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Two tracks from the Star Trek films but none from the Crocodile Dundee movies)I feel that the editors made smart choices overall. Paramount has done quite well in choosing scores from a wide variety of movies. When someone has ninety years of movie soundtracks to choose from it is difficult to know where to begin. The tracks either represent a movie's popularity and/or longevity or is included for the music's popularity/longevity. They have also gone to some lengths to arrange the tracks cronologically and choosing tracks which compliment each other. While I don't agree with all of their track choices (Once Upon A Time in the West instead of Sons of Katie Elder as their only Western genra representation. Tracks also represent the different decades of film from World War II until 2002. The editors have concentrated most tracks from 1990's to 2002 when the CD was published.
This is a splendid cd if you enjoy movie themes. Original performances that bring back fond memories of the films. Many selections included.
If you love movies and movie music, you can't go wrong with this two cd Paramount Anniversary set.
Where's James Horner's theme music from Star Trek II and III. The main problem with this collection is that all the most memorable film scores are just on one disc, with the second used mostly to play out stuff from the last ten years that, really, musically isn't very memorable and only includes three pieces anyone will recognize just because, like the movies they come from, they're based on old TV shows - The Addams Family, Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible.And that brings up another problem. Normally I have a lot to say in my reviews, but not this time. If they're gonna put Star Trek on here twice, they should have provided a little diversity. With all due respect to the late Jerry Goldsmith, who has provided some truly great classic movie scores, was it REALLY necessary to include TWO versions of the SAME Star Trek march in this collection. This seems evocative of the milk-it-for-all-its-worth attitude Paramount has had lately toward its now-tarnished crown-jewel franchise. It wouldn't have taken much, I'm sure.I'm sure that Paramount's had other films with far more memorable music (even Harold Faltermeyer's Top Gun Anthem could have helped on Disc 2). This just seems like a lazy attempt at something that really could have been great.
I was perplexed with the inclusion of songs from Rugrats, both Mission Impossible movies (one would have been more than enough) and Tomb Raider (memorable.).This is my own personal bias, but I do prefer movie soundtracks that evoke a feeling of excitement. There are some really great songs on this 2 CD set. With this collection I just couldn't get excited. However, those really great songs seem to be lightly interspersed amongst a large number of forgettable songs whose main purpose seems to be to remind you of those movies you enjoy(ed) so much.It seems a little odd to me that out of 90 years of film making the most memorable scores have been largely released within the last few years. I was pleased to find themes from the Godfather, Indiana Jones and Witness. I kept finding myself being let down by songs that didn't in some way complement the preceeding song.There are certainly some great tracks here, but overall I was disappointed. My advise would be to look elsewhere.
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