Goldsmith's "U.S. Marshals"

[arathornion33 0]

What did anyone think of Goldsmith's "U.S. Marshals" score? I actually thought it was a bit weak, but it did have a few good moments. What do you all think?

[King Mark 2,924]

Pretty much sums up Goldsmith's 90's mediocre output.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

I like it! So macho and heroic, but textured in that really cool Jerry sound I enjoy so much.

[Trent B 317]

It's a good score, hopefully it'll get a full release one day.

[scissorhands 16]

I find myself listening to the end credits all the time, which cover up the main themes of the score and it's so much fun, it's one of my favorite action soundtracks from that period (end 90's). An expanded edition would be more than welcome.

[Richard Penna 2,083]

I sometimes wonder why they bother at all with these stupid 20 minute releases.

Now the digital age is well and truly here, I look forward to the day when we can routinely download complete scores. For those who prefer CDs, I think it's a sacrifice that has to be made given the limitations of a disc.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

What about album presentation? Sound quality? I'm not going to settle for compressed files!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

Sounds is not bad, but not spectacular either, just fairly average, like the score itself.

[Ollie 859]

I agree.

It's an average Goldsmith score. Some nice moments but unless you really are a Goldsmith fan you don't need it.

[Trent B 317]

What about album presentation? Sound quality? I'm not going to settle for compressed files!

I won't settle for compressed files either. Rich, you'll find I'd say about 90% of score collectors will prefer the physical CD over compressed files.

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

It's probably quite good, but there's simply hardly a reason to listen to it when you have Goldsmith's other scores.

[Goldsmithfan 3]

I find it to be a fun score, but not much else. It's certainly not bad, but it's not terribly intricate. Though I find it hard to believe that Goldsmith's 90's output was remotely "mediocre" considering he produced material like Total Recall, Basic Instinct, The 13th Warrior and L. A. Confidential during that period.

[jerrygollay 0]

The problem with what some call a mediocre score is that jerry was asked to do almost the same style for this kind of film : AIR FORCE ONE, EXECUTIVE DECISION, U.S MARSHALS...I was surprised to find the theme of U.S M in "Inssurection"...

[Jeshopk 8]

I remember well the music for the swamp hunt, and I only saw it once. Also the music for the hotel fight at the end was great. There was plenty of quality music in there, but the main "motif" was sort of reused in SOME of his 90's output, and I would have liked to see a little more effort to make a stain on the series.

However his 90's output was very, very good in general. As was his 80's 70's 60's etc

[Richard Penna 2,083]

What about album presentation? Sound quality? I'm not going to settle for compressed files!

I won't settle for compressed files either. Rich, you'll find I'd say about 90% of score collectors will prefer the physical CD over compressed files.

I can appreciate that. My point was just that by preferring to buy CDs, instead of settling for digital files, the cost of releasing something goes up, clearly sufficiently to make it less likely that we see any unreleased material.

I do still buy CDs for the mega important stuff, LotR: CR for example. The problem I have in recent times though, is that I know collectors buy the physical CD to have something they can hold and feel complete, but that's where the problem lies for me. I rip a lot of unreleased music/credits etc from DVDs which usually amounts to a couple of cues. Now with a downloaded album, I can integrate these into the playlist, but with a CD, the disc no longer feels complete.

For example, the film version of the main titles to Sleepy Hollow is +- 1 minute longer than on the CD, and I ripped/edited the track to include the extra music. Along with the 2 or 3 additional cues I ripped, the CD for me has a sense of no longer being complete, and if I were to take it somewhere and play it, my enhancements wouldn't be there.

You could say just burn another copy with the edits, but then you don't have the original pressed CD.