Complete List of FMR Reviews
(CDs, DVDs, and Books)
1998 - 2012
Film Music Review is an online magazine focused on reviews of vintage soundtracks and compilations, but new soundtracks are also reviewed.
The Special Merit CDs are chosen at any time during the month for outstanding production of a soundtrack or compilation.
The Editor's Choice - Best of the Month designation is for those CDs that are singled out for their excellence. They are chosen anytime within a given month and may not be chosen every month.
Here are the links to each volume of Film Music Review:
Note:
Reviews from
Volumes 1-7 are no longer online but included on the multimedia DVD, A GUIDE TO FILM MUSIC.
Volume 15, 2013
Number 1 (Winter-Spring)
Volume 14, 2012
Number 1 (Winter-Spring)
Number 2 (Summer-Fall)
Volume 13, 2011
Number 1 (Winter)
Number 2 (Spring)
Number 3 (Summer)
Number 4 (Fall)
Volume 12, 2010
Number 1 (Winter)
Number 2 (Spring)
Number 3 (Summer)
Number 4 (Fall)
Volume 11, 2009
Index to All Reviews (January - December)
Number 1 (Winter)
Number 2 (Spring)
Number 3 (Summer)
Number 4 (Fall)
Volume 10, 2008
Index to All Reviews (January - December)
Number 1 (Winter)
Number 2 (Spring)
Number 3 (Summer)
Number 4 (Fall)
Volume 9, 2007
Index to All Reviews (January - December)
Number 1 (January - February)
Number 2 (March - April)
Number 3 (May - June)
Number 4 (July - August)
Number 5 (September - October)
Number 6 (November - December)
Volume 8, 2006
Index to All Reviews (January - December)
Number 1 (January - February)
Number 2 (March - April
Number 3 (May - June)
Number 4 (July - August)
Number 5 (September - October)
Number 6 (November - December)
Index to CD, DVD and Book Reviews
(2006 - 2008)
Volumes 1 - 7 (1998-2005)
These reviews are no longer online.
For a complete list of soundtracks and compilations,
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CD Reviews
+ = BEditor's Choice - Best of the Month
++ = Special Merit
Soundtracks
Arranged alphabetically by composers:
William Alwyn
Film Music For Wind Band
David Arnold
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
Klaus Badelt
WU-JI (THE PROMISE)
Nathan Barr
HOSTEL
John Barry
+BODY HEAT
HIGH ROAD TO CHINA
Elmer Bernstein
+THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
+GOD'S LITTLE ACRE
+SOME CAME RUNNING
+TRUE GRIT
Mario Beretta
VITUS
Ralph Carmichael
THE BLOB
John Carpenter
THE FOG (2 CDs)
Nicholas Carras
MISSILE TO THE MOON and
FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER
Chuck Cirino
CINEMUSIC
Bill Conti
ESCAPE TO VICTORY
Carmine Coppola
+THE BLACK STALLION
Mychael Danna -
CAPOTE
FRACTURE
LIFE OF PI
Carl Davis
BEN-HUR
NAPOLEON
Alexandre Desplat
+THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
LUST, CAUTION
++THE PAINTED VEIL
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
Adolph Deutsch
THE APARTMENT
Joseph Lo Duca
THE TRIANGLE
Anne Dudley
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Stephen Endelman
HOME OF THE BRAVE
Danny Elfman
CHARLOTTE'S WEB
MARS ATTACKS!
Jerry Fielding
THE ENFORCER
Benjamin Frankel
CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF and other film music
Hugo Friedhofer
WOMAN OBSESSED and IN LOVE AND WAR
John Frizzell
STAY ALIVE
Paul Giovanni
THE WICKER MAN
Philip Glass
++NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Ernest Gold
EXODUS (2 CDs)
Jerry Goldsmith
+ ALIEN (2 CDs)
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
BREAKHEART PASS
THE EDGE
IN HARM'S WAY
+ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
+ PATTON
RANSOM
THE SPIRAL ROAD
+ TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE
Ernest Gold
++THE McCULLOCHS
+SHIP OF FOOLS
Barry Gray
JOE 90
Johnny Green
+RAINTREE COUNTY
Walter Greene
++THE BRAIN FROM PLANET AROUS
Rupert Gregson-Williams
BEE MOVIE
Ferde Grofe
ROCKETSHIP X-M
Dave Grusin
THE GOONIES
Marvin Hamlisch
THE INFORMANT!
