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Total Recall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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1990 was a very good year and one of the reasons is because Jerry Goldsmith made a outstanding score for a great Arnold movie named Total Recall.The action was superb but it really would not of been as good if it was not for Goldsmith`s music in the film.Every single track here is awesome.The track numbers maybe low but there is enough music which the soundtrack is over fifty-minutes long.This score is one of the best I ever heard and it is one of Jerry Goldsmith`s best!

Jerry Goldsmith's Total Recall soundtrack is a study in mixed blessings. On the one hand, the actual music is stirring. From the opening theme to the final fade, Goldsmith blasts away. His use of synthesized instruments and paces that are difficult to keep up with - on End Of A Dream he uses a 4/3 pace that's a devil to follow - is innovative and clever.

But within the power lies the soundtrack's problem - most of the cues are action cues. Only The Mutant, First Meeting, and Where Am I downshift from nonstop action to slow tenderness. It is surprising considering the excellent balance Goldsmith showed on First Blood.

Also, the soundtrack mysteriously excludes cues worthy of release - such as from the fight between Quaid and Lori, the telephone scene where Quaid learns he's been bugged, Quaid's capture by Lori and freeing by Melina, and the slaughter of Kuato's guerillas by Cohaagen's army.

Nevertheless, the soundtrack is an aural rush of adrenaline.

Just like the movie.This is a spectacular soundtrack.One of Jerry Goldsmith's best."The Dream" is a classic and all the rest is pure excitement.

Prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith again demonstrates why he sets the benchmark in science fiction films with this mix of synths and traditional orchestral arrangements. The main title ("The Dream") sets the pace for a solid half-hour of action and adventure, further enhanced with "The Big Jump." Mysticism plays a part here, too--"First Meeting" and "Where Am I?" show us other aspects of the film beyond the back-to-back adventure cuts. All is neatly brought to a close with "A New Life," where Schwarzenegger's Quade embarks on an adventure of a different sort with Rachel Ticotin's Lena. If you want to go on a trip into the mid-21st Century and experience sights never before seen, then this is the score for you!

Jerry Goldsmith created wonderful and exciting music for Paul Veerhoven's most intricate film. Most of his songs incorperate beautiful synthesizer melodies. In this cd, there are many tracks that stand out. He has composed a memorable main title, while the Mutant track is simply some of his finest works. Nearly all tracks are exciting chase songs which can get very loud. Overall, this is a wonderful cd.

This is the perfect score for a Sci-Fi action movie, Goldsmith and his band did a super soundtrack with a very entertaining beat and some electronic music added by Jerry. Don't be a fool, if you have to buy a soundtrack, this is the one!

Essentially a better budgeted "Conan the Barbarian" set in Martian territory. Goldsmith manages to turn in action cue after action cue, occasionally pausing long enough to be surprisingly mushy (or spaced-out). It is often entertaining, the action cues are uniformly top-notch, several bits of musical humor prevent irredeemable overkill, but the music is just as frequently over-synthesized and overly derivative.