Editor's Choice

Hostage: Alexandre Desplat   Running Time: 61:52   Superb Records (72051) ; GD / IL; ***** / ****(*)

Editor's Recommendations

Miklós Rózsa Choral Suites (Quo Vadis, Ben Hur and King of Kings): Miklós Rózsa   Running Time: 61:54   Telarc (CD-80631) ; IL; *****

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Jeff Wayne   Running Time: 94:42   Columbia-Sony/BMG (DPCD96000) ; IL; ****(*)

New Soundtracks

War of the Worlds: John Williams   Running Time: 61:08   Decca (988 1413) ; Il / GD; ***(*) / ***(*)

The Music of Undertow: Philip Glass   Running Time: 45:42   Orange Mountain Music (OMM0016) ; MM; ****

Sin City: Robert Rodriguez, John Debney & Graeme Revell   Running Time: 58:14   Varèse Sarabande (VSD 302 066 644 2) ; DC; ***(*)

Cinderella Man: Thomas Newman   Running Time: 47:01   Decca (B0004561-02) ; JW; ****

The Devil's Rejects: Tyler Bates   Running Time: 59:28   La-La Land Records (LLLCD 1035) ; IL; ***

Cursed: Marco Beltrami   Running Time: 70:52   Silva Screen Records (SILCD1186); MH; ****

Battlestar Galactica: Season One: Bear McCreary   Running Time: 78:33   La-La Land Records (LLLCD 1032) ; TH; ***** / ****(*)

Vintage Soundtracks

Two Weeks in Another Town: David Raksin   Running Time: 55:17   FSM Vol. 8, No. 5 ; IL; N/A

The Subterraneans: André Previn   Running Time: 79:56   FSM Vol. 7, No. 19 ; IL; ***(*)

633 Squadron / Submarine X-1: Ron Goodwin   Running Time: 46:36 / 51:04   FSM Vol. 8, No. 4 ; GD; ***** / ***

Quentin Durwood: Bronislau Kaper   Running Time: 59:01   FSM Vol. 8, No. 7 ; MM; ****

Kelly's Heroes: Lalo Schifrin   Running Time: 79:02   FSM Vol. 7, No. 20 ; AZ; ***(*)

Atlantis: The Lost Continent / The Power: Frank Cordell / Miklós Rózsa   Running Time: 76:04   FSM Vol. 8, No. 2 ; GD; ****(*)

King Kong (1976): John Barry   Running Time: 42:31   FSM Vol. 8, No. 8 ; GD; ****

The Chairman: Jerry Goldsmith   Running Time: 31:49   Prometheus (PCD 158) ; IL; ***

Compilations

Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music: Jerry Goldsmith   Running Time: 283:41 (Total)   Silva Screen (SILCD 1183) ; TH; ***(*)

2001: Music from the Films of Stanley Kubrick: Various Artists   Running Time: 75:44   Silva Screen Records (SILCD 1176) ; MM; *** / **

The Film Music of Stanley Black: Stanley Black   Running Time: 70:20   Chandos (CHAN 10306) ; IL; ***

Epics (4 CDs): Various Artists   Running Time: 290:00 (Total)   Silva Screen (SILCD 1170) ; IL / MH; **** / ****(*)

Reel Love (2 CDs): Various Artists   Running Time: 118:52 (Total)   Silva Screen (SILCD 1177); AZ; ***

Vintage Musicals and Miscellaneous

Vintage Broadway: Cole Porter, Richard Rogers, Jules Styne, & Burton Lane: Various Artists   Running Time: 66:35   Naxos (8.555025) ; IL; ***

Guys and Dolls–The New Broadway Cast Recording (1992): Frank Loesser   Running Time: 58:56   RCAVictor (09026-61317-2) ; CH; N/A

Piazzolla Tangos: El Ultimo Tango   Running Time: 65:44   SOMM (CD 033) ; IL; ***(*)

DVDs

Wonderful Town: Leonard Bernstein   Performed by Berlin Philharmoniker and European Voices (Chorus Master: Simon Halsey); Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle   EUROARTS DVD (2052299); IL ; N/A

Game Soundtracks

Mercenaries: Michael Giacchino / Chris Tilton   Running Time: 58:38   La-La Land Records (LLLCD 1029) ; DC; N/A

Hitman: Codename 47 / Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2 CDs): Jesper Kyd   Running Time: 117:90 (Total)   La-La Land Records (LLLCD 1030) ; AZ; ***