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March/April 2018
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4/23/18
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park (John
Williams)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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if you can dismiss this score's positioning in a franchise and therefore appreciate John
Williams' most violently brutal, percussively rhythmic score of the digital age, one led by
several monstrously propulsive cues of rambling, exotic power.
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if you expect this sequel score to make satisfyingly intelligent use of the classic themes and
secondary motifs from Jurassic Park, an unnecessary executive choice that makes this score an
impressive but disappointing shadow of its predecessor.
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4/14/18
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Jurassic Park (John Williams)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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if you are prepared for a superior John Williams crossover score that connects the high-flying
fantasy of his early 1980's triumphs with the more complex rhythms, instrumentation, and
density of his 1990's works.
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on the heavily rearranged edits of the score for the 1993 and 2013 albums if you can obtain
the 2016 set that finally offers the complete, chronological presentation of this large-scale
adventure and horror classic.
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4/3/18
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Michael
Kamen)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
on the outstanding 2018 expanded album if you seek a comprehensive presentation of this flawed but
occasionally highly entertaining score, a work highlighted by a memorable title fanfare and fine
orchestral interpolations of the melody from the famous Bryan Adams song for the film.
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if you expect the whole of Michael Kamen's music to soar with any sense of convincing swashbuckling
spirit or, quite frankly, if you demand a decent performance and recording mix for a score that
deserved far better execution.
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3/17/18
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Filmtracks announces its 2017 award nominees and winners
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Filmtracks celebrates the best film music of 2017 with its annual nominees and winners in the categories of "Top Film Scores," "Top Composers," and
"Top Film Cues." The nominees for "Top Film Scores" in 2017 are:
Visit the 2017 Awards section to view the winners (and other categories). For more
information about these awards or to view the results from previous years, browse the Filmtracks
Awards index page.
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3/9/18
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Bitter Harvest (Benjamin Wallfisch)
All New Review
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if you desire respectfully ethnic, romantically longing music for a challenging depiction of genocide, Benjamin Wallfisch supplying conservative but very
well executed dramatic melodicism for this otherwise disastrous film.
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if you require your orchestral and vocal melodrama to strike a more imposing posture for a historical tragedy, this score seemingly content to explore
the majority of its themes without the overwhelming weight the topic might have demanded to engage otherwise bored audiences.
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3/2/18
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Viceroy's House (A.R. Rahman)
All New Review
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| Buy it... |
if you do not doubt A.R. Rahman's ability to record a lovely and heartfelt merging of Western orchestra and Indian instrumentation and vocals for a
highly lyrical and accessibly dramatic experience.
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on the score-only album if you seek the credits' song interpolation of the score's main themes or on screen if you expect Rahman's music to be applied
with satisfying consistency of presence in context.
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