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Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Fantastic Journey [1990]

Review: This is another of the Telarc label's collections put together under the conductor Erich Kunzel and performed by the Cincinnati pops orchestra. Like all Telarc discs, the sound is pure digital and hence can really pack a punch. Moreover, Kunzel often chooses some vey nice gems in his collections -- e.g. the neglected Last Starfighter piece here. However, the problem arises in the fact that many pieces of film score don't play well with a large orchestra -- they loose their focused intensity. The Batman here suffers from such a flaw and is weaker than the original score. The Pops orchestra is best with march-type themes, of which there are not enough on this album to make it outshine the original soundtracks from which it draws.

TRACKLIST

1. Suite from 'Batman': Batman Theme / The Bat Cave / Batman to the Rescue / The Joker's Poem / Batsuit / Charge of the Batmobile / Waltz to the Death / Finale (15:24)
2. Outer Space from 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (1:55)
3. Prelude from 'War of the Worlds' (1:16)
4. End Title from 'The Black Hole' (1:42)
5. Through the Black Hole (sound effects) (2:53)
6. End Title from 'Twilight Zone: The Movie' (5:02)
7. End Title from 'The Boy Who Could Fly' (2:56)
8. Main Theme from 'The Beastmaster' (2:09)
9. End Title from 'The Explorers' (3:17)
10. End Title (The White Horse: Into the Sunset) from 'Dragonslayer' (3:37)
11. Carol Ann's Theme from 'Poltergeist' (3:59)
12. Suite from 'Moonwalker' (4:38)
13. A Busy Man From 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' (4:17)
14. Escape From Venice from 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' (4:51)
15. The Cantina Band from 'Star Wars' (3:10)
16. Main Title from 'The Last Starfighter' (3:07)

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