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May
18 2008 - New reviews
Speed Racer - Michael
Giacchino
A review which uncovers no fewer than four surprises
- Read
the
review
The Visitor - Jan A.P.
Kaczmarek
Beautiful, heart-felt score is one of the composer's
best - Read
the
review
This Girl for Hire -
Bruce Broughton
Obscure tv movie score released on CD for the first
time - Read
the
review
Justice League: The New
Frontier - Kevin Manthei
Decent superhero music hampered by performance
- Read
the
review
Twilight - Elmer Bernstein
Solid but low-key drama music from a master - Read
the
review
May
12 2008 - New reviews
Heavy Metal - Elmer
Bernstein
Classic Bernstein finally released from the vaults...
- Read
the
review
Baby: Secret of the Lost
Legend - Jerry Goldsmith
...and even the Disney vaults are opened - Read
the
review
Sleepwalking -
Christopher Young
Pleasant dramatic score shows another side to Young
- Read
the
review
Chato's Land - Jerry
Fielding
Fiendishly complex, satisfying western music - Read
the
review
May
5 2008 - New reviews
Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi
If you've been wondering where I've been lately, it's
taken me a while to recover from listening to this - Read
the
review
The Life Before Her Eyes
- James Horner
This, on the other hand, actually required some talent
to produce - Read
the
review
Scenes of the Crime / A
Child's Game - Christopher Young
Two obscure Young efforts see the light of day on CD
thanks to BSX - Read
the
review
P.S. I Love You - John
Powell
Lovely - but hardly groundbreaking - romantic music
- Read
the
review
April
16 2008 - New reviews
Leatherheads - Randy
Newman
Charming period music for Clooney comedy
- Read
the
review
Nim's Island - Patrick
Doyle
Doyle lets rip in fine action/adventure score
- Read
the
review
Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom - John Williams
John Williams and the Wonderful Sequel Score - Read
the
review
My Life - John Barry
Lush, beautiful romantic music from the master of that
sort of thing - Read
the
review
April
9 2008 - New reviews
Mary, Queen of Scots -
John Barry
The first official CD release of a Barry masterpiece
- Read
the
review
Raiders of the Lost Ark -
John Williams
Not long to go before the new film comes out... whet
your appetite in the mean time by reminding yourself of how it all
began - Read
the
review
March
27 2008 - New reviews
Stop-Loss -
John Powell
Another week, another new score from Powell...
- Read
the
review
A Time to Die - Ennio
Morricone
Gritty suspense music from Morricone gets first CD
release - Read
the
review
The Black Hole - John
Barry
A Barry classic which is sorely in need of its own
first CD release! - Read
the
review
Wag the Dog - Mark
Knopfler
Easy-going music for witty satire - Read
the
review
March
22 2008 - New reviews
Horton Hears a Who! -
John Powell
Powell goes back to the well one more time - Read
the
review
Point Break - Mark Isham
Popular early action score from Isham gets released on
CD for the first time - Read
the
review
Neighbours - Bill Conti
Manic comedy score - Read
the
review
Red King, White Knight -
John Scott
Obscure score shows Scott's qualities - Read
the
review
March
13 2008 - New reviews
Vantage Point - Atli
Orvarsson
Typical modern thriller score - Read
the
review
Untraceable - Christopher
Young
Far more interesting modern thriller score - Read
the
review
Hack! - Scott Glasgow
Great, hugely orchestral horror music - like there used
to be! - Read
the
review
Up Close and Personal -
Thomas Newman
Charming romance from Newman - Read
the
review
March
9 2008 - New reviews
The Other Boleyn Girl -
Paul Cantelon
Beautiful music for period drama - Read
the
review
27 Dresses - Randy Edelman
Typical fluffy romcom music - Read
the
review
Island of Lost Souls -
Jane Antonia Cornish
Gigantic action score - Read
the
review
March
1 2008 - New reviews
The Legend of Butch and
Sundance - Basil Poledouris
Touching swansong from Poledouris - Read
the
review
The Tudors - Trevor Morris
Modern music for historical drama - Read
the
review
Treasured Island -
Nicholas Dodd
Swashbuckling adventure score - Read
the
review
A Far Off Place - James
Horner
Obscure but fulfilling Horner score - Read
the
review
February
16 2008 - New reviews
Jumper - John Powell
Powell's latest teleports in - Read
the
review
Rambo - Brian Tyler
Week-long album from Tyler (or at least, it seems that
way) - Read
the
review
Surf's Up - Mychael Danna
Danna leaves his usual territory and surf's up a treat
- Read
the
review
February
3 2008 - New reviews
3:10 to Yuma - Marco
Beltrami
Intense western score nets deserved Oscar nomination
- Read
the
review
The Bucket List - Marc
Shaiman
Charming, easy-going return to film scoring from
Shaiman - Read
the
review
The Mechanic - Jerry
Fielding
Atonal thriller score is one of Fielding's most
ambitious - Read
the
review
George and the Dragon -
Gast Waltzing
Fine fantasy adventure score from little-known composer
- Read
the
review
January
24 2008 - New reviews
The Kite Runner - Alberto
Iglesias
Impressive, Oscar-nominated score for Afghan drama
- Read
the
review
Goldfinger - John Barry
Do you expect me to talk? - Read
the
review
January
22 2008 - Oscar nominations /
new reviews
Congratulations
to the Oscar nominees. For Best Score...
