One Hundred Greatest TV Themes

John [composer/conductor] Addison (Composer), Edwin Astley (Composer), Angelo Badalamenti (Composer), John Barry (Composer), Elmer Bernstein (Composer), Geoffrey Burgon (Composer), Marius Constant (Composer), Bill Conti (Composer), Stewart Copeland (Composer), Alexander Courage (Composer), John E. Davis (Composer), John Debney (Composer), Ray / Livingston, Jay Evans (Composer), Percy Faith (Composer), Dan / Pearl, Howard Foliart (Composer), Ken Freeman (Composer), Dominic Frontiere (Composer), Herschel Burke Gilbert (Composer), Billy Goldenberg (Composer), Jerry Goldsmith (Composer)

Product Details

• Composer: John [composer/conductor] Addison, Edwin Astley, Angelo Badalamenti, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein, et al.
• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 4
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B00005Y49F
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,167 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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102 of 105 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Usual Silva Screen rubbish, January 18, 2003

By	James Pimentel-Pinto (London, UK) - See all my reviews

As a regular collector of soundtracks for the last 20 years , I've come across Silva products since 1983 (In fact the A-Team recording dates from that year!). This collection is basically a collection of their back catalogue and a few other licensed tracks. They have nearly all been re-recorded (by budget European orchestras) and are NOT original versions. This is for 2 reasons: a) So that they own the copyright to the recordings (which is vastly cheaper especially when you churn the same ones out so often) and b) Because most TV / Record companies can't be bothered to find original recordings unless they've already been licensed.

If you're expecting to find a lexicon of original TV themes as you heard them on Tv, forget this product and most other Silva screen releases. The collector's market has matured since these guys started and most collectors won't accept cheap alternatives. They now want the real thing, which is why the Television's Greatest Hits were successful and the TV Toons compilations where they bothered to track down original recordings even the TV masters in most cases.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Quantity Over Quality, January 14, 2007

By	R. Volckmann "ace_cool" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a musician myself, I know too well that one of the most important ingredients in ANY performance (live or recorded) is passion. The recordings here generally lack the same passion and sheer drama of the originals. Much of the instrumentation has been reduced to a cheezy, thin, plastic synthesized replica. The performances are simply a watered-down lackluster version of the classic originals. If it were not for the sheer volume of tracks compiled here, I would have rated the comp only "one star".

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars midi and no words, June 1, 2004

By	Jeffry Engert (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

while some of the tracks that should have words do, others don't. The outer limits doesn't have "we control the horizontal.." and the A-team doesn't have the proper intro. Monty Python is also a midi remake of the orginal that doesn't have the cheep tinny sound that it should.