> I'm much higher on this one than you are. The secondary themes get a
> little lost in the shuffle, but this is a consistently solid blending of
> Poledouris' orchestral drama and synthetic thriller sounds, and the title
> theme rules even if it (appropriately) isn't exactly the most rousing
> thing. ****1/2

> I do wonder if your reaction is somewhat a function of trying to collect
> 75 minutes of highlights across 14.5 hours of television. But then I also
> have no idea how much good music was left off the album.

So, funny enough, I think if the album was actually shorter and consisted more of the thematic statements and melding of themes, I'd give it a higher rating. The 70-odd minute presentation just kinda causes everything to get lost for me after awhile. Also this could very easily be a case where watching the show greatly enhances my appreciation of the score, which has happened with some other works that I was so-so towards on album at first.

That said, not sure I want to commit to the 14 1/2 hour series.

> Oh boy...

> ***** for me. There is nothing else like this one. A handful of source
> cues should generally be programmed out, but the score portions rule.

If it makes you (and Riley) feel any better, Cherry is a high 3.5/5 for me that could easily go up at a later date. For me currently it's just not as great as Blue Lagoon, Whale for the Killing, Conan, Robocop, Starship Troopers, Les Mis, Flesh + Blood, etc.... yet.

> Richard Kraft wrote an amusing paragraph about the process of finding the
> tone for this score as part of a longer remembrance of Basil -
> https://perspectiveforum.net/2016/05/22/finding-family-with-basil-poledouris/

Ah ha! So I was right that there's a Goldsmith Western influence!! Also that's a very sweet, insightful remembrance of Basil. He sounds like he was a really great guy.

> I think the Apple Music album you mentioned is legit, though I have no
> idea why it's shorter than the three previous CD releases.

> Still, it's an improvement over the digital/streaming version of
> Amerika which has a cover that doesn't even spell the composer's
> name correctly!

*checks*

Good grief, they did misspell his name!! XDD