Dario
Marianelli - Atonement
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard - Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami - 3:10
to Yuma
An
eclectic bunch this year, with deserved first nominations for Giacchino
and Beltrami, but the overwhelming favourite must be Marianelli, whose Atonement has a
similar sort of musical appeal to people who wouldn't usually
buy score albums as Dances
with Wolves and The
English Patient. But really - how can the same
group that shows such good taste as to nominate the
underappreciated 3:10
to Yuma also see fit to reward the year's weakest score by
a major composer, Michael
Clayton? My own pick for score of the
year, The Golden
Compass, is predictably absent.
Also
notable, three nominations for Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for
three of the excellent songs from Enchanted.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
- James Horner
Horner back in fantasy territory after twenty years
away - Read
the
review
I Am Legend - James
Newton Howard
Quasi-religious, epic stuff from JNH - Read
the
review
The Mist - Mark Isham
Terrifying horror score - Read
the
review
The Great Debaters -
James Newton Howard and Peter Golub
Pleasant drama music - Read
the
review
January
6 2008 - Happy New Year!
The
entire staff here at Movie Wave would like to wish everyone a very
happy and prosperous (if not preposterous) new year!
Cassandra's Dream -
Philip Glass
Intense score... for Woody Allen comedy!? - Read
the
review
Charlie Wilson's War -
James Newton Howard
Eclectic drama score - Read
the
review
Harry and the Hendersons
- Bruce Broughton
Mad-cap Broughton family fun - Read
the
review
Hitman - Geoff Zanelli
Enjoyable contemporary action score - Read
the
review
December
24 2007 - Merry Christmas!
The
entire staff here at Movie Wave would like to wish everyone a very
merry Christmas.
The Golden Compass -
Alexandre Desplat
Wonderful fantasy score - Read
the
review
Journey from the Fall -
Christopher Wong
Beautiful music for Vietnam drama - Read
the
review
Curly Sue - Georges
Delerue
Typical heartwarming Delerue - Read
the
review
December
17 2007 - New reviews
Aliens vs Predator:
Requiem -
Brian Tyler
Entertaining action romp - Read
the
review
The Water Horse - James
Newton Howard
Fantasy score with celtic elements - Read
the
review
North by Northwest -
Bernard Herrmann
New recording of Herrmann classic - Read
the
review
The Last Winter - Jeff
Grace
Horror score mixes chills with exquisite beauty
- Read
the
review
December
10 2007 - New reviews
Alien - Jerry Goldsmith
Goldsmith's horror masterpiece finally gets the release
it deserves - Read
the
review
Mr Magorium's Wonder
Empire - Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman
Surprisingly coherent, pleasant score from unusual
pairing of composers - Read
the
review
November
24 2007 - New reviews
Beowulf - Alan Silvestri
Routine action score from Silvestri, whose sound is
starting to get a little stale - Read
the
review
Lions for Lambs - Mark
Isham
Fine score enlivened further with one oustanding piece
- Read
the
review
Navajo Joe - Ennio
Morricone
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Read
the
review
November
18 2007 - New reviews
Enchanted - Alan Menken
Menken returns to fairytale realm for Disney - Read
the
review
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Craig Armstrong
The 16th century - the time of Sir Walter Raleigh, the
Spanish Armada and, by the sounds of it, a few drum machines - Read
the
review
Dante's Peak - John
Frizzell
Compact little thriller score - Read
the
review
November
14 2007 - New reviews
Bee Movie - Rupert
Gregson-Williams
Delightfully undemanding animation score - Read
the
review
Monsignor - John Williams
Gaping hole in Williams discography filled at last
- Read
the
review
Superman: Doomsday -
Robert J. Kral
Quality music, not given the performance it deserves
- Read
the
review
War - Brian Tyler
...or should I say John Powell? - Read
the
review
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