Archive for June, 2007

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Music Composed by Miklós Rósza
Rating: *****

Miklós Rósza will always be most famous for his grandiose biblical epics, but for my money, his best scores will always be his more personal and introspective works. Few scores demonstrate this side of the composer better than The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, his score for Billy Wilder’s frustrated [...]


Percepto: 'Mad, Mod and Macabre"

Percepto Records will release a 5-disc Ronald Stein collection dubbed Mad, Mob and Macabre, and compiled from the composer’s efforts for the infamous American International Pictures studio. The lowdown:
No genre of motion picture was too diverse or outrageous for composer Ronald Stein. Whether it was axe-wielding maniacs, troubled teens or giant atomic mutants, Stein [...]


The Creature Wasn't Nice

Music Composed by David Spear
Rating: ***

About a month back, BSX Records posted promotional material for a new limited release that hinted toward one of the great science fiction fanboy favorites. Then they released The Creature Wasn’t Nice, an obscure score by an obscure composer for an obscure early ‘80s sci-fi comedy. It was [...]


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Music Composed by Mark Isham
Rating: **

Moviegoers asked a collective “next?” when this latest Nic Cage high-concept actioner hit theatres. Cage is a reluctant hero with the ability to see the near future and bed hot babes. Much to the shock of studio execs I’m sure, not even a new, fuller hairdo and the [...]


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