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What a great fantasy score this is. Splendid melodies, Jones's trademark gigantic sound (but with quite a few gentle moments), vibrant and exciting. Anyone else really like this score? I'm *very* fond of this score. Jones has a wonderful gift or scoring fantasy. The main theme of this score is one of his best, and the tracks are exceptionally lengthy and listenable. "May Angels Fly Thee Home" is one of Jones' most beautiful and bittersweet love themes. I *do* think there are some overly repetetive passages in this score, but the more magical cues are wondrous and otherworldly. Apparently Jones only had two weeks to score the entire production!
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Many beautiful themes and melodies in this score, but the CD is just too damn long. If Varese had pruned out the dead wood and edited it down to about 45-50 minutes, it would have been a terrific album (like The Dark Crystal). As-is, I tend to only listen to the CD when I'm cleaning my room or something. Oh, and the miniseries itself is magnificent.
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I always enjoyed this score, even before I saw the miniseries.
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MR Jones came up with some great scores early in his career like THE DARK CRYSTAL, NATE AND HAYES, MERLIN, then his scores became ok but nothing special, Any thoughts on how if you agree with me he lost that magical touch? Don't get me wrong he still did good scores but those 3 were fantastic. Dark Crystal and Nate & Hayes were from '82 and '83, respectively, while Merlin was composed 15 years later in '98, so I don't know if I'd classify Merlin an early Jones score. I think Nate & Hayes is a likable enough score (with an enchanting love theme) but I am more impressed by Hideaway (1995) and Dinotopia (2000).
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