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Kjell Neckebroeck

Kjell Neckebroeck

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GLORY: AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLETE SCORE

September 14, 2021 | | One Comment

Once in a blue moon, a score comes along that floors you well and truly. Granted, 1989 was an unusually strong year for film music, but on the battlefield of musical excellence, James Horner arguably carried the day. Even coming … Read More

THE LAND BEFORE TIME EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

October 27, 2020 | | 6 Comments

With their expanded 74-minute edition of The Land Before Time (1988), the diligent folks at Intrada bring back into the spotlights one of the absolute masterpieces of James Horner’s long and distinguished career. The music sounds as punchy and clear as … Read More

CASPER EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

August 4, 2020 | | One Comment

1995 saw James Horner climbing steadily to the height of his fame. The year yielded first-rate scores for Braveheart, Apollo 13, Casper, Jumanji and Balto – with a dud like Jade thrown in for good measure. Even though Titanic and … Read More

ONCE UPON A FOREST – AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLETE SCORE

June 22, 2019 | | One Comment

Notes on the movie Once Upon A Forest opened to mixed reviews on June 18, 1993 and was not the financial success that the filmmakers had hoped for – of course, there was the small matter of Spielberg’s dinosaurs … Read More

ONCE UPON A FOREST – AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR CHARLES GROSVENOR

June 22, 2019 | | One Comment

Hot on the heels of A Far Off Place and just prior to Searching For Bobby Fischer (both 1993), James Horner was asked by producer David Kirschner to score a modestly budgeted animation movie called Once Upon a Forest. Kirschner … Read More

NOTES ON PROJECT X: HOW JAMES HORNER MAKES THE MONKEY SHINE

March 19, 2019 | | One Comment

Thanks to the efforts of La-La Land records, one of James Horner’s most addictively enjoyable scores gets another deluxe treatment. Not that there was a lot to complain about: Varese Sarabande had released the near entirety of the score in … Read More

AN AMERICAN TAIL EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

February 12, 2019 | | 2 Comments

After the artistic and commercial success of his first animation project, 1982’s The Secret of N.I.M.H., Disney alumnus Don Bluth (born 1937) and his newly established studio went from a separate entity that produced animation to part of a major … Read More

BALTO EXPANDED EDITION: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

October 30, 2018 |

James Horner once said he never turned down a project offered to him by Steven Spielberg. (Neither would any other composer in their sane mind, I imagine.) After Schindler’s List (1993), Spielberg embarked on a string of serious movies calling … Read More

*BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED 2-CD: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

September 19, 2018 | | One Comment

Like so many other movies of its day, 1987’s *batteries not included basks in the soothing glow of all things Spielberg. Showcasing a family of flying saucers, designed by Industrial Light and Magic as miniature versions of the mothership in … Read More

FOR GREATER GLORY: AN ANALYSIS AND AN INTERPRETATION

June 24, 2018 | | 2 Comments

When in 2011 James Horner was offered the Mexican-made Cristiada (re-titled For Greater Glory for its international release), he realized he was placing himself in the service of the faith crowd. And faith-based movies are invariably a risky proposition.   … Read More