Featuring music by 25 composers ranging from Mozart to Zimmer (best known as the composer of the Gladiator film score), Massive Classics is a two-CD compilation brimming with stirring and dramatic music, much of which is familiar through its use in television and film. It's also packaged in handy, bite-sized chunks. For example, we're given the opening to Strauss' Also Sprach ...
Compiling film themes into a consistently engaging listen has never been easy. Sony has really pulled it off on The Classic Score though, drawing together a genuinely impressive playlist from multiple labels and artists. Its success is in part down to the ear of whoever compiled it, but it's also a fantastic reminder that film music has by no means grown stale while embracing the 21st ...