At the Meyerson-Mary Preston

Advantages: Really impressive action adventure score, one of the best of 2005
Disadvantages: Some action scenes a little unremarkable

...by Pete Anthony, Mike Nowak & Bruce Babcock Boy Soloist: Ben Inman Additional Vocals: Liz Constantine Orchestrated by Jeff Atmajian, Pete Anthony, Pat Russ, Brad Dechter, Jon Kull, Bruce Babcock, Frank Bennett & Conrad Pope Music Recorded by Joel Iwataki Music Mixed by Alan Meyerson Recorded at The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage, Todd-AO Scoring, Fox Scoring Stage, O'Henry Sound Studios & Cow on the Wall Studios Supervising Music Editor: Jim Weidman Music Editors: David Olson, Peter Myles, Malcolm Fife, Marie Ebbing & Jonathon Stevens Decca Records, 2005 (476 5224) © berlioz... Read review

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Advantages: Very few
Disadvantages: A lot

...Music Composed by Klaus Badelt Music Supervisor: Bob Badami Additional Music by Ramin Djawadi, James Dooley, Nick Glennie-Smith, Steve Jablonsky, Blake Neely, James McKee Smith & Geoff Zanelli Supervising Orchestrator: Bruce Fowler Orchestrated by Robert Elhai, Elizabeth Finch, Walt Folwer, Bill Liston, Ladd McIntosh, Suzette Moriarty, Conrad Pope & Brad Warnaar Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Blake Neely Choir Conducted by Nick Ingman & Rick Wentworth Orchestra Recorded by Alan Meyerson, Malcolm Luker & Mike Farrow at The Newman Scoring Stage, Los Angeles & Todd Scoring Stage, Studio City, CA Choir Recorded by Geoff Foster & Nick Wollage at Air Lyndhurst Studios, London Featured Cello Player: Martin Tillman Featured Flute Player: Fred Selden Synth Programming: Hans Zimmer, Bart Hendrickson & Rob Williams... Read review

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Advantages: This groovy song makes gospel cool again!
Disadvantages: Hear it a million times and you'll get sick of it, but isn't that true of anything?

..."Shackles" was a single that built a lot of bridges. It's one of the first truly gospel hits to make a significant impact in the pop market, and that really says something about the skill of duo Mary Mary. They've managed to take gospel and make it cool again, and that's largely due to their vocal talent and the catchiness of this song. Granted, you do get sick of it after a while, but it received massive exposure and Mary Mary wowed audiences at R1's One Big Sunday (among others) with their ability to sing live. Gospel is becoming cool in a big way if these two have anything to do with it, and if anyone can make that happen, it's them.... Read review

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