New In Soundtracks [Issue #17]
Rachel Portman
Oliver Twist (CD Sony)

The stately score for Roman Polanski’s cinematic interpretation of the Dickens’ classic is intriguing in that it sounds very traditional, rather than many movie scores’ feeble attempts to modernize traditional sounding music. The only shortcoming is that Portman’s music is often too beautiful for the film’s dark themes. Characters such as the despicable Fagin should probably require more strident undertones.

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