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(15 customer reviews) 22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection,
October 22, 2005 Strategos "The Guardian of Time" (In Space above Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Science Fiction Album (Audio CD)
If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would...Read more
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Fine Collection,
December 6, 2006 Pater Ecstaticus (Norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Science Fiction Album (Audio CD)
Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.
I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential...Read more
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
What a Sleeper this one is!,
September 22, 2009 Nitewing '98 "Everything works...in theory." (Independence, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Science Fiction Album (MP3 Download)
Never having heard of the "City of Prague Symphony Orchestra," I was leery of this record, especially since it is 4 CD's worth of music. But it is worth every cent. Every one of these themes has been re-recorded beautifully, often competing with the original recordings. Given John William's habit of scoring science fiction, the collection is very "Williams-heavy," but that's not a bad thing. When you throw in scores by Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Basil Pouldouris, John Barry, and James Horner, you have a major collection of the best themes in Sci-Fi.
Buy this album. You won't be disappointed.
