Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

when the composer wrote the music! If you don’t mind the sometime lousy quotations of
Shakespeare’s words, you should enjoy this music—especially the music.
-Around the World in 80 Days (1956) **** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Around-World-Days-Two-Disc-
Special/dp/B0001US8F8/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293773228&sr=1-1
This is definitely a worthy purchase. The Victor Young score is excellent. I
especially liked the scenic train trip across the United States. It has a rather David Lean
quality about it (various scenes in the movie). If there’s any movie where you can easily
state, “That’s Entertainment!” then this movie qualifies. It’s classic entertainment but not
necessarily a masterpiece since it is a bit too long and some of the sequences overstay
their welcome.
-High Noon (1952) **** [music *** 1/2]
http://www.amazon.com/High-Noon-Collectors-Gary-
Cooper/dp/B00006JMRE/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293773300&sr=1-2
It will be safer not to watch this movie at 12 pm!
It’s a classic with a wonderful cast and tight screenplay and memorable score by
Dimitri Tiomkin. There are other westerns I enjoyed far more (such as lighter Rio Bravo)
but for a “serious” western in tone, this one is a Must-See. If it was called “High
Midnight” it would be more a film noir type of movie (especially if Carol Reed directed it
ala The Third Man)!
-Runaway Jury (2003) *** � [music **]
http://www.amazon.com/Runaway-Jury-Widescreen-John-
Cusack/dp/B00014NEZI/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293773617&sr=1-1
I like this jury movie. While it is not a classic (like The Verdict) or a runaway hit,
it is still entertaining (though a bit preposterous!). I recommend you listen to the audio
commentary by the director.
-What Dreams May Come (1998) * [music *]
http://www.amazon.com/What-Dreams-Come-Robin-
Williams/dp/B00007GZR5/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293773723&sr=1-1
This movie has some nice production values and stars but the story is so very selfabsorbed,
and the metaphysics so distorted. The characters are in a distorted, bad dreamimage
of themselves. These are shadow selves. I do not recommend this sorry movie.
-Medic, Volume One (1955) ***
http://www.amazon.com/Medic-Vol-1-Richard-
Boone/dp/B0009OF8RC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1293773982&sr=1-2
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