When Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks collaborated on the Academy Award-winning Saving Private Ryan, an abiding passion to further honour the young fighting soldiers of WWII was born in both men, resulting in Band of Brothers, an ambitious 10-part mini-series based on historian Stephen Ambrose's account of a 101st Airborne regiment as it fought its way across Europe. In scoring the ...
Offering bracketing bonuses on this follow-up album are the "ITV" and "Full" versions of the stately "Morse Theme". Barrington Pheloung's new material then swings between airy strings ("The Warmer Side of Morse"), and chilly piano phrases ("Gently Sinister Revelation"). If sequenced together, the portrait of Morse is of a most tranquil mind at sea while swimming about for clues ("Lewis & Morse"). ...
This volume improves on its two forebears in a number of ways. The cryptically jolly "Inspector Morse Theme" is shunted last for once, to make way for the adagio "Eirl Theme"--a sombre opening that reflects the album being dedicated to producer Kenny McBain who died during the third series upon which this collection is based. Again, Barrington Pheloung's arrangements of classical source ...
The Blue Planet, a BBC natural history series presented by David Attenborough, is accompanied by an appropriately sweeping score by George Fenton. After a bombastic main theme that fuses orchestra, electronics and synthesised choir into a 21st-century anthem, the remaining 15 tracks present an orchestral portrait of the world's oceans. Though folk-ethnic elements are incorporated into cues ...
It's no exaggeration to say that, though it lasted only 30 episodes, Twin Peaks started a revolution in North American television. In partnership with unsung hero Mark Frost, the visionary filmmaker David Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet) brought his dark and surreal perceptions to the small screen. 1980's TV had been dominated by the glossy soap operas Dallas and ...
None of the bad guys ever really got shot. They had the most indestructible set of wheels on the planet, and with just a haircomb and tube of toothpaste they could convert it into a battle-worthy super-tank. Those 80s Musketeers The A-Team were renegades but fought for justice, and we loved them for it. The musical set-up stayed the same throughout: guitar, drum-set, and small strings and horn ...