Mr. Baseball: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Jerry Goldsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1992)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000008IPI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,226 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mr. Baseball

2. First night Out

3. Acceptance

4. New Apartment

5. The Dragons

6. Call Me Jack/A Wise Brain

7. Winning Streak/The Locker Room

8. The Bath

9. Training

10. Go Get 'Em/He's Still Got It

11. Team Effort

12. Swing Away

13. Final Score

14. Shabondama Boogie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home Run!, April 18, 2008

By 

Stuart Paine (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Baseball: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Where is it written that all film music must be Romantic and orchestral and take its lead from Korngold, Steiner, Rozsa or Herrmann? This score to MR. BASEBALL sounds like the work of none of those icons, but it's both perfect for its film AND great listening.

Only Jerry Goldsmith could have combined these elements and made it work so well:

1) a very hot rock band of wailing guitar, keyboard, slap bass and drums
2) Japanese traditional sounds - shakuhachi (wood flute) and (synthesized) koto
3) Western orchestral instruments, featuring flute

There is plenty of flashy ballpark exhuberance in the cues played by the rock group. As a part of their main theme, Jerry's given them a very witty take on the little six note fanfare which always concludes with the crowd shouting, "Charge!". But, that's not all there is to MR. BASEBALL. There is also some lovely, touching music here, particularly the melody for flute (and punctuated by shakuhachi) which reflects the more tender moments shared by Mr. Baseball (Tom Selleck) and the young Japanese woman he falls for. The only quibble I can muster is that the pentatonic scale which is the basis for Goldsmith's "Asian" interlude in his main title is really more Chinese than Japanese - that's all.

Being partial to Goldsmith's big, dramatic works such as the STAR TREK scores or the OMEN trilogy (or 100 others), I neglected for a couple of years to pick this up, even passing over two copies priced at $2 each in a cutout bin. Dumb. I was only hurting myself. This is great.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and goofy! Sense of humor required!, April 15, 2001

By 

skunktrain (So. California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Baseball: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

This may not be one of Goldsmith's best (and this is a short score, alas) but it is great fun. Where can you find music that fits that desperately-needed Japanese/Jazz/Baseball niche? He does it all - combines the baseball theme, a jazz element, and a Japanese sound, all in one score. Come on! Not everyone can do that! But Goldsmith does. It's great fun!

If you are a Goldsmith fan, you'll want this in your collection. You never know when you may need some Japanese/Jazz/Baseball music, after all!

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Goofball music., September 6, 2000

By 

Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Mr. Baseball: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Mr. Basbeball wasn't a particularly good movie and it was obvious that Goldsmith had more than a bit of a struggle trying to come up with suitable themes and motifs for this fish out of water comedy.

The main title is good, a funny mixing of the standard baseball organ theme heard at every professional game and some cliched japanese motifs. Other than that the score is lacking. Not one of Goldsmith's best.