Great Composers Series - Georges Delerue

Advantages: Great sixties classics.
Disadvantages: Too varied to play as an album.

.../motown classics. This has the original and best Percy Sledge song (best to forget the Michael Bolton cover). Groovin’ is a very relaxed motown tune with a nice harmonica melody throughout. The album ends with the full length version of Adagio for strings including the Charlie Sheen narration from the film. This is a good compilation of late 60s songs. I wish it were a little larger. It would also be nice to have an un-tampered version of Adagio for strings. This is probably best for putting on individual tracks when you’re in the mood as it a short and very varied album. There are two other CDs released by the composer Georges Delerue called Platoon. One features the original score of Platoon (1987), the other his original scores of both Platoon and Salvador (1995), including some music that was written for but never used in the film. I have... Read review

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Advantages: It's George for gods sake! Its brilliant!
Disadvantages: A couple of tracks not as good as the rest.

...- The Title track of the album, beautiful. Composed by george on John Lennon's piano, it has no drums or anything, its very classical. I dont really know what its on about but i like it! Beautiful simple piano bits in the background as well. Patience Part 2 - Well i know this isnt the right order! But anyway this is the orchestral version of Patience with strings and stuff, and he doesnt actually sing lol.... Anselmo's Song - This one's quite nice: its got a sort of banjoey thing... but its not my favourite on the album.. still good though! Nice bass bits. Amazing - The first song to be released from the album - very poppy! and you get sick of it after a while.... But now i like it again! So thats good. The video was C**P but anyway.... i reallly like the song! John And Elvis are Dead - This is a nice one. Got some sample voices... Read review

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Advantages: Great cover versions
Disadvantages: They're only cover versions

...'Killer' which is probably the weakest track adding little to either song. The final revelation is George's cover of 'Calling You'. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the little seen Bagdad Cafe winning an Oscar nomination for composer Bob Telson, but had never appeared in the British charts. George gives a soulful, generous performance which remains in the aural memory of those who hear it. Like the former Cassius Clay, the former Georgios Panayiotou would continue to make comebacks and reclaim his title as the greatest of his generation and it remains to be seen whether he has now finally been knocked out for good. According to Amazon.co.uk the EP is still available in a number of formats, but previous experience with this kind of order means it can be a bit hit or miss. Keep a look out on ebay and you shouldn't pay more than... Read review

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