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Jerry Goldsmith
is remembered with a specially compiled 3 CD set comprising the composer's
final three film scores; Star Trek Nemesis, Timeline and Looney Tunes:
Back In Action.
Star Trek Nemesis (2002) allowed Goldsmith to revisit his famous Star
Trek themes for a final time. Along with this fond look back and farewell
to the Enterprise and it various crews, Nemesis also received a stunningly
beautiful new theme that captured the romance of space exploration in
such an unexpected and brilliant way.
Goldsmith's score for Star Trek Nemesis was followed by an extended period
of work on the Richard Donner directed film Timeline (2003). The project
allowed Goldsmith to compose an epic work in the style of his magnificent
for Lionheart (1988) and First Knight (1995). Timeline also reunited Goldsmith
with Donner for the first time since the composer had won an Oscar for
his landmark score for The Omen in 1976. Timeline was written by none
other than Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park), another long-time friend
and collaborator of Mr. Goldsmith's. Extensive reediting of the film,
after the point where the score had been recorded, lead to a new composer
and a new score being composed. Goldsmith's grand, penultimate opus found
exposure only on the posthumous CD release of his music - a release he
personally requested, for his fans.
The score that turned out to be, unthinkably, Jerry Goldsmith's final
film score, was Looney Tunes: Back In Action. While seemingly an unusual
film to cap such a historic career, Looney Tunes did allow Goldsmith the
opportunity to work one last time with his long-time friend, director
Joe Dante. The two had previously joined forces for the blockbuster Gremlins
(1984), The 'Burbs (1989), Small Soldiers (1998) and many others. The
score for Looney Tunes: Back In Action showed Goldsmith to be full of
energy and wit. It's an enormously fun score with depth, complexity and
intelligence. To end a career exhibiting so much enthusiasm for his art
and showing so much genuine creativity is, in fact, very much in keeping
with what one would hope from the legendary composer of such classics
as Patton, Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, The Omen, The Sand Pebbles,
Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Basic Instinct, LA Confidential,
The Mummy and so many more!
Jerry Goldsmith will forever be one of the great musical icons of the
century and his final three scores are now available together at a very
special price.
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