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8/20/26 The Night Digger   (Bernard Herrmann)
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Buy it... for familiar thriller techniques from Bernard Herrmann, his mix of strings, harp, and harmonica offering a challenging blend of suspense and sickly romance.
Avoid it... if you're hoping that any of the facets of this music can compete with Herrmann's better incarnations of the same ideas in other works.
8/18/26 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad   (Miklós Rózsa)
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Buy it... for a technically precise and highly proficient adventure score from Miklós Rózsa, with fiercely loyal, all-new themes battling constantly from start to finish.
Avoid it... if you demand to hear either the melodic identities or memorable passion of excitement from Bernard Herrmann's 1958 predecessor continue into this sequel.
8/16/26 Endless Night   (Bernard Herrmann)
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Buy it... for a faithful re-recording of a creepy and somber Bernard Herrmann examination of doomed romance, his melodies deceptively styled with constant hints of atonality but still accessible.
Avoid it... if you desire the original film recording of the score, which remains unreleased, or seek a greater presence of the composer's outright thriller mode.
8/14/26 Providence   (Miklós Rózsa)
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Buy it... for ten to fifteen minutes of trademark Miklós Rózsa romance of a melancholy nature, the tone of this film and score restrained by its highly disturbed majority.
Avoid it... unless you have an understanding of why the score is so discordant, because the film's sudden personality shift is reflected in the music's abrupt evolution from dissonant haze to flowery delight.
8/12/26 Sisters   (Bernard Herrmann)
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Buy it... for an intellectually intriguing but casually challenging listening experience as Bernard Herrmann converges two lines of musical action to denote a psychotic connection between formerly conjoined twins.
Avoid it... if the composer's usually adept handling of narratives is your interest, because this score intentionally loses focus of its identities by its end.
8/10/26 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover   (Miklós Rózsa)
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Buy it... only to complete your collection of Miklós Rózsa's final half dozen scores of the late 1970's and early 1980's, this entry highlighted by overwrought dramatic zeal for a famed government spook.
Avoid it... if you have little tolerance for Rózsa's inability to modulate the tone of his music, because the brazen zeal with which he applies a fanfare to J. Edgar Hoover is almost comically misplaced.
8/8/26 High Road to China   (John Barry)
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Buy it... if you are an unreserved enthusiast of John Barry's lush and occasionally soaring romance themes and rhythmic action motifs, no matter their relatively stagnant foundations.
Avoid it... if you expect an ounce of originality from Barry in this score, for what you receive is a clear cross between Raise the Titanic and Out of Africa.
8/6/26 It's Alive   (Bernard Herrmann)
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Buy it... only if you are an enthusiast of the mutant baby franchise, this music a demented expression of horror without any convincing relief for the family element.
Avoid it... if Bernard Herrmann's extremely unique structures and orchestration cannot compensate for a rather lousy thematic narrative and poor, monoaural sound.
8/4/26 Time After Time   (Miklós Rózsa)
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Buy it... to hear the final truly engaging combination of finely-tuned suspense, raging action, and overwhelming romance in Miklós Rózsa's career.
Avoid it... on the product featuring the film recording and instead seek the more affordable and better-sounding options with the original album recording if you are a casual listener.
8/2/26 Obsession   (Bernard Herrmann)
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Buy it... on its robust re-recording to hear Bernard Herrmann's nostalgic tribute to Vertigo in superior sound quality, a closing love letter to the composer's romantic suspense mode.
Avoid it... on even its admirable 2015 release of the original recording if you expect the melodies in this fine but not infallible score to rival those of its inspiration.
7/31/26 Eye of the Needle   (Miklós Rózsa)
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Buy it... for its smartly manipulated blend of brutal espionage-appropriate suspense, tense explosions for murder, and melodramatic love theme of yesteryear.
Avoid it... if you could be bothered by Miklós Rózsa's inability to modulate his unyielding romantic tendencies at a denouement that needed a far less grandiose farewell.
7/29/26 Taxi Driver   (Bernard Herrmann)
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Buy it... for a fascinatingly disparate coda to the career of Bernard Herrmann, his bluesy theme for the romantic side of the tale a strikingly refreshing change of pace for the composer.
Avoid it... if you expect that lighter fare to blend effectively with the composer's oppressively dark and militaristic style and motifs for the rest of the score, the narrative suffering from Herrmann's inability to bring all these facets together convincingly.
7/27/26 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid   (Miklós Rózsa)
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Buy it... for a lovingly nostalgic and unashamedly romantic tribute to Miklós Rózsa's storied career in an unlikely final score.
Avoid it... if you expect Rózsa to exit the stage with distinctively unique music, because the whole comedic point of this film was to reprise the composer's 1940's sound with joy and admiration.
7/25/26 Bound   (Don Davis)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you appreciate engaging and intelligent suspense scores and Don Davis' typically strong tendency towards instrumental creativity.
Avoid it... if you prefer your noir-like scores to have a strong identity or are hoping for the music's personality to reflect more of the outright eroticism of the film.
7/23/26 The Godfather Part III   (Carmine Coppola)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you are primarily in search of the vocalized portions of this soundtrack, including the Harry Connick, Jr. song or the extensive excerpts from the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" that dominate over the less obvious score.
Avoid it... if you expect any part of Carmine Coppola's original score to compete with the far more effective and compelling thematic continuity that Nino Rota provided for the first two films.
7/21/26 Endurance   (John Powell)
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Buy it... for a respectful blend of Ethiopian vocals and instrumentation with a Western orchestra for ten to fifteen minutes of engaging highlights from John Powell's first major solo screen credit.
Avoid it... if you expect a cohesive narrative to emerge from a score that tends to drag and distract at times.
7/19/26 Sky High   (Michael Giacchino)
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Buy it... for cartoonish superhero innocence that hits the right notes for a budget production that came very early in Michael Giacchino's feature film career.
Avoid it... if the extremely dry recording quality of Giacchino's early works severely bothers you, because that dull sound really hampers this score.
7/17/26 Night Games   (John Barry)
All New Review
Buy it... for an easy and proficient but rather underwhelming erotica suspense outing from John Barry, the female vocals in this steamy thriller a wise strategy.
Avoid it... if you can't get past that nagging feeling that so much of Barry's music is narratively inert, his subdued style not quite matching the promise of the cue titles here.
7/15/26 Explorers   (Jerry Goldsmith)
Updated Review, With Additional Album
Buy it... if you desire a whimsical, optimistic twist on Jerry Goldsmith's usual action style, joined by a handful of exhilarating statements of redemptive fantasy themes in the composer's trademark synthetic and orchestral blend for the era.
Avoid it... if you require a significant amount of symphonic meat to accompany your Goldsmith constructs for this genre, for the composer keeps the environment in Explorers airy, undemanding, and occasionally downright wacky.
7/13/26 Timecop   (Mark Isham)
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Buy it... on only the expanded 2026 album for its vastly superior sound quality if you want to appreciate Mark Isham's aggressively percussive music.
Avoid it... and seek a vintage Jerry Goldsmith score instead if you wish to hear a better execution of the same general strategy, Isham not quite as comfortable in this realm so early in his career.
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