There's something about the Sinbad saga that elicits the best from a composer. The Arabian Nights spent at the writing desk definitely result in something extra special--witness the Sinbad scores from Mikl--s R--zsa (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad) and Bernard Herrmann (The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad). Roy Budd, however, was better known for his in-the-groove jazz scores ...
This three-for-one deal sadly misses expectation by a wide margin. Trebled up with Catlow and Zeppelin you'd be forgiven for thinking the album presents three short scores at capacity length. But at less than 40 minutes you know something has to be missing. That would be the remainder of Zeppelin, which gets a paltry couple of cues here. The excellent Morricone-esque "Main ...