Recent Purchases: Scores - Part I

As I mature I'm finding that my attention span is getting shorter and shorter - and consequently I'm looking for more and more out my film music. I need something memorable, something that may be playing in the background and halt me in my tracks (at least every once in a while.)

Frizzell's Whiteout isn't a score that's going to grab my attention very often. Yes, there are moments that do stand out if you're giving this CD your undivided attention - I do particularly like it when there's the electric cello Jon Broxton mentions in his already-linked review. But the interesting stuff is buried in amongst music that probably serves the film very well.

I'd say this is average generic action scoring (with atmospheric passages as well) that's commonplace at the moment.

Of the two scores cited previously as "recent purchases", Nathan Barr's True Blood is much more interesting - and memorable.