Terrific choice for a journey. I love Basil's stuff.

> Big Wednesday (1978)



I came to Poledouris from his big action scores - Conan, Starship Troopers, Robocop etc - so It took a while for Big Wednesday to grow on me, but now I love it. I think of it a bit like I think of Battle Beyond the Stars and James Horner... a young composer trying to find his romantic voice, but it is interesting to me how *quickly* he found his voice and how this score, and Blue Lagoon, and a couple of others, all have a similar vibe.

> Fire on the Mountain (1981)

Hey, I wrote the liner notes for the CD release of this album! God, that was a lifetime ago. I had to do it with zero context, never having seen the film, and with nothing beyond the style of the music and the track listings to go on. I was SO HARD trying to find positive, intelligent things to say about it. I liked the music well enough but, yeah, a minor effort.