Adventures In The Underground Journey To The Stars [ECD] - South (1)

Advantages: Perfection in film scoring: works in film and works just as well alone
Disadvantages: Scarcity of album very unfortunate; musically none

...absolutely no details of this release's legitimacy or quality. Still, this is a quintessential Williams score that is a pleasure to hear time and time again. It is one of those scores that I hold within my top 10 film scores of all time and should be found from any serious collector. If you find it, you'd be wise to get it. It won't disappoint. TRACK LISTING Original 1981/1988 Polydor album 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (6:05) 2. Escape from Peru (2:26) 3. The Map Room: Dawn (3:58) 4. The Basket Game (4:50) 5. The Well of the Souls (5:00) 6. Desert Chase (7:44) 7. Marion's Theme (3:13) 8. The Miracle of the Ark (6:14) 9. The Raiders' March (2:29) Expanded 1995 Silva Screen album 1. The Raiders' March (2:50) 2. Main Title: South America, 1936* (4:10) 3. In the Idol's Temple** (5:26) 4. Flight from Peru (2:20) 5. Journey to... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to listen to and most people will know the words
Disadvantages: A Little Bit Boring

...I got this CD as a present from my Son for Mother's Day. I had left some major hints about what I would like and so I was very very pleased when I unwrapped my package. I first heard of Journey South through the XFactor and while it was my partner John who really liked them I soon came around to his way of thinking. They had an urgency in their voices and a kind of desperation that you couldn't help but love. Journey South are two brothers from The North. Carl and Andy have played the pub scence for years and had managed to make it into the final of the Xfaxtor. Unfortunatly the final proved too much for them and I believe they lost their nerve. However to come third in a National Competition out of thousands is not too bad. As they came third I thought perhaps that that would be the last we would see of the two boys. However... Read review

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Advantages: John Williams' score, great performance by the LSO
Disadvantages: Tracks don't follow the film's action

...McNeeley, Danny Elfman, Cliff Eidelman, and James Horner -- to follow in his footsteps. Because the Star Wars saga is essentially a 1930s "Saturday afternoon adventure serial" with, as Han Solo might have put it, "special modifications," composer Williams has to use musical themes that act as a unifying thread in the two-trilogy tapestry. All six Episodes, therefore, begin with the familiar Star Wars Main Title that underscores the title crawl that sets up the storylines. Also present in some form are The Rebel Fanfare and The Force Theme, which doubled as both Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi's theme and the mystical energy field from which both the Jedi and the Sith draw their amazing powers. Each Episode also introduced new major themes and action cues as the story expanded and new characters were added. Some action motifs were unique to... Read review

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