Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music Review
There have been so many times when I thoroughly enjoyed the soundtrack of a movie I had gone to seen and checked to see who the composer was, I found the name of Jerry Goldsmith. I remember often thinking that guy could really compose some good music. Therefore, I got excited when I found this music compilation and couldn't wait to order it from Amazon.com. What I got was pretty much what I expected: over 280 minutes of great theme music from the movies and TV, some of which I remembered, but some completely new to me.
In all music from some 53 movies and television series is represented. In some cases, we get a musical suite or two or more selections from a given score but sometimes we must make do with only the main theme music. I would like to have heard more from the award winning or nominated Chinatown, Patton, Basic Instinct and Planet of the Apes (not included in this set) and perhaps less from The Blue Max, In Harm's Way, The Boys from Brazil or Star Trek®: Nemesis suites. Even so, there is plenty of good music. I would say 75 or 80 percent is thoroughly enjoyable and worth listening to again and again.
Highlights for me include stirring suites from The Wind and the Lion, Emmy winning QB VII, Star Trek®: The Motion Picture, Under Fire, The Sum of all Fears and Oscar® winning The Omen, as well as the main theme music from Basic Instinct, Capricorn One, Total Recall, The Waltons and Police Story. After years of wishing for it, I was finally able to add a representative Jerry Goldsmith album to my music library.
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music Overview
Jerry Goldsmith's death in 2004 marked the end of one of the greatest careers in film composing. This lavish 57 track 4 CD set traces the path of his astonishing achievements and includes recordings conducted by Goldsmith himself. Featuring The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Daniel Caine Orchestra. Includes over 280 minutes of music.
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