JEFF BEAL
Pollock   Unitone 25301  16.99
(44:41)  New Ed Harris movie about artist Jackson Polluck carries rich,
impressive score for orchestra.  Kinetic energy, introspective thoughts,
creative process of painting all captured in mesmerizing, optimistic
music.  Influences of Thomas Newman, Mark Isham combine with fresh,
crisply orchestrated colors.  Terrific recording adds icing to rich,
multi-layered cake.  Bullseye!

ERIC DEMARSAN
L'Armee Des Ombres  Universal 159897 (France) 19.99
Le Cercle Rouge   Universal 159900 (France) 19.99
(61:20)  1970 France thriller with Alain Delon carries effective jazz
score.  Rugged tempos, dense atmosphere.  Long-ish album.

GILBERTO GIL
Me You Them   Atlantic 83430  16.99

BERNARD HERRMANN
Beneath The 12 Mile Reef    FSM   24.99
(55:02)  Spectacular 1953 score features rich, colorful music for large
orchestra and nine harps!  Underwater adventures, sponge dives, family
feuds, romance and an octopus.  All in glorious stereo from the original
session masters.  Classic score.

ENNIO MORRICONE
Vatel   Virgin 50712  17.99
55-minute orchestral and choral score to new Roland Joffe costume
picture.  Morricone in his melodic vein, often featuring violin and
harpsichord in an 18th-Century manner.

LALO SCHIFRIN
Rollercoaster   Aleph 021 (Expanded) 15.99

ALAN SILVESTRI
Cast Away   Varese 66213  15.99
  -Cast Away (7:30 - end credits)/Romancing The Stone/
  Back To The Future/Forrest Gump/What Lies Beneath/etc-