Manufacturer: Global TV
The writer of the theme tune for Ally McBeal, Vonda Shepard has become a fully-fledged American celebrity. She's no major-label diva, though--after being unceremoniously dumped by Warner Brothers when her first two albums didn't sell, Shepard was plucked from a tiny stage by David E Kelly, the creator of Ally McBeal, and within a year had attained stardom as Ally's muse, forever ...
Manufacturer: Epic
Manufacturer: Warner
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
Manufacturer: Treasury
Summer is the time for compilations, be they Ibiza related or just plain pop, so why shouldn't teen soap operas get in on the act like this 40 song collection of chart hits branded by thrice weekly Hollyoaks? As with every pop compilation this year it includes S Club 7's "Don't Stop Movin'" which is undoubtedly one of the songs of 2001. Other notable inclusions include: for the dance ...
Manufacturer: Universal Music TV
Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, the album, is part of a modern phenomenon: a multimedia project centred around a television series and encompassing a book of the same title. In isolation, the album might appear strangely random, yet it affords the opportunity to hear in full pieces which could only be presented briefly on TV. Unusually for an anthology, nine of the 19 tracks were specially ...
Manufacturer: Metronome
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"). ...
Manufacturer: Virgin VIP
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 ...
