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Getting Better Every CD!

Charles Voogd | Underwaterland | 11/19/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've listened it over and over again. It's a stunningly well done soundtrack and the Moscow orchestra gets close to the Hollywood sound.This team goes from strenght to strenght and it's to be hoped that they make a dream come tru by recording more of this vintage Waxman period (as they say in the booklet).Let's hope they eventually will do some Rózsa, because that's what I've missed so far.By this, you'll like it."

Objective, Music!

Jeffrey Wheeler | Memphis, TN USA | 03/29/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Militaristic and seemingly weightless, current sensibilities would probably place this more in line with a Saturday afternoon serial soundtrack to which it is every measure as earnest. The pattern of suspense, release, suspense, release, etc., is nail biting, and pleasure comes from hearing so-called Orientalism without the usual compositional stereotypes. It is taut and exciting; sharp-eared aficionados might notice a few precursors to "Star Wars", too, particularly in the action cues. The instrumentation is solid, the main theme is a stately march in the intrepid design, and the sound envelops and enraptures! Bernard Herrmann once cited this score as an example of great filmusic. It is."