Timeline: Music Inspired by the Film [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Soundtrack]

Jerry Goldsmith (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00076YP8A
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,036 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dig - Jerry Goldsmith

2. Cornflakes

3. No Pain

4. To Castlegard

5. Find Marek

6. The Rooftop

7. A Hole in the Wall

8. Move On

9. Be Careful

10. Ambushed

11. Setting Up

12. Greek Fire / Light the Arrows

13. Prepare for Battle / Victory for Us

14. To My Friends

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maestro Goldsmith's Final Gift..., March 10, 2007

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Stephie Fryar "Stephie" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Timeline: Music Inspired by the Film [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

to those of us who've derived great pleasure from his film music is his score for TIMELINE, the time-travel movie based on the novel by Michael Crichton.

TIMELINE briefly reunited Goldsmith with director Richard Donner, with whom he worked on 1976's spookfest THE OMEN (Goldsmith earned an Oscar for his original score), and although Goldsmith produced a sweeping, powerful score which so deftly captured the themes of great love, courage, high adventure and the desire to change things for the better, his score was inexplicably dropped from the film in favor of a rather bland sounding (imo) orchestral score composed by Brian Tyler (Tyler's score is also available from (....), if you wish to compare them).

TIMELINE was a film plagued with more than its fair share of problems, and when Goldsmith's orchestral score was dropped from the film, it was feared that this film score would disappear into a wormhole and never be recorded or heard. However, Mr. Goldsmith's final wish was that his score for TIMELINE be preserved and recorded as his final gift to his fans. Although the album is a bit short (around 45 mins. or so), it won't disappoint fans who loved Mr. Goldsmith's way of making the blandest film interesting with a good orchestral score.

This album proves that Jerry Goldsmith was a master composer, and this score proves it once again. Yes, there are a few electronics, but (as always) they don't overwhelm the magic of the orchestral score, especially the rich brass section and those lushly orchestrated strings. The first cue, entitled "Dig", gives us a musical picture of what the students were doing while they poked around a archeological dig and discovered a lot more than they bargained for.

All of the cues (including my favorite cue, entitled "Greek Fire") are the kind of exciting action-adventure music so many of us came to expect from Jerry Goldsmith, and although the world of film music isn't quite the same now that he's gone, TIMELINE, along with his scores for STAR TREK: NEMESIS and LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, are the final chapters in a long, distinguished film music career.

I highly recommend this CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Goldsmith's music inserted back into the film!!!, January 4, 2010

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Tuco (Phoenix, Az USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Timeline: Music Inspired by the Film [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

Great score from the master!!! Glad it got an official release!!!

There's a chap on youknowhotube who has inserted Goldsmith's score back into the film for the scenes where Goldsmith had completed score. I must say his fabulous score makes a great impact on those scenes, especially the battle scene. While it was not a great movie, it definately raises a notch with the original score in there. Check it out by searching 'Goldsmith Timeline' for a scene by scene....

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I agree with last reviewer, August 21, 2005

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Emmanuel Dauksa "edauksa" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Timeline: Music Inspired by the Film [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

This soundtrack doesn't dissapoint! Especially track entitled "Prepare for Battle/Victory". Alot of energy just like were used to a Jerry Goldsmith score. We will truly miss you Sir Goldsmith!