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January/February 2017
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2/26/17
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Lost in Space (Bruce Broughton)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
on either of the Intrada Records score-only albums if you generally support the label's
efforts to promote Bruce Broughton's career and appreciate even the composer's less inspired
action material.
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| Avoid it... |
on the 1998 TVT Soundtrax album at all costs, for it serves very little purpose other than to
taunt the film score community with its wretched collection of songs.
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2/20/17
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Joe Versus the Volcano (Georges
Delerue)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you're enamored by each of Georges Delerue's highly melodic romance scores, for Joe Versus
the Volcano is among his last great genre entries in a career sadly cut short.
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| Avoid it... |
if you have only a casual interest in Delerue's highly predictable styles, because the
unyieldingly optimistic whimsy of the composer's techniques could potentially test your
patience.
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1/28/17
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The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas
Newman)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you are among the Thomas Newman collectors who prefer the composer's sincere, stately
melodies and expertly layered orchestral constructs.
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| Avoid it... |
if not even one of Newman's most effective and popular scores in the orchestral realm can
compete with your preference for his more common, instrumentally eclectic and synthetic
techniques.
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1/22/17
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Big Trouble in Little China (John
Carpenter/Alan Howarth)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you enjoy an enduring taste for synthetic rock scores of the 1980's and revel in their
inherently shameless cheesiness.
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if you have no love at all for the body of musical work from John Carpenter during this period
of time, for this score reflects the best and worst of his badly dated style.
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1/8/17
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Where the River Runs Black (James
Horner)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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only if you seek a more cerebral variation on the synthetic environment of James Horner's
score for Vibes, the panpipes and electronic choir providing pretty ambience for this score
but not much more.
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| Avoid it... |
if you require more engagement from your listening experiences than a purely atmospheric
collection of soft, jungle-inspired rhythms and free-floating, vaguely Latin melodies.
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