Jerry GOLDSMITH
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies and Room 222
Film Score
Monthly Vol 4 No. 8 [71:38]
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Anyone who's ever seen Goldsmith in concert will
be passingly familiar with his Room 222 "Theme",
but it's a pleasant change to hear it in it's stripped down original
version opening this album. There follows another 10 minutes of
variations before Ace Eli begins. Then you realise why
the FSM team have paired these 2 scores together, because it's
own theme is decidedly of the same vein. It's light, features
lots of parping trumpet, and frankly surprises with a Country
element hitherto unknown in Goldsmith's range.
Unfortunately the whole experience feels overly
long, not helped by an abundance of Bonus Material (20 minutes)
of variable interest. Being Goldsmith , there are naturally moments
of intrigue along the way. There's lots of chucka-chucka banjo
go-lightliness such as in "Thrill a Minute", and some
odd whistle effects such as in "First Flight". Being
Goldsmith of the Sixties and Seventies, there's also a fine display
of melody. The problem is that it's not especially memorable.
Which is what anyone who's heard Goldsmith in concert would say
about the Room 222 "Theme"!
Paul Tonks
