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July
15 2008 - New reviews
Lost - Season 3 - Michael
Giacchino
Extended album brings more joy to Lost fans - Read
the
review
Alone in the Dark -
Olivier Deriviere
Fine computer game music - Read
the
review
Duck, You Sucker - Ennio
Morricone
Sean Sean Sean! - Read
the
review
Anne of the Indies -
Franz Waxman
Waxman's first swashbuckler makes premiere CD
appearance - Read
the
review
Twister - Mark Mancina
Entertaining 90s action score - Read
the
review
July
10 2008 - New reviews
Aquamarine - David
Hirschfelder
Pleasant little score for children's fantasy - Read
the
review
The Lion King - Hans
Zimmer / Elton John
Magnificent Disney album - Read
the
review
The Man with the Golden
Gun - John Barry
Barry+Bond=great fun, even though it's not one of the
best - Read
the
review
Hard Rain - Christopher
Young
Blistering action score - Read
the
review
Sabrina - John Williams
Lovely romantic score is a nice departure for Williams
- Read
the
review
July
4 2008 - New reviews
WALL·E - Thomas Newman
Newman back at Pixar, scoring another winner - Read
the
review
Wanted - Danny Elfman
Delicious action score from Elfman - Read
the
review
Meet Dave - John Debney
Debney sticks within his comfort zone, but it's quite
good fun - Read
the
review
Get Smart - Trevor Rabin
Largely forgettable action/comedy score - Read
the
review
Cross Creek - Leonard
Rosenman
Gorgeous Rosenman rescued by Intrada - Read
the
review
By Love Possessed - Elmer
Bernstein
Gorgeous Bernstein rescued by Varese - Read
the
review
June
28 2008 - New reviews
Hancock - John Powell
Entertaining action score is a return to form
- Read
the
review
The Happening - James
Newton Howard
Chilling, effective scoring from JNH for his favourite
director - Read
the
review
The Accidental Tourist -
John Williams
Pleasant departure for Williams - Read
the
review
The Scarlet Letter - John
Barry
Glorious period romance from the master - Read
the
review
June
13 2008 - New reviews
Stargate: Ark of Truth -
Joel Goldsmith
Unusually dynamic tv music is extremely satisfying
- Read
the
review
The Abandoned - Alfons
Conde
Beautifully-composed horror score - Read
the
review
National Treasure: Book
of Secrets - Trevor Rabin
Entertaining guilty pleasure from Rabin - Read
the
review
Swept from the Sea - John
Barry
Romantic tone poem from Barry - Read
the
review
June
4 2008 - New reviews
Kung Fu Panda - Hans
Zimmer and John Powell
Hans and John serve up a 14, a 7, a 9 and lychees
- Read
the
review
Fool's Gold - George
Fenton
Exciting comedy adventure music - Read
the
review
Comes a Horseman -
Michael Small
Hugely enjoyable western score from Small - Read
the
review
Beneath the Planet of the
Apes - Leonard Rosenman
A masterpiece of challenging sci-fi music - Read
the
review
June
1 2008 - New reviews
Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - John Williams
Having been away for too long, with a crack of his whip
and a lopsided grin - welcome back, J.T. Williams - Read
the
review
The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian - Harry Gregson-Williams
A less exciting return, but a surprisingly good score
- Read
the
review
Standard Operating
Procedure - Danny Elfman
This is anything but standard for Elfman, branching out
into new territory - Read
the
review
Sudden Impact - Lalo
Schifrin
Lalo gets Dirty again - Read
the
review
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
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