaging scores in Hollywood's modern age,
and easily one of James Horner's ultimate efforts.
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Avoid it... |
only if you found the film offensive for some reason; there exists no good reason to avoid
learning about and appreciating this score.
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| Rating: | *****
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| 3/23/07
- | Born on the Fourth of July: (John Williams)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you respect John Williams' masterful ability to merge the lush sounds of Americana and the
stark representations of alienation in one powerful package.
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Avoid it... |
if the album's inclusion of period songs, as well as Williams' largely unlistenable war cues,
don't compensate for only 25 minutes of score on the product.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 3/20/07
- | The Abyss: (Alan Silvestri)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you enjoyed the magnificent final twelve minutes of choral majesty on the original version
of the film.
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Avoid it... |
if those twelve minutes aren't worth half an hour of mundane and sparse, electronically
atmospheric underscore prior to that finale.
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| Rating: | ****
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| 3/17/07
- | Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora!: (Compilation)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you enjoy the faithful re-recordings of Varèse Sarabande's 'Film Classics' series
and want to hear Jerry Goldsmith conduct his two memorable 1970 war scores with stellar sound
quality.
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Avoid it... |
if only the original recordings will work for you, despite Goldsmith's involvement with this
re-recording from start to end.
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| Rating: | *****
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| 3/14/07
- | Adventures in Hollywood: (Compilation)
- Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
only if you're looking to replace a few of your old Citadel Records' LP products that are
digitally transferred here.
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Avoid it... |
if you're tempted by the substandard re-recordings of the Bruce Broughton or Dimitri Tiomkin
material.
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| Rating: | **
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| 3/11/07
- | The Classic Film Music of John Barry, Volume II :
(Compilation) - Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you enjoy hearing John Barry's more obscure scores, and you typically enjoy the precise
City of Prague Philharmonic performances of Barry's work.
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Avoid it... |
if you prefer the more popular, romantically lush recordings of Barry's material that Silva
Screen has offered.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 3/9/07
- | The Classic Film Music of John Barry:
(Compilation) - Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
if you enjoy hearing John Barry's classic romantic themes each and every time, and you
typically enjoy the precise City of Prague Philharmonic performances of Barry's work.
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Avoid it... |
if you prefer the more recent and obscure recordings of Barry's material that Silva Screen has
offered.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 3/6/07
- | A History of Hitchcock II: To Catch a Thief:
(Compilation) - Expanded Review |
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Buy it... |
only if it's available for $0.99 and you don't own subsequent Silva compilations of music from
Hitchcock films.
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Avoid it... |
if you'd rather seek a superior 1999 compilation combining all of Silva's Hitchcock-related
offerings into one set.
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| Rating: | ***
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| 3/3/07
- | Curse of the Golden Flower: (Shigeru Umebayashi)
- All New Review |
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Buy it... |
if you have been intrigued by previous combinations of
Chinese and Western sounds in film scores of the 2000's and are ready
for an almost perfect blend of massive choral and orchestral ensembles
with Eastern solo instruments.
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Avoid it... |
if the epic chants of The Lion in Winter or
The 13th Warrior, or the presence of any Chinese instruments, get
on your nerves despite the harmonic nature of their underlying
structures.
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| Rating: | *****
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