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Title: Close, but no cigar...
Review: A great soundtrack that deserves a better treatment. If you are really familiar with this score, you'll agree that this version does not do justice to Bernard Herrmann. Many of the cues are off-tempo and downright ponderous (check out cue #19, The Cave).The liveliness that distinguishes this score is virtually lost on John Debney's interpretation. Why wasn't the original soundtrack resurrected? Varese Sarabande did release a CD version of this album about 10 years ago; believe me, it's a magnitude better than this re-recording. I'm sure the master tapes are in the Columbia vaults somewhere (and in stereo!).For a really faithful rendering of a Herrmann score, 'Jason and the Argonauts' conducted by Bruce Broughton, is simply magnificent. He should have done '7th Voyage of Sinbad'. Oh well, maybe next time....
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