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Send me a freebie and I'll review it posthaste! 
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Ask the mail carrier - I hear he's having a jolly good time listening to my copy...
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US Marshals is not a great score, but it's fun to listen to on an mp3 player while walking through London. (I have to get my jollies somehow.)
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LOVE the score and the fact that it was released!
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Dec 6, 2009 - 3:15 PM
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AlexCope
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Along Came A Spider is like Total Recall in comparison to U.S. Marshals? First of all, the action material in both is so streamlined that I don't think there can be that wide of a chasm between the two, but even then to me Along Came A Spider, aside from that propulsive, outstanding Ransom cue, has some of the most watered down and merely functional action material Jerry wrote around that time, certainly moreso than U.S. Marshals. If I hold anything against Marshals it's that Jerry would take the main fanfare from that score and use it with little variation in just about every other score since then, but it makes for a more satisfying album as the action material is more cohesive with that fanfare as an anchor plus there's that grand orchestral flourish at the end - much more satisfying than those drum hits that abruptly end Spider. In any case, I've never owned the Fugitive soundtrack, but JNH's music worked wonders in that film, which was clearly superior source material than Jerry had with Marshals, the one where Tommy Lee Jones first shows up in a chicken suit.
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Dec 6, 2009 - 3:35 PM
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Michael24
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How does Goldsmith's score to the sequel compare to this?
I'd say the two scores have a pretty different style and Goldsmith's may also lack the depth of Howard's The Fugitive, but it doesn't bother me. Truthfully, I listen to U.S. Marshals much more regularly, and I would like an expanded version.
The whole concept of the sequel, having it ride totally on Tommy Lee's oscar winning character to squeeze more bucks out of the success of "The Fugitive" I never bought into.
I never saw it as a sequel, but rather a spin-off, and I think it works better like that. What else could they have done, had Kimble framed for the murder of a daughter he didn't know he had? Haha!! I wonder what their original idea was, though, because I recall reading in 1997 that Harrison Ford balked at the idea of returning for a sequel, so they decided to focus on Gerard and his team instead. Which I think was clearly for the better. I also liked the fact the fugitive this time around is more shady and you're not really sure for awhile if he's good or bad. I personally love U.S. Marshals and watch it on a regular basis.
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I hope an expanded Wyatt Earp is not too far behind
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In the film, there are some terrific action cues in the latter half of the film that desperately need to be preserved on disc. 
