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I need to revisit this. Funny, when I search for something to listen to I never think of Barry but every time I listen to one of his scores for the most part I always enjoy them. Strange.

-Erik-

I agree. I remember falling in love instantly when I first heard it! I think I will give it a spin now. The Prague Orchestra always performed Barry's music well. Rex Steele can wait.

-Erik-

NP: Walkabout - John Barry

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the inspiration, Timmer. This is exactly what I needed right now. A gorgeous score; the choral work is beautifully restrained, the writing is very relaxed, and the theme is classic Barry! An very emotional journey!

-Erik-

Great, vintage WW2 music. High-quality samples rather than orchestra, but it sounds great. Kinda Goldsmithian in parts, rather than the usual Indiana Jones template for these scores.

I'd go with that statement.

NP: Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher and Other Short Film Scores - Ryan Shore

Fantastic release by MovieScore Media. The opening score, Rex Steele, is a no holds barred, old school, over the top orchestral gem! Grand themes, exciting action material, full symphony orchestra. Awesome stuff! If I had of heard this in 2004 I probably would have put it on my Top 10 list! I'm digging into the other short films offered on this release which really showcases Shore's diversity and range as a composer. I'd like to see Shore tackle some bigger projects. Shore is another up and comer to watch!

-Erik-

FRWL?

-Erik-

Not in a million years! I like it, but it sounds like a generic Kamen action score rather than a Bond score to me.

I love it. A shame Kamen only scored half the movie and the remaining music is just tracked in from the first part.

Sorry Anthony but I think Licence To Kill is one of the very weakest Bond scores ever, not under appreciated by me at all...I'm just indifferent to it.

The song though is one of the very best and you really don't get much better female vocalists than Gladys Knight. Not surprisingly this is where the problem with the score lies, Kamen had nothing to do with writing the theme song and that's why his work is so thematically weak.

To repeat James....'Not in a million years!'

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah! Stick it to Tyler!

-Erik-

Again, another one I need to revisit. I remember liking it but not going to nuts over it. Maybe it had to do with the sound quality. Anyway, after this wonderful Ryan Shore album is done Mad Max 3 it is. BTW, Tai-Pan is my personal favorite Jarre score.

-Erik-

I'm finishing up this Ryan Shore album and the main theme from Articles of War came on and I instantly recognized it... or at least I knew I've heard that theme before or some variation of it. I've been going mad the passed half hour trying to figure it out. First I thought it was Kamen but then it dawned on me that it came from Zimmer. But which Zimmer?a I've been sifting ll my Zimmer albums until I found The Wings of Film (which is still the most retarded name for a soundtrack album I've ever heard) and found Rain Man. Yup, Shore's main theme from Articles of War is a bastardized version of Zimmer's Rain Man. I would have gonna completely bonkers if I hadn't of figured that out. I would have been humming that theme all day and all night. Anyway, the Ryan Shore short films album is superb and I highly recommend it!

-Erik-