Joe Harnell
THE BIONIC WOMAN:THE RETURN OF BIGFOOT PT 2
Bernard Herrmann
BATTLE OF NERETVA (1969) and THE NAKED AND THE DEAD (1958)
+CITIZEN KANE and HANGOVER SQUARE
+FAHRENHEIT 451 and WALKING DISTANCE
IT'S ALIVE
+THE KENTUCKIAN and
WILLIAMSBURG: THE STORY OF A PATRIOT
+MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
THE NIGHT DIGGER
+NORTH BY NORTHWEST
++THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (2 CDs)
++THE WRONG MAN
Lee Holdridge
TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 and
KORGOTH THE BARBARIAN
James Horner
APOCALYPTO
TITANIC (Anniversary Edition)
James Newton Howard
++LADY IN THE WATER
++THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP
Akira Ifukube
KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
Alberto Iglesias
THE KITE RUNNER
Maurice Jarre
++Notre Dame de Paris - The Music of Maurice Jarre (2 CDs)
+LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (2 CDs)
+THE TRAIN
Adrian Johnston
BECOMING JANE
Laurie Johnson
THE AVENGERS: 50 Years of Music
CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER
THE PROFESSIONALS: 50 Years of Music
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
+KINGS ROW and THE SEA WOLF
+THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
+THE SEA HAWK and DECEPTION
Michael J. Lewis
THEATER OF BLOOD
Henry Mancini
+HATARI!
LIFEFORCE
Johnny Mandel
+A JOHNNY MANDEL TRIO
Clint Mansell
BLACK SWAN
Dario Marianelli
ANNA KARENINA
++ATONEMENT
Bear McCreary
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season Two
Alan Menken
THE SHAGGY DOG
Ennio Morricone
BAARIA
A TIME TO DIE
John Morris
BLAZING SADDLES
Jerome Moross
+THE BIG COUNTRY
John Murphy
BASIC INSTINCT 2
Stanley Myers
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (100)
Randy Newman
CARS
Thomas Newman
SKYFALL
Alex North
DRAGONSLAYER
++SPARTACUS (6 CDs/1 DVD Box Set)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
John Ottman
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Basil Poledouris
++CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2 CDs)
ROBOCOP
WIND and A WHALE FOR THE KILLING
Andre Previn
+ELMER GANTRY
IRMA LA DOUCE and THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Graham Reynolds
A SCANNER DARKLY
Leonard Rosenman
+CROSS CREEK
William Ross
SEPTEMBER DAWN
Miklos Rozsa
+EL CID (3 CD Box Set)
+THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
+QUO VADIS
++QUO VADIS and BEN HUR
THE RED HOUSE
+TIME AFTER TIME
A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE/ LUST FOR LIFE
Bruce Rowland
ALL THE RIVERS RUN
Jeremy Sams
ENDURING LOVE
Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter
KRONOS and THE COSMIC MAN
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
Brad Sayles
ECHOES OF INNOCENCE
Lalo Shifrin
ABOMINABLE
THE DEAD POOL
THE FOUR MUSKETEERS
SUDDEN IMPACT
David Shire
THE HINDENBURG
Howard Shore
EASTERN PROMISES
Dmitri Shostakovich
NEW BABYLON (2 CD set)
THE TALE OF THE PRIEST AND HIS WORKER, BALDA
Alan Silvestri
ERASER
Mark Snow
JAKE SPEED
Herman Stein
THE INTRUDER
Max Steiner
+ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN and ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
+THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
+SHE
++SINCE YOU WENT AWAY
Leith Stevens
DESTINATION MOON
Morton Stevens
ONE MAN JURY
Dimitri Tiomkin
+THE ALAMO (3 CD Box Set)
+D.O.A.
