> I like it more than you do, though only at a 3.5/5 level. Aside from some
> prior score cut-and-paste a la Conan the Destroyer, my main
> challenge with this work is that its new themes aren't extensively
> developed throughout the score (appearing but not evolving much, in other
> words). That scattershot feeling has more to do with the narrative than
> anything on Poledouris' part, but hey, them's the breaks.

I did take into consideration my knowledge of what a train wreck the film itself was when evaluating Robo 3, though even then it feels like a "two steps forward, one step back" affair, sadly. I do wonder if Poledouris had been able to score the second film instead if his efforts would have been better/compared more favorably to the first one.

> Much higher on this one than I was when I posted my Poledouris rankings
> years ago. 4.5/5.

Don't remember what your original rating for Willy was back then, so your shame is safe with me. Or something.

> Yes, in addition to that just being part of his style since (I guess)
> Cherry 2000 and also being a natural evolution from the prior
> year's Wind, the synths also likely double as a representation of
> the modern aquarium - or at least I guess so, since it's been YEARS since
> I've seen this movie and all I remember is the whale jumping over the kid
> at the end.

That would make intellectual sense. Going purely on the album assembly and track titles (which, as we all know, lie more often than not) the synth-Pop elements only seem to appear for the middle portion of the story.