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Currently On Cue:

8/19/08Patton: (Jerry Goldsmith) - Expanded Review
Buy it... on the 1999 Film Score Monthly album if you seek the best source for the original film version of the Patton recordings, as well as a superior work by Frank DeVol for The Flight of the Phoenix.
Avoid it... in Patton's original recordings if you prefer the outstandingly vibrant re-recording conducted by Jerry Goldsmith in 1997.
Rating:*****   Read the entire review


8/17/08Monte Walsh : (John Barry) - Expanded Review
Buy it... if you seek proof that John Barry was more intent at times on forcing his own style onto a new genre rather than truly adapting for it.
Avoid it... if the reason you are curious about Monte Walsh's score is because you are a Western collector, for Barry's output is far closer to his works in the drama and action genres.
Rating:***   Read the entire review


8/15/08The Missouri Breaks: (John Williams) - Expanded Review
Buy it... only if you are trying to complete a John Williams film score collection and are fully prepared for perhaps his most eccentric and dysfunctional genre-bending effort.
Avoid it... if the idea of 70's pop rhythms and instrumentation in conjunction with comical Western honky-tonk elements seem like a recipe for disaster to you.
Rating:**   Read the entire review


8/14/08Island of the Sharks: (Alan Williams) - Expanded Review
Buy it... if you enjoy the expansiveness of John Barry's dramatic 1980's string writing and the rhythmic flair of Jerry Goldsmith's 1990's jungle rhythms.
Avoid it... if you easily become annoyed by scores that make no attempt to conceal the origins of their influences, no matter how adept their adaptation of those styles.
Rating:****   Read the entire review


8/11/08The X-Files: I Want to Believe: (Mark Snow) - All New Review
Buy it... if you're such a devoted fan of the franchise that even a faint whisper of what once made the episodic Mark Snow scores so attractive will suffice for nostalgic purposes.
Avoid it... if you were hoping that Snow would, outside of the last moments of the score, neatly wrap the music for the franchise into a coherent and impressive package.
Rating:***   Read the entire review


8/10/08Inspector Gadget: (John Debney) - Expanded Review
Buy it... only if you already suspect that you'd have a high tolerance for that catchy "Go, Gadget, Go!" attitude, so perfectly captured and adapted by John Debney into one of his typically hyperactive parody scores.
Avoid it... if the phrase "Go go Debney score!" confuses more than it entertains.
Rating:***   Read the entire review


8/9/08My Favorite Martian: (John Debney/Danny Elfman) - Expanded Review
Buy it... if you seek probably the most engaging and creative orchestral and synthetic combination to come from John Debney's wacky comedy writing of the late 1990's and early 2000's.
Avoid it... if you despise the early children's and comedy styles of Danny Elfman, whose influence figures heavily in Debney's work here.
Rating:****   Read the entire review


8/8/08The Comancheros: (Elmer Bernstein) - Expanded Review
Buy it... if you seek a predictably vibrant and bold Elmer Bernstein Western score, complete with the usual brassy themes and optimistic string interludes.
Avoid it... if the cheery atmosphere of many of Bernstein's themes for the genre detracts from the sincerity of the arguably more interesting accompanying underscore.
Rating:****   Read the entire review


8/7/08The Cable Guy/Fantasy Island: (John Ottman) - Expanded Review
Buy it... if you never had a chance to obtain either of the two scores represented on their previous, individual promotional releases.
Avoid it... if you already have the devilishly superior music to The Cable Guy and are interested in this compilation promo only for "Fantasy Island."
Rating:****   Read the entire review


8/6/08Brokedown Palace: (David Newman) - Expanded Review
Buy it... if you seek one of David Newman's most accomplished ventures into dramatic genres, with uniquely intriguing instrumental combinations that cross cultures with surprising ease.
Avoid it... if hearing David Newman write essentially a quintessential Thomas Newman score runs counter to the flightiness that you expect and love from David's work.
Rating:****   Read the entire review


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