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 Posted:   Mar 21, 2013 - 5:10 AM   
 By:   Vermithrax Pejorative   (Member)

I'm one of the lucky bods who managed to grab a copy of this CD before it went AWOL many years ago. It was the very first Special Collection release from Intrada I think.
It's a dark, at times ambient score by BP with occasional blasts of his symphonic power coming through. It's not strongly thematic and mainly consists of a flexible 3 note motif that goes through many variations. I absolutely love the last 2 minutes of the track '218', where he really unleashes some great power writing.
I don't think it's as enjoyable as similar styled action scores he wrote like UNDER SEIGE 2 or ON DEADLY GROUND, as they contain stronger main themes and a bit more variation.
But it's an interesting score with enough material to entertain, if you enjoy Poledouris' music.
What do others think?

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 21, 2013 - 6:16 AM   
 By:   Shock-Wave   (Member)

Dang it I missed out on this one. Well maybe Intrada will re-release it sometime soon.

 
 Posted:   Mar 21, 2013 - 7:38 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Really enjoyed the score when I heard it in the film. I was not aware of its release, or the specialty labels at the time. This is one score that really needs a re-release.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 30, 2014 - 10:52 PM   
 By:   RM Eastman   (Member)

Just gave "Switchback" a couple of listens and it is probably the least enjoyable Poledouris I have ever heard.

 
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