Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / B . Rating: Excellent Label: La-La Land Records / Released: March 12, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 18 tracks / (68:17) . Special Notes: 12-page colour booklet with liner notes by composer Bear McCreary / Limited to 3000 copies. . Composer: Bear McCreary . . Review: The lure of creating a […]
News of the special features to appear on Twilight Time’s upcoming Picnic and The Roots of Heaven Blu-rays, plus CD reviews of Bear McCreary’s The Cape and Alfred Newman’s A Certain Smile La-La Land), and Ludovic Bource’s The Artist and the compilation album for The Descendants (Sony Classical).
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / C . Rating: Excellent Label: La-La Land Records / Released: September 27, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 23 tracks / (79:51) + CD2: 26 tracks / (78:17) . Special Notes: 16-page colour booklet with liner notes by series creator Tom Wheeler, executive producer John Wirth, and composer Bear McCreary / Limited […]
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / S . Rating: Excellent Label: La-La Land Records/ Released: May 10, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 14 tracks / (57:30) + CD2: 11 tracks / (52:59) . Special Notes: 16-page colour booklet / Limited to 2000. . Composer: Bear McCreary . . Review: Bear McCreary brings the rich sonics and epic […]
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / V to Z . Film: Excellent/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Excellent Label: Anchor Bay/ Region: A / Released: March 8, 2011 Genre: Horror / Zombies / Post-Apocalyptic Disaster Synopsis: Survivors struggle to make sense of a bizarre biological event that’s overrun cities and towns with zombies.. Special […]
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