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4.0 out of 5 stars
Sebastian, November 14, 2010
This review is from: Sebastian (Audio CD)
Okay so this might be a vinyl transfer from the controversial Harkit but quite frankly 'Sebastian' should have been re-released years ago. There are many independant labels out there who have had no choice but to use vinyl as their source and in comparison Harkit have done a good job. So until someone like Intrada pull their finger out and release a definitive edition, this vinyl transfer will be the only way you or I can legitametely hear it without spending time and money tracking down the original Dot release.
Jerry Goldsmith is one of only a handful of composers who pushed the creative bounds of composition for film and TV - his career in both mediums spanned 6 decades and garnered 4 emmys, 1 oscar and 17 oscar nominations.
Sebastian's 11 tracks consists of 9 Goldsmith originals (counting his arrangement of Bach and the music for both versions of vocal track Here Comes The Night ), 1 vocal track 'You Gotta Let Me Go' (wrongly ascribed to Goldsmith) and a short electronic cue by Tristram Cary. Composed in 1968, just prior to his groundreaking dissonant score for 'Planet Of The Apes', Sebastian might be considered a piece of fluff in comparison but it is fluff of the highest order. The core of Sebastian's score is reminiscent of his previous spy/secret agent scores for both 'Flints (released as a twofer by Varese) and TV's 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' (released in 3 volumes by FSM) - modish (Sebastian), dramatic (Carol's Appartment), psychedelic (The Trip) and on 'The Decoders' J.S. Bach receives a cheeky jazz make-over.
Warning: Tracks 12-23 are bonus electronic squiggles by the electronica pioneer Tristram Cary whose CV included Dr. Who. Respectfully these are one time listens for anyone but devotees of electronica.
Harkit's sleeve notes are informative with bios of the major players and includes plenty of pictures.
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