Index to FMR Reviews
(CDs, DVDs, and Books)
1998 - 2010
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.
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CD Reviews
+ = BEditor's Choice - Best of the Month
++ = Special Merit
Soundtracks
Arranged alphabetically by composers:
David Arnold - THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA:
THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
Klaus Badelt - WU-JI (THE PROMISE)
Nathan Barr - HOSTEL
John Barry - 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
Chuck Cirino - CINEMUSIC
Bill Conti - ESCAPE TO VICTORY
Carmine Coppola - +THE BLACK STALLION
Mychael Danna -
CAPOTE
FRACTURE
Carl Davis -NAPOLEON
Alexandre Desplat
+THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
LUST, CAUTION
++THE PAINTED VEIL
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
Barry Gray - JOE 90
Johnny Green - +RAINTREE COUNTY
Rupert Gregson-Williams -
BEE MOVIE
Dave Grusin - THE GOONIES
Marvin Hamlisch - THE INFORMANT!
Joe Harnell - THE BIONIC WOMAN:THE RETURN OF BIGFOOT PT 2
Bernard Herrmann
+CITIZEN KANE and HANGOVER SQUARE
+FAHRENHEIT 451 and WALKING DISTANCE
+THE KENTUCKIAN and
WILLIAMSBURG: THE STORY OF A PATRIOT
+MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
THE NIGHT DIGGER
++THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (2 CDs)
++THE WRONG MAN
Lee Holdridge - TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 and
KORGOTH THE BARBARIAN
James Horner
APOCALYPTO
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
+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 - LIFEFORCE
Johnny Mandel - +A JOHNNY MANDEL TRIO
Clint Mansell - BLACK SWAN
Dario Marianelli - ++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
Randy Newman - CARS
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 and BEN HUR
+TIME AFTER TIME (100)
Bruce Rowland - ALL THE RIVERS RUN
Jeremy Sams - ENDURING LOVE
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 - THE TALE OF THE PRIEST AND HIS WORKER, BALDA
Alan Silvestri -ERASER
Mark Snow - JAKE SPEED
Herman Stein - THE INTRUDER
Max Steiner
+THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
+SHE
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
+MUNICH
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
Austin Wintory
+CAPTAIN ABU RAED
GRACE
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
Hans Zimmer
ANGELS & DEMONS
+THE DA VINCI CODE
Total = 140
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
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
+GONE WITH THE WIND: Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner
GOOD MOVIE MUSIC -- Music by Walton, Morricone, Herrmann, Thomson and Bernstein
THE GREATEST CINEMA CHORAL CLASSICS (2 CDs)
GREAT FILM FANTASIES--
Music from STAR WARS, HARRY POTTER and LORD OF THE RINGS
+THE HOLLYWOOD FLUTE OF LOUISE DITULLIO
+ 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 BATMAN
THE MUSIC OF STAR TREK
REEL CHILL Vol. 2
+THE SEA HAWK: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold
SEX AND THE CINEMA
++ You Must Remember This Too:
Classic Film Music Arranged for Guitar
Total = 40
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 Composer's Notes: Remembering Mikos Rozsa
A Personal Recollection by Jeffrey Dane
FILM MUSIC: A Very Short Introduction
by Kathryn Kalinak
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 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)
