Incanus

Well I haven't played the games either but I did a playlist for Rising Sun back when this set came out and tried to figure out the approximate chronological order of the music based on the names of the tracks compared to the missions and their descriptions in Medal of Honor wiki. Below is my track list with the name of the missions in parentheses. There are many tracks where I wasn't sure which mission they could belong to so this list certainly isn't 100 % accurate C&C presentation. Main Titles Taiko Brigade (The Day of Infamy) We're Hit (The Day of Infamy) Incoming! / Aftermath (The Day of Infamy) Requiem For The California (The Day of Infamy) PT Attack (Pearl Harbor) Passing The Nevada (Pearl Harbor) They're After Us (Pearl Harbor) Counter Attack (Pearl Harbor) Saving Pearl Harbor (Pearl Harbor) Philippines / Zero Attack (Fall of the Philippines) Chase (Fall of the Philippines) Taiko Brigade (Alternate) Tank March (Fall of the Philippines) They Got Donnie (Fall of the Philippines) Deep In Guadalcanal (Midnight Raid on Guadalcanal) Nearing The River (Midnight Raid on Guadalcanal) Stalking The Caves (Midnight Raid on Guadalcanal) Storming The Bunker (Midnight Raid on Guadalcanal) The Riverbed (Pistol Pete Showdown) A Prisoner's Eulogy (Pistol Pete Showdown) The Speech - Get Ready (Pistol Pete Showdown) Ambush (Pistol Pete Showdown) Singapore Docks (Singapore Sling) The Sewers (Singapore Sling) Nazi Disguise / Shima's Speech (Singapore Sling) Hotel Battle (Singapore Sling) March On The Temple (In Search of Yamashita's Gold) Coutryard Strike (In Search of Yamashita's Gold) Take Cover (In Search of Yamashita's Gold) Shell Shock (In Search of Yamashita's Gold) Yamashita's Gold (In Search of Yamashita's Gold) Burma (A Bridge on the River Kwai) Natives Are Restless (A Bridge on the River Kwai) Elephant Battle (A Bridge on the River Kwai) Jungle Swarm (A Bridge on the River Kwai) Taking The Field (A Bridge on the River Kwai) Engine Trouble (Supercarrier Sabotage) Shima Escapes (Supercarrier Sabotage) Tanaka's Death - The Hangar (Supercarrier Sabotage) Carrier Deck (Supercarrier Sabotage) Take Off / Finale (Supercarrier Sabotage) Hymn To Brothers Lost (Supercarrier Sabotage)

Fantastic work @Holko!!!

Always nice to hear that the music from A.I. is performed in the concert hall/stage! With that said I would have preferred the full concert arrangement of the Abandoned in the Woods with the specifically written coda by Williams that was already on the OST album. Would have worked perfectly in the concert. I wonder why didn't David Newman just programme that in? Also I really wish someday Search for the Blue Fairy theme concert arrangement (which is on the OST and on the LLL set) makes a concert hall debut.

Flesh & Blood is among Poledouris' best scores. I love the faux Medieval, swashbuckling swagger of the music.

Ordered from MBR.

Amazing! Can't wait to hear the whole album! Will order as soon as this becomes available to order from the European retailers.

@Richard Penna you could also try Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica, which is basically a reworking of the ideas from the score into a symphonic piece. As for the mammoth boxed sets, I thought it would be a great chance to explore both Vaughan Williams and Prokofiev more deeply since they are among my favourite composers but my collection of their works is kind of small. With these sets there is a good chance of finding even more awesome works from both composers. With 36 and 30 discs there is a lot to explore. Also both cost under 100 €, which is a steal. Also I have heard almost none of Rózsa's Junglebook which prompted me to get the BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba release. Their film music albums are usually quite excellent.

Williams arranged Irina's theme for solo saxophone and orchestra after the Crystal Skull came out and he played the concert arrangement in several concerts (at least at Tanglewood and Hollywood Bowl if I remember correctly) accompanied by a montage of film clips from the classic film noirs featuring the classic femme fatale characters. Here is a fan recording from Hollywood Bowl 2008 I remember laughing when watching the music documentary on the music of the Crystal Skull and Williams quipping about Irina: She's my kind of babe. And she'll rule the world.

Irina's Theme definitely for me although Helena's Theme isn't far behind. Irina's theme is such a perfect encapsulation of the film noir femme fatale music. I wish Williams would record the concert arrangement with Dan Higgins on the saxophone or arrange it for Ann-Sophie Mutter like he did with Helena's theme.

I really love these interviews! Keep up the awesome work Maurizio!!! Also Phil Ayling interview finally revealed (inadvertently) that the mysterious Wompi in some of JW's cue titles refers to music editor Ken Wannberg as that apparently is Williams' nickname for him.

Sad news. RIP

I am not excited. Meh.