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January/February 2021
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1/17/21
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WarGames (Arthur B. Rubinstein)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you seek a valiant attempt by Arthur B. Rubinstein to capture the somewhat schizophrenic
nature of the film's duality, balancing light parody and synthetic pop style with ballsy
orchestral mayhem for the threat of nuclear war.
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| Avoid it... |
if you have difficulty accepting scores that challenge you with a wide range of technical
intellect and melodic constructs instead of simplifying their personality to capture your
heart with cohesive ethos.
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1/10/21
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*batteries not included (James
Horner)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
if you desire a rough foreshadowing of the balance between vintage jazz and orchestral
sensitivity in James Horner's later Cocoon: The Return and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
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| Avoid it... |
if you expect Horner's cute, uniquely playful tones for the mechanized alien visitors in this
film to translate well to album, especially on the exceedingly long 2018 product.
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1/1/21
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Rio Conchos (Jerry Goldsmith)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
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| Buy it... |
on the 2013 Intrada 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 several other products, regardless of how badly aged
its sound may be.
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