Manufacturer: Cinerama
Somehow Debbie Wiseman makes her TV music budgets go a long way. For Absolute Truth, a study of the development of the Catholic Church, she aptly centres the score around the religious musical constant--a mixed choir. Their volume en masse rings at a powerful level, and--as introduced in the title cue--is the dominant voice in her instrumental palette. The strings and woodwinds ...
Manufacturer: BBC
With such lofty intentions, it was a shame Steven Spielberg's anthology series could rarely see a good idea through to a fully-rounded episode. This two-episodes-for-one deal demonstrates a couple that did work, although since the music was often better than the visuals that hardly matters! John Williams bookends each episode with his catchy title theme (included for completists), and as an often ...
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
Manufacturer: Naxos
The music--particularly the theme--to the series Beyond the Clouds garnered a lot of admiration for George Fenton (including an Emmy Award). There was therefore no one better suited for this sister show. Western interpretations of Chinese music are generally sadly deficient. But something must have connected here for the composer to be able to evoke a spot-on sense of locale that never ...
Manufacturer: Debonair Records
Rather unusually for a comedy series, the soundtrack to series two of Channel 4's Trigger Happy TV isn't packed with upbeat pop numbers or novelty tunes. Instead, the songs on offer tend towards the more morose and thoughtful end of the modern musical spectrum. Bands such as Grandaddy, PJ Harvey and Shack have seldom produced music that could be described as "zany", "madcap" or "wacky". And ...
Manufacturer: Channel 4
Manufacturer: Columbia
