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Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
Release Date: 2005 08 09
Running Time: 284:10
Label: Silva America
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This 57-track, four-CD set running nearly four-and-three-quarters hours and containing re-recordings of music composed by Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) for film and television scores over a period of more than 40 years was compiled from previously released Silva Screen collections, notably the 1989 album Goldsmith Conducts Goldsmith by the Philharmonia Orchestra (originally on Decca but reissued by Silva Screen in 2002) and the 1998 two-CD set The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. As such, it is not the ideal Goldsmith album, despite its length, because there are odd repetitions and omissions. For example, Goldsmith's music for the TV series The Waltons is part of a medley of "Television Themes" performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, but it also gets its own separate track performed by the Daniel Caine Orchestra. Similarly, musical excerpts from the Oscar-nominated films The Wind and the Lion, Poltergeist, and Papillon are part of a medley of "Motion Pictures" performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, but there are also separate tracks for each score performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Goldsmith was nominated for 18 Academy Awards (he won only for The Omen), and it's a shame his nominated scores are not better represented: The Boys from Brazil, Star TrekŪ: The Motion Picture, Under Fire, Basic Instinct, and L.A. Confidential all get tracks of their own; but A Patch of Blue, The Sand Pebbles, Patton, and Chinatown are represented only in medleys; and Freud, Planet of the Apes, Hoosiers, and Mulan are not heard at all. (For those keeping count, his 18th nomination was for the song "Ave Satani" from The Omen.) But even if there is too much of some scores and none of others, this album does give a good sense of Goldsmith as a composer. Running in roughly chronological order, it shows his versatility (sometimes derided as facelessness), which allowed him to adapt to changing musical trends from the early 1960s to the early 2001s. Goldsmith could hold his own against the classically influenced writers who preceded him, but he also kept pace with the pop-influenced, synthesizer-savvy young composers coming up behind him, and that is made clear in this sprawling compilation. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Blue Max Suite for orchestra~OvertureGoldsmith2:23
2Blue Max Suite for orchestra~First FlightGoldsmith3:01
3Blue Max Suite for orchestra~The BridgeGoldsmith3:14
4Blue Max Suite for orchestra~The AttackGoldsmith5:09
5Blue Max Suite for orchestra~FinaleGoldsmith2:39
6Work(s)~Television Themes - Medley: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. / Doctor KiGoldsmith9:47
7In harm's way, film score~Suite. Intermezzo / The Rock / Final VictoryGoldsmith9:40
8Work(s)~Motion Pictures - Medley: The Sandpebbles / Chinatown / A PatchGoldsmith14:26
9Generals Suite, for orchestra [MacArthur/Patton]Goldsmith5:28
10Tora! Tora! Tora!, film score~Main TitleGoldsmith3:28
11Wild Rovers, film score~Bronco Bustin'Goldsmith2:11
12Pursuit, television film score~ThemeGoldsmith2:22
13Wind and the Lion, film score~Suite. Raisuli Attacks / I Remember - LoGoldsmith9:12
14QB VII, television film score~Suite. Main TitleGoldsmith2:02
15QB VII, television film score~Suite. HolocaustGoldsmith2:52
16QB VII, television film score~Suite. Visit to the SheikhGoldsmith2:14
17QB VII, television film score~Suite. The Wailing WallGoldsmith3:15
18QB VII, television film score~Suite. Kaddish for the Six MillionGoldsmith3:17
19Waltons, television score~ThemeGoldsmith3:58
20Papillon, film score~Out to SeaGoldsmith3:55
21Police Story, television series themeGoldsmith2:05
22Omen, film score~SuiteGoldsmith11:47
23Capricorn One, film score~OvertureGoldsmith3:17
24Swarm, film score~Suite. The Bees Arrive / End TitleGoldsmith7:42
25Boys From Brazil, film score~Suite. Waltz / The BoysGoldsmith7:09
26Great Train Robbery, film score~OvertureGoldsmith4:57
27Alien, film score~The Nostromo / End TitleGoldsmith4:52
28Star Trek I, film score~End Titles / Klingon AttackGoldsmith9:18
29Masada, television miniseries score~Main ThemesGoldsmith5:40
30Poltergeist, film score~Main ThemeGoldsmith4:18
31Work(s)~First Blood / Rambo II Suite: Rambo II theme / It's a Long RoadGoldsmith5:58
32Twilight Zone: The Movie, film score~SuiteGoldsmith6:28
33Under Fire, film score~Suite. PreludeGoldsmith1:52
34Under Fire, film score~Suite. Bajo FuegoGoldsmith5:47
35Under Fire, film score~Suite. A New LoveGoldsmith4:20
36Under Fire, film score~Suite. The Rebel MarchGoldsmith3:16
37Gremlins, film score~SuiteGoldsmith7:43
38Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, film score~Baby's Alive / End TitlesGoldsmith7:24
39Legend, film score~Faerie Dance / ReunitedGoldsmith7:12
40Lionheart, film score~Robert's ThemeGoldsmith4:08
41Rambo III, film score~QuestionsGoldsmith3:03
42Total Recall, film score~Main ThemeGoldsmith2:35
43Star Trek: Voyager, television score~ThemeGoldsmith2:00
44Basic Instinct, film score~Main ThemeGoldsmith2:31
45Russia House, film score~Love ThemeGoldsmith5:13
46Gremlins 2: The New Batch, film score~ThemeGoldsmith5:33
47Medicine Man, film score~The TreesGoldsmith4:14
48Shadow, film score~ThemeGoldsmith2:37
49Forever Young, film score~ThemeGoldsmith5:12
50First Knight, film score~Suite. Arthur's Fanfare / No Surrender / ArthuGoldsmith11:11
51Powder, film score~ThemeGoldsmith4:30
52Air Force One, film score~Main TitleGoldsmith1:50
53L.A. Confidential, film score~ThemeGoldsmith4:44
54Mummy, film score~Sand Volcano / Love ThemeGoldsmith2:55
55Haunting, film score (1999)~ThemeGoldsmith2:53
56Star Trek: Nemesis, film score~SuiteGoldsmith7:40
57Sum of All Fears, film score~The MissionGoldsmith5:43







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