> Lotta formatting weirdness in this post! HTML code run amok?

*unintelligible noises of annoyance*

This has happened to my posts a handful of times in the past. Not sure what's up as they're fine when I first post them, but if I go in and edit (like I did here) then all the coding shows up where I put paragraph spaces.

> Terrific score, though I'm amused how you called out the
> source-like cues intruding on earlier albums but didn't mind them here -
> perhaps contemporary interruptions are problematic but throwback ones that
> blend well enough with the score are alright.

There's definitely something to be said about "orchestral" source music (or same genre as with Lonesome Dove) fitting in better & being less jarring than a lovely Barry-esque work suddenly having an acid Rock track dropped in the middle of it.

> One of those 'I've been meaning to get to this for a while' properties -
> both the book and the series - though I've been a big fan of the score for
> years. It's been rumored that an expanded album was blocked for years
> because Basil wasn't a fan of the performance on the cues that didn't make
> the original program.

Haven't read the book, but I can give the series a solid rec if you're into the Western genre. Just be forewarned that the first episode has some serious pacing issues, though.

> If performance is what bothers you about the album, I do have to ask if
> you've heard the Silva Screen suite.

I'm typically one of those "the original recordings, please" guys, so I haven't actively gone looking for re-recordings by Silva or anyone else. That said, I'm very familiar with the Silva Screen lline of compilations as that was my source for hearing a lot of of film themes in my early days before discovering the actual albums.

OH, and yes. I'll go take a listen to their suite from Lonesome Dove soon.

> Great score - and it'll be nice to legitimately own this one for a change
> now that Intrada has reissued it.

When Intrada announced it my thought was "eh, whatever". Having now seen the film, it's on my (terribly long) list of specialty releases to try and get this year.