VLADMIR COSMA
Le Diner De Cons / Le Jaguar / Le Placard   Pomme 952872 (France) 29.99

BRUNO COULAIS
Harrison's Flowers   EMI 531316 (France) 29.99

ANNE DUDLEY
Monkeybone   Varese 66227  15.99
(49:08) New Brendan Fraser movie has wild, busy score for orchestra and
chorus. Frenzied music for nightmares - with a wink.

MICHAEL J. LEWIS
Island Of Adventure / On The Third Day  (Promo) 24.99

JOSEPH LoDUCA
Le Pacte Des Loups   Virgin 50933 (France) 24.99
(70:39) Grim new European action movie set in 1766 carries music to
match.
Dark, percussive sections mingle with orchestral action music and
macabre,
electronic sounds. Spanish colors add to flavor. Crisp, vibrant
recording.

ALFRED NEWMAN / CYRIL MOCKRIDGE
How To Marry A Millionaire   FSM  24.99

ALFRED NEWMAN
The Razor's Edge   Tsunami 0622 (Germany) 21.99

ALEX NORTH
Cleopatra   Varese 66224 (2 CD Set)  23.99
(151:01) Two-disc premier of complete original soundtrack in stereo.
Cleopatra, Caesar, Antony, Egypt, Rome captured in music by turns
sensitive, dramatic, passionate, exotic, powerful. Lengthy sea battle
just
one of many highlights. Great score, lovingly restored, becomes
spectacular
"must have" release!

RIZ ORTOLANI / OLIVER NELSON
Biggest Bundle Of Them All / Zigzag   Chapter III 37503  14.99
(61:12) Biggest Bundle (32:11) is 1968 comic gangster movie with Raquel
Welch. Swinging sixties music. Zigzag (29:00) is complex 1970 George
Kennedy thriller. Score combines jazz with suspense. Same contents as
original MGM albums.

GRAEME REVELL
Dune (Sci-Fi Channel miniseries)   GNP 8071  13.99
(67:16) Sci Fi Channel mini-series of Frank Herbert's classic tale has
okay
symphonic score played by City of Prague Philharmonic. Traditional
styles,
Middle Eastern colors, action music.

LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
Hotel Paradiso / The Comedians   Chapter III 37504  14.99
(72:52) Two movies directed by Peter Glenville. Hotel Paradiso (38:55)
is
1966 romp in 19th century Paris. Chamber-size orchestra recreates moods
and
manners of the day. Comedians (33:56) is 1967 Burton/Taylor political
thriller set in Haiti. Evocative, serious score for orchestra,
percussion.
Same contents as original MGM albums.

MIKLOS ROZSA
El Cid   Chapter III 37502  14.99
(42:43) Classic 1961 MGM album gets yet another reissue with same
contents.
Splendor, excitement of 11th-century Spain, plus Rozsa's finest love
theme
of all time. Genuine masterpiece begs for "restoration".

The V.I.P.s   Chapter III 37501  14.99
(40:49) 1963 Burton/Taylor and the super-rich in London airport get lush

Rozsa score for large orchestra. Florid, melodic, dramatic. Same
contents
as original MGM album.

The World, The Flesh And The Devil   TT 3018 (Germany) 21.99

LALO SCHIFRIN
Kelly's Heroes / The Cincinnati Kid   Chapter III 1000  14.99
(65:57) Kelly's Heroes (31:42) is 1970 WW II Clint Eastwood heist movie
with hip, flavorful music. "Burning Bridges" a familiar tune. Some tape
deterioration is evident. Cincinnati Kid (34:14) is 1965 Steve McQueen
poker movie set in New Orleans of the thirties. Music captures mood,
passion, decay of the era. Very strong main theme for orchestra,
harmonica.
Ray Charles sings too. Same contents as original MGM albums.