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if you're ready for a strong and rewarding Jerry Goldsmith experience that only skirts the
edge of the "Star Trek" universe with subtle franchise connections while exploring freshly
tender romanticism and Total Recall-styled action cues.
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on the 1998 commercial album if you expect to hear a satisfyingly rounded presentation of the
entertaining score, for either the widespread bootlegs or the 2013 official expanded album
merit the only consideration you should give to this score.
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| 8/23/13
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Jurassic Park (John Williams)
- Updated Review, With Additional Album |
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Buy it... |
if you want a superior John Williams crossover score that connects the high-flying fantasy of
his early 1980's efforts with the more complex rhythms, instrumentation, and density of his
1990's scores.
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on the lossy versions of the expanded 2013 album that, by their compressed nature, nullify the
benefits of the remastering of this classic, large-scale adventure and horror work.
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| 8/16/13
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Rio Conchos (Jerry Goldsmith)
- Updated Review, With Additional Album |
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Buy it... |
on the 2013 album featuring Jerry Goldsmith's own re-recording of most of the score if you
seek an early glimpse at the composer's darker, folksy Western style in pristine digital
sound.
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on that re-recording if you are a Goldsmith purist interested instead in a superior
presentation of the original recording on the Film Score Monthly product, regardless of how
badly aged the sound may be.
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if zoning out to dull and ineffectual Harald Kloser and Thomas Wanker music is your idea of a
pleasantly brainless background listening experience.
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Avoid it... |
if you're hoping for these men to snap out of their funk with this, their fifth Roland
Emmerich project and yet another example of timid intent and compositional ineptitude.
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| 8/2/13
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The Bible (TV) (Hans Zimmer/Lorne Balfe/Various)
- All New Review |
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Buy it... |
if you think it's great that the actor who plays Satan in "The Bible" looks like Barack Obama,
because you'll also probably excuse the fact that the score for this immense topic is cheaply
synthesized by a famous composer.
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if you have no interest in hearing Hans Zimmer and his crew of ghostwriters piece together a
greatest hits collection from his past and render it in an inadequately electronic fashion.
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