Aeon Flux - Hollywood Studio Symphony (The)

Advantages: Great passion, beautiful melodies, unrestrained romanticism
Disadvantages: The finale doesn't quite convince in it's purpose

...HAPPINESS, OR TRAGEDY? After the doom-laden confessional that was the Fourth Symphony, Tchaikovsky was finally getting more in peace with himself. His fame began to spread and by 1885 he was already considered a national hero. This time saw the maturation of Tchaikovsky's style from the more blatantly folk-song oriented works and the more youthfully turbulent ideas to a more mainstream and calmer drift. Following the Fourth Symphony came the Violin Concerto, the Second Piano Concerto, the colourful overtures Capriccio Italien (composed during his bright stay at Italy) and 1812 (with the famous cannon-fire finale), the subtle String Serenade, the elegiac Piano Trio, a couple of small operas, and the large scale Manfred Symphony, amid some smaller scale works, all predominately genial in character. In 1888, after getting over his fear... Read review

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Advantages: An exciting action score of great power and stature
Disadvantages: The constant action will tire you easily

...for an interesting effect amid so much solid orchestral sound. The album is surprisingly short, lasting only 43 minutes. But the album never sounds too short due to the fact that the released score is almost non-stop action from start to finish. As it stands it is still a great and powerful score but without that one bit of extra spark that could have catapulted it to the top of 2004's offering. 1. Transylvania 1887 (1:27) 2. Burn It Down! (4:46) 3. Werewolf Trap (1:53) 4. Journey to Transylvania (1:34) 5. Attacking Brides (5:03) 6. Dracula's Nursery (5:47) 7. Useless Crucifix (2:35) 8. Transylvanian Horses (3:56) 9. All Hallow's Eve Ball (3:01) 10. Who Are They to Judge? (2:00) 11. Final Battle (6:29) 12. Reunited (4:23) Produced by Alan Silvestri and David Bifano Music Composed and Conducted by Alan Silvestri Performed by The Hollywood Studio... Read review

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Advantages: An Amazing listen
Disadvantages: none

...At first glance this may look like some sort of joke, but look closer and you will find a coplexed, imaginative audio revalation. Metallica team up for a gig with The san fransisco symphony orchestra to bring there fans a 2 cd complied with 20 songs witch include such tracks as Devils Dance, Outlaw torn and Master of Puppets. The album/Dvd opens with The Call Of Ktulu and what a fit this is for an orchestra who take thw song to new hights and keep every song they perform up there then there is the fact that there are TWO new songs in the set list, -Human and No Leaf Clover Both of witch see metallica showing the world yet again that althogh everyone seems to be thinking that the band are selling out due to a long wait for a new studio album and no news on one, they step up to the mark and deliver a pice of things yet to come, more... Read review

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