• Composed by Lorne Balfe
• Sony Classical / 40m

I usually start these things with a little comment about the film, but to be honest the only thing I keep thinking about Bad Boys For Life is that I can’t believe they didn’t save the title for the next instalment, which they could have called Bad Boys Four Life. Oh well, maybe Mr Bruckheimer will contact me for clearly-needed advice next time he needs to name a film. Because I’m annoying, back in the 1990s when all the kids used to say Media Ventures power anthem scores were the greatest thing since sliced bread, I didn’t like them; but as that sound has morphed over time into the generally joyless modern Remote Control action sound which the kids now say is the greatest thing since sliced bread (find a kid and ask him or her – I guarantee this is the case), I started to rather miss it. Well, here it is, back (but probably not for life). Mark Mancina has long since flown the nest and so Lorne Balfe takes the musical reins for the third instalment, with much excitement from people who were kids in 1995 over whether he would bring back Mancina’s theme. Fear not – he doesn’t just bring it back, virtually the whole score is based on it in some way or other.