Music Composed by Hans Zimmer
Rating: ***

Well, what do you know? It’s another Jerry Bruckheimer summer action movie, and with it comes another Hans Zimmer summer action score. Being a score for a Bruckheimer, without listening to it, you should know what kind of score you’re going to get. Even so, the resulting effort is an [...]

Music Composed by Michael Giacchino
Rating: **** 1/2

In the summer of 2003, film music aficionados attending a screening of Finding Nemo were likely treated to a brief teaser for The Incredibles that made hilarious use of Barry’s classic theme for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. As Barry himself was signed to score the film at the [...]

Music Composed by Harold Faltermeyer
Rating: **

You have to hand it to La-La Land Records for releasing Harold Faltermeyer’s Tango & Cash, a mid-’80s vintage example of film scoring that is far from high art. There must be a contingent of die-hard ’80s synth-score fanatics out there that made this album a worthwhile venture (though [...]

Music Composed by James Newton Howard
Rating: *** 1/2

The Middle East meets the Old West in James Newton Howard’s Hidalgo - the story of a man, his horse, and a race across the Arabian desert. Based on the real-life story of Frank T. Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) and his mustang Hidalgo, Joe Johnston’s family friendly film is [...]

Music Composed by Tan Dun
Rating: *** 1/2

Although it was released in North America in the summer of 2004, Hero actually has been in the can since 2002. This Hong Kong film was a huge underground/cult favorite after its initial Asian release, and only after many delays did the film receive a theatrical release this side [...]