This is a by-the-numbers soundtrack, so let's follow the composer's lead. 1) Are you familiar with James Horner's output? If yes, proceed to 2). If not, proceed to 4). 2) Will the presence of only minor variations on material from his scores for Searching For Bobby Fischer, Sneakers, Star Trek II, Braveheart and Deep Impact make for a distracting listen? ...
The first half of this album is drawn from recordings Bernard Herrmann made with the London Philharmonic in 1967. Welles Raises Kane is a concert work elaborating on themes from Herrmann's scores for Orson Welles's Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons. Herrmann described this portrait of the great director as a "musical frolic", the mood alternating between joyful uproar ...