Category: Soundtrack Reviews

LP: Fantastic Film Music of Albert Glasser, Vol. 1

LP: Fantastic Film Music of Albert Glasser, Vol. 1

March 3, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / F . Rating: Very Good Label: Starlog Records/ Released: 1978 Tracks & Album Length: 8 tracks / (56:27) . Special Notes: Gatefold album. . Composer: Albert Glasser . . Review: After the release of the Rocketship X-M [M] album, producer and Starlog Records bigwig Kerry O’Quinn felt compelled to release […]

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CD: Film Noir’s Finest (2012)

CD: Film Noir’s Finest (2012)

February 15, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / F . Rating: Good Label: BSX Records / Released: January, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 20 tracks / (70:34) . Special Notes: n/a. . Composer: various . . Review: BSX Record’s latest compilation album features an eclectic collection of main themes from mostly modernist noirs – clear-cut homages by directors either […]

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CD: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) / Dark Star (1974)

CD: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) / Dark Star (1974)

February 15, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / A . Rating: Excellent Label: BSX Records / Released: June 1, 2012 Tracks & Album Length: 27 tracks / (62:48) . Special Notes: Re-recorded scores performed by Alan Howarth / Limited to 1500 copies. . Composer: John Carpenter . . Review: Up until Ghosts of Mars (2009) – the cinematic dud […]

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CD: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

CD: Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

February 15, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / B . Rating: Excellent Label: Sony Masterworks/ Released: January 8, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 19 tracks / (52:00) . Special Notes: Newly expanded 50th Anniversary Edition. . Composer: Charles Strouse (music), Lee Adams (lyrics) . . Review: Sony’s newly expanded CD marks the 50th anniversary of the film version […]

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CD: Le Mans (1971) / The Hunter (1980)

CD: Le Mans (1971) / The Hunter (1980)

January 28, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / J to L . Rating: Very Good Label: Universal France/ Released: November 19, 2007 Tracks & Album Length: 21 tracks / (68:11) . Special Notes:  n/a . Composer: Michel Legrand . . Review: When Michel Legrand’s score for Steve McQueen’s existentialist racing film was released by Columbia on LP in […]

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