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Sounds Of The Cinema
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This is a view of my collection of soundtrack albums on CD and LP. I love orchestral soundtracks and am still collecting. It will never end.
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The Men Who Stare At Goats by Rolfe Kent
A fantastic score by Rolfe Kent that is not simplistic or overly romantic.A reporter is informed of a military unit that is using paranormal powers to end the war. Intrigued, the reporter seeks out this unit only to find a rogue soldier using the pow...
Extreme Close-Up by James Horner
A personal score by James Horner.After his mother's death, a boy decides to find out how his mother died. Putting together film clips of his mother, he finds that they share emotional instabilities. At the same time, he tires to connect with a distan...
Blood: The Last Vampire by Clint Mansell
Clint Mansell's score for Blood: The Last Vampire starts off nicely ...A vampire, working for a secret organization, is sent to a military base to rid it of an infestation of vampires. Supposed to be quite entertaining and action-packed, I am looking...
A Christmas Carol by Alan Silvestri
A Christmas Carol is a marvellous Christmas score. And Alan Silvestri is back from a slump.A Christmas Carol, this 2009 version, is one of many re-tellings of the classic Charles Dickens story. Cold-hearted Scrooge, whose main interest is money, is g...
17 Again by Rolfe Kent
Rolfe Kent is the king of the easy going, light scores - music to relax by, music that is great for background listening while you are doing your homework or in the office. Kent has not made much of an impact on me since Sideways. This was a wonderfu...
Knife Edge by Guy Farley
I was quite impressed by Book Of Blood. Actually, more than impressed. One of the better horror scores of 2009, it was stunning in a low key manner, providing a lot of atmosphere and chills. Knife Edge is Guy Farley's second release this year.A famil...