+HIGH NOON
+LAND OF THE PHARAOHS
Brian Tyler
THE BIG EMPTY
Vangelis
THE BOUNTY
Mike Vickers
DRACULA A.D. 1972
Franz Waxman
+TARAS BULBA
John Williams
+THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
+BLACK SUNDAY
CHECKMATE
CINDERELLA LIBERTY
+HOW TO STEAL A MILLION and
BACHELOR FLAT
+LINCOLN
+MUNICH
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
+A Tribute To John Williams: An 80th Birthday Celebration
Austin Wintory
+CAPTAIN ABU RAED
GRACE
JOURNEY
Arthur Wright
DOLEMITE and THE HUMAN TORNADO
Christopher Young
An Unfinished Life -- Piano Sketches
MAX AND HELEN and THE OASIS
SOMETHING THE LORD MADE
Victor Young
+AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
+SHANE
Hans Zimmer
ANGELS & DEMONS
+THE DA VINCI CODE
Total = 172 film scores
Compilations
+ = Best of the Month
++ = Special Merit
THE ALAMO: The Essential Dimitri Tiomki
Film Music Collection (4 CDs)
++AMAZING STORIES - Anthology Three (2 CDs)
BEST OF JOHN WILLIAMS & THE BOSTON POPS
+CAPTAIN BLOOD: Classic Film Scores For Errol Flynn
+CAPTAIN FROM CASTILLE: Classic Film Scores of Alfred Newman
+CASABLANCA: Classic Film Scores For Humphrey Bogart
++ CINEMA RHAPSODIES - The Musical Genius of Victor Young
The Complete Harry Potter Film Music Collection
DAVID RAKSIN AT M-G-M (5 CD Box Set)
THE DEFINITIVE HORROR MUSIC COLLECTION
DISCOVER FILM MUSIC (2 CD compilation with 165 page booklet)
THE ESSENTIAL HARRY POTTER FILM MUSIC COLLECTION
THE ESSENTIAL HOLLYWOOD
THE FILM AND TV MUSIC
OF CHRISTOPHER GUNNING
FILM MUSIC BY JOHN BARRY
FILM MUSIC BY ELMER BERNSTEIN
FILM MUSIC BY BERNARD HERRMANN
FILM MUSIC BY MAURICE JARRE
FILM MUSIC BY ENNIO MORRICONE
FILM MUSIC BY NINO ROTA
FILM MUSIC BY HANS ZIMMER
THE FILM MUSIC OF PHILIP LAMBRO
THE FILM MUSIC OF THOMAS NEWMAN
THE FILM MUSIC OF RALPH RAINGER
The Golden Age of Hollywood 3
+GONE WITH THE WIND: Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner
GOOD MOVIE MUSIC -- Music by Walton, Morricone, Herrmann, Thomson and Bernstein
++Great Motion Picture Themes
THE GREATEST CINEMA CHORAL CLASSICS (2 CDs)
GREAT FILM FANTASIES--
Music from STAR WARS, HARRY POTTER and LORD OF THE RINGS
++The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin
+THE HOLLYWOOD FLUTE OF LOUISE DITULLIO
John Williams Greatest Hits (Compilation)
+ LOST HORIZON: Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin
+Miklós Rózsa Treasury (1949-1968) (15 CD Box Set)
MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF JACQUES AUDIARD --
music by Alexandre Desplat
MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF TIM BURTON
MUSIC FROM THE HARRY POTTER FILMS
The Music of Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas
THE MUSIC OF BATMAN
THE MUSIC OF STAR TREK
++Notre Dame de Paris - The Music of Maurice Jarre (2 CDs)
REEL CHILL Vol. 2
+THE SEA HAWK: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
SEX AND THE CINEMA
Super Themes (Silva)
+THE WESTERNS - Music and Songs From Classic Westerns
++ You Must Remember This Too:
Classic Film Music Arranged for Guitar
Total = 49 compilations
DVD Reviews
THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
2 Disc Deluxe Edition --
music by Dimitri Tiomkin
THE FORD AT FOX COLLECTION:
THE ESSENTIAL JOHN FORD COLLECTION
THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW (Guest: Dimitri Tiomkin)
MORRICONE CONDUCTS MORRICONE (Live Concert)
THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS and THE RIVER --
music by Virgil Thomson
Book Reviews
A COMPOSERT'S NOTES: Remembering Mikos Rozsa
A Personal Recollection by Jeffrey Dane
FILM MUSIC: A Very Short Introduction
by Kathryn Kalinak
THE HOLLYWOOD FILM MUSIC READER
by Mervyn Cooke
A HISTORY OF FILM MUSIC
by Mervyn Cooke
Alex North's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE:
A Film Score Guide
by Annette Davison
HITCHCOCK'S MUSIC
by Jack Sullivan
THE MUSIC OF JAMES BOND
by Jon Burlingame
MUSIQUE FANTASTIQUE (Book One)
by Randall Larson
ick Yourself Up: Dorothy Fields and The American Musical
by Charlotte Greenspan
THE SONGS OF HOLLYWOOD
by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
THE SOUNDTRACKS OF WOODY ALLEN:
A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969-2005
by Adam Harvey
Index for
Volumes 8 - 12
(Compilations and Soundtracks)
2006 - 2010
To read reviews, click on these links for each year:
Volume 12 (2010)
Volume 11 (2009)
Volume 10 (2008)
Volume 9 (2007)
Volume 8 (2006)
