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The Sentinel: Original Soundtrack (1996 Television Series)

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This is a very good album that should have appeal beyond fans of the TV show. The three vocal tracks are well done, but I question lumping them all at the beginning of the CD. It might have been better to intermix them with the instrumental tracks. However, the only real disappointment is the title track itself. The producers missed the opportunity to score a longer version of the main theme. That provided is only 34 seconds, and is different than I expected, probably the scoring used in the first season. All in all, an excellent buy. Too bad the show is gone.

The music of The Sentinel is a masterpiece of emotion that binded the show into the hearts of millions during it's UPN run. You should definetely pick this item up!

This CD contains a wide range of music that will appeal to most music lovers. From the haunting "Iceman Love Theme", which was used in the episode "Iceman", as well as during the ending scene of season three's cliff hanger "Sentinel Too", to the heavy metal "No Mercy", which has been used in several episodes during intense scenes. This CD is definitely a must have. Buy and enjoy!!!

I found this to be a terrific accessory to the Pet Fly TV production The Sentinel. The music captures both the action and the relationship between the two main characters quite breathtakingly.

While fans of The Sentinel will have a special place for this CD, non-fans won't be short changed. The piano instrumentals for Iceman Love Theme are not to missed.

I bought this CD sometime ago and didn't listen to it right away thinking it would be of all the heavy metal songs that is on the show but I was surprisingly shocked to hear most of the really good songs that have been on. The instrumental songs are soothing, easy to listen to, and are really well put together. I'm a music major and am really pleased with all of the instrumental compositions. I just wish I had listened to it sooner!

Love this CD! It brings back the memories of the show!

Loved it! It brought back wonderful memories of the varied scenes that took place while I watched the show.

I too am a collector of scores and soundtracks, and as the first reviewer mentioned, this is how a score should sound. I believe it should be exciting within its own right and be able to tell a story - and this one does!

I can't even remember when I got this CD, but sheer strength of the composition and execution will keep it constantly fresh.

I especially like the pan flute, didgeridoo and drums. I also wish the intro theme was longer, for it really sets the tone for the score and the show.

Couldn't possibley say enough good things about it! Get this CD, and enjoy the ride! :) Meg

This CD blows me away.

I'm an avid collector of TV Soundtrack CDs - mention a TV show soundtrack and I probably have it! - and "The Sentinel" is one of the finest. Four months after getting it, I still put it on every couple of days. The CD has some very nice vocal tracks to start off, and a couple of short haunting gentler pieces dotted in various places, but where it really thrills is in the loud action suites. The pieces of music used when the show's hero goes into action (running, climbing, jumping, breaking through things, shooting bad guys, or beating them over-and-over with his fists) are breath-taking. These are some of loudest most energy-intense pieces of music I have ever heard.

In line with The Sentinel's jungle-based origin, the whole album has an underlying theme of repeditive drum beats that inevitably cunjures up the essence of that locale in the mind of the mind of the listener.

Tracks 9, 11 and 13 are particularly noteworthy. Each comprises a suite made up from music used in the episode it comes from. Some of the melodies in the episodes are very striking and stay with the viewer. Consequently, various parts of the suites leap out at the listerer and cause images from the TV stories to pop into the mind, e.g. the hero tracing radioactive material with his hands in the "Red Dust Suite".

About two-thirds of each suite comes from the climax of the episode, and what the listener gets is a relentless building in musical intensity until the track reaches fulfilment with the - brief - use of the main melody from the TV show theme.

This is one feature of the album that I love.

While it is a genuine pity that the package does not contain a long version of the main theme, it is wonderful that the Sentinel theme appears - briefly - in many of the long suites to such terrific effect. It is this - I believe - more than any other reason that has prevented me from becoming tired of the album. Not matter how many times I put it on, and press shuffle, I never cease to be thrilled by the sonic crescendo. With this kind of build-up, there is something truly majestic about the Sentinel melody.

A fantastic album. Together with Christopher Franke's Raven, this is the finest TV Soundtrack CD in my collection and I heartily recommend it to fans of the TV show and fans of rousing, exhilarating orchestral music.

A+ recommendation.