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Heart-Pounding Classic Movie Soundtrack
Advantages: Brilliant heart-pounding music Disadvantages: Sounds a bit dated now
When James Horner's album was first released groundbreaking, but time hasn't been kind. It sounds dated and cliched, but that's purely because so many other movies have used it's themes (James Horner himself is guilty of reusing riffs from this album in his other work). Even so, this album stands heads and shoulders above many other movie soundtracks. The opening track is quiet and haunting, while the second starts off with a giant fanfare of sounds, ...
Tyrian 24.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Aliens - Original Soundtrack
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Revenge of the Star Wars soundtrack
Advantages: Great music from the movie, includes a bonus DVD Disadvantages: Tracks in bizzare order.
...review includes minor spoilers for Star Wars Revenge of the Sith motion picture.***
Star Wars has been a very successful movie. Good story, great characters but also a memorable soundtrack. All six of the symphonic scores are composed by John Williams and include many reoccurring themes that link them all together. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith is the final episode of the saga and the end of the musical journey for the soundtrack. This ... ...trilogies.
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Star Wars Revenge of the Sith is the episode in the saga dealing with Anakin's fall to the dark side. The soundtrack reflects this with overall darker themes.
As with other soundtracks not all of the music in the movie is released and the order of the tracks is not the same as where the cues are in the movie. I prefer to re-order the tracks as then the music is chronologically correct with the movie's plot, for example, if ...
kyrane 17.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (+DVD) - London Symphony Orchestra
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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Advantages: A solid Star Wars score with an absolutely fantastic new theme Disadvantages: Muddy recording quality and a little less exciting action for a Star Wars score
Now that the Star Wars prequel saga has reached its Third and final episode I think its time I handled the remaining Episodes in my soundtrack evaluations, handling Episode II first. With The Phantom Menace proving to be a big disappointment for audiences due to its weak story, incredibly irritating and silly characters, and the over-reliance on CGI, there was much less expectation and trepidation for Attack of the Clones. With Anakin Skywalker now ... ...the style of his earlier Star Wars scores in terms of thematic development and stylistic similarities. With the creation of two new major themes (Duel of the Fates and Anakin's Theme) as well as a number of smaller themes and motifs along with the inclusion of older themes like the Force Theme and Imperial March (in a more subdued and foreboding form) The Phantom Menace proffered a rich tapestry of thematic material that maintained the connections ...
berlioz 14.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones - Original Soundtrack
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Roxy Rocks & All that Jazz
Advantages: Fantastic remake of the original show Disadvantages: Miss Sunshine (bleugh)
"Ladies and Gentlemen. You are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery"
Thus begins the recording of the 1998 London Cast & stars Ute Lemper & Ruthie Henshall. It is a quality remake of the original show, with a more funked up jazz feel and a hotter edge. Many of these show stopping tunes are instantly recognisable, with tunes such as All that Jazz, Mr Cellophane and Razzle Dazzle.
The CD ... ...involved so that the story can be followed & even if you have never seen the performance on stage the music will conjure you up an atmosphere of Vaudeville, and serve a menu of greed, murder and entertainment ~ "All those thing we held near and dear to our hearts" ...
FlossCat 24.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Chicago - 1998 London Cast
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High Fives all round!
Advantages: good mix, energetic, fun Disadvantages: /
When I was a bit younger, I used to watch Australian kids show Hi 5 on Milkshake every morning religiously before school. It is a programme aimed at pre-school and primary school children, teaching them various things through the methods of song and dance. Naturally, there are five presenters, all of which are Australian. Okay so the education side is a bit young fo rme, but I do find the music very entertaining on the show! Now I do not have the ... ...I did buy one of their several albums. This one was Hi 5 Hits. This album is very attractive, a very colourful cover with little cartoon images of the band: Nathan Foley, Charley Delaney, Tim Harding, Kellie Crawford (then Hoggart), and Kathleen de Leon. It is very bright and draws your attention in for sure! Looking on the back I noticed there were a total of twenty one songs. I will let you discover the wonders of them all yourself, but to give ...
Amy69 13.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Hi-5 Hits - Hi-5
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Grobag Egg
Great device, funky lights, looks good in a nursery. (*)
Nokia N85
Good looks, excellent internet browsing, packed with features, most areas easy to navigate (*)
ASUS WL-138g V2
Network adapter - PCI - Plug-in card - 54 Mbps - IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
Miele H 5040 BM
Microwaves, Cooking - Max Power: 1000 Watt - Capacity: 43L - with Grill
Citroen Saxo 1.1
Very cheap to run, tax and insure. Pretty cheap on maitenance costs. (*)
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