Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Customer Review: Dark, Brooding, Operatic, Almost Disturbing Masterpiece
Whereas Leonard Rosenman’s score for Star Trek IV was joyous, and grand, Cliff Eidelman’s score for Star Trek VI is extremely dark and brooding. From the main titles, featuring a relentless cello ostinato and outbursts from the full orchestra as well as a chorus (something heretofore unheard in the Star Trek universe) Eidelman sets the tone of the film as dark, unforgiving, and ultimately one about sacrifice. Much of his score is in a similar dark vein, utilizing choral moans and brass to astounding effect. Eidelman also uses ethnic instruments as evidenced in the opening passage to the cue “Assassination” used to underscore a conversation between Spock and his apprentice Valkris. When on the Penal Colony Rura Penthe, Eidelman creates extremely atonal, harsh, aggresive music, and for the long panoramic views of the harsh winter wasteland, trumpet solos soar above the orchestra. In one of the films first sequences, where the Enterprise Leaves Drydock, Eidelman allows his orchestra to unleash itself with an extremely happy fanfare and an almost naval flair. In one of the final cues, “The Battle for Peace” Eidelman takes his previously established material, and uses it to full effect,creating an eerie blend between Holst’s Mars, and Stravinsky’s Firebird, with his warlike percussion, Heavy use of strings and high woodwinds, and choral outbursts that punctuate the entire score. Eidelman finally allows a certain degree of joy in his final cue “Star Trek VI Suite” which orchestrationally is similar to Rosenman’s Star Trek IV theme, using chimes and brass to full effect, he then switches to the films main theme, and leaves us with a melancholy solo trumpet playing over tremolo strings. Eidelman’s score is perhaps one of the more underrated of the “Star Trek” scores and deserves to be rediscovered for it’s beauty, anger, and value as fine music.
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Country Favourites
Country Favourites
Customer Review: A visionary item for Eastwood fan!
Do you know old american TV show “Rawhide”?
This album will take you to trail road in western world.
Those 12 songs were from original album [Cowboy Favorites]in
1962.
A young cowboy,Clint Eastwood sangs about his cattle drive life,lonely night in the west,memory of romance with beautiful ladies…..All about in this album with his very very sweet ballad!
And…..This CD has more tracks,Four themes from very famous three western movie made in itary.(But,Why do they include in this album,I can’t know)
Please take this album and hear his songs,You can go to vacation for reluxation inyour room.
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Welcome to the Wild Country
Welcome to the Wild Country
Customer Review: Superb..took me far too long to get this one!
I was (and still am) a huge fan of It Bites, Francis Dunnery’s previous band. I am now a huge fan of Francis Dunnery’s solo material even though there is somewhat of a difference of style his lyrics and melodies are thought provoking and always that bit more special when reserved for a moment with your favourite headphone gadget! There is something personal about his music. This album came into my hands way too long after It Bites split and although it is a Francis album there is an It Bites legacy. “Jackal in my Mind” is my personal high point with this album. Heartfelt with a moody atmospheric musical break. I took this CD to a specialist HI-Fi demo and played this track. It blew the guy away. It even just sounds good. He thought that Mr Dunnery had disappeared for good since It Bites but he was soon got up to speed on that!
Customer Review: Sorry To Disappoint…
I’m a big FD fan - got all the albums , saw him live , liked It Bites . Sorry , this one was really not my cup of tea - too rocky - not enough of the acoustic based tunes that he writes nowadays - and whilst there are occasional gems , there are some songs that I just don’t like . This won’t get as mush play as Blonde.. or Man .
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