Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

liked the non-tropical scenes the best (rather arid and rocky interesting sets and
backdrops).
The music by Paul Dunlap is good—nothing great, but competent and fitting. I
wish I had the written score to study. I particularly liked that end-of-the-mountainclimbing
sequence that occurs after the night scene. Go to its start at 00:38:51. Nice
standard musical effects with the tremolos of the strings, soft woodwind passages, vibes,
muted trumpets, etc.
-Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) **** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-II-Directors-
Collectors/dp/B0000683DH/ref=sr_1_6?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293769157&sr=1-6
This is arguably the most “classic” of all the Star Trek movies, the best written,
best directed (Nicholas Meyer). I for one will give it a classic status, better than Wise’s
Star Trek:TMP. While the music by James Horner is very good (and I’ll give it a classic
status, although I feel Krull is better), Goldsmith’s score for the previous Trek film is a
sheer masterpiece. Besides, I like Goldsmith’s music and approach more than Horner
anyway. Goldsmith is a better composer, enough so that Horner copied him for that awful
Corwin film, ….eh, the title escapes me right now (I guess I want to forget it and actually
succeeded! Ah, yes, Battle Beyond the Stars (stupid title, by the way).
-Stargate (1994) *** � [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Stargate-Ultimate-Kurt-
Russell/dp/B0000844I8/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293769227&sr=1-3
Pretty decent Roland Emmerich film with an excellent score by David Arnold. I
enjoyed the classic look of the opening credits with the motion control close-ups. It gave
the movie a classy look. The special effects were good but the stargate effects in Contact
are a lot more effective.
-Lost in Space (1998) **1/2 [music ** �]
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Space-New-Line-
Platinum/dp/0780622650/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293769304&sr=1-3
I somewhat like this sci-fi space adventure but you will be lost if you think you
can find it in the “classic” space field of quality science fiction movies! I want to like the
film more but it just does not deserve it. They could’ve done a lot better job on the
project. First of all, the old television family is more appealing than this feature film
version. Second, the story should have been written better because the draft they selected
seems a bit meandering and lost to me. The ship needed a major overhaul. I think they
could’ve started with a different incarnation of the Dr. Smith character. My reaction to
the one they selected: “The pain! The pain!” Also I was annoyed with the opening battle
scenes that seem to be coming out of a video game. But I guess if George Lucas can do it
for various Star Wars movies, why shouldn’t everybody else?!
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