In their never-ending mission to spin just about anything into a symphonic "pops" album, Erich Kunzel & the Cincinnati Pops found about an hour's worth of law-and-order music from TV and cinema to blast and cruise through.
With the long-running James Bond film series as a starting point, Kunzel casts his net toward the films Dick Tracy, Rambo, Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Darkman, Shaft, and The Untouchables, and a whole string of ultra-familiar television themes.
The treatments of the early Bond themes, including those from Goldfinger and From Russia With Love, are raucous fun, oozing with period pizazz, while a middle-period Bond theme, Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die," generally follows the example of Macca's single until the tinkly coda.
In general, though, the more recent the score, the more formulaic the excerpt tends to be -- with exceptions, of course.
Danny Elfman's Dick Tracy and Darkman music is, as usual, routine stuff from an overrated Hollywood routinier, while Ennio Morricone's excerpts from The Untouchables show touches of a lively imagination.
The wah-wah-laden symphonic arrangement of Shaft is Kunzel's own -- and it's not too far away from Isaac Hayes' original treatment, minus the vocal section.
And the medley of themes from TV shows like Perry Mason, Hillstreet Blues, The F.B.I., Hawaii Five-O, et al.
will tickle your nostalgia bone perhaps more than anything else here.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Your Eyes OnlyBill Conti, Michael Leeson | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 13 MB |
| 2 | Theme From Gold Finger | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| 3 | James Bond Theme | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 11 MB |
| 4 | From Russia With Love | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| 5 | Main Theme From Dick Tracy | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| 6 | Al Capone From The Untouchables | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| 7 | It's A Long Road From Rambo | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | Medley Of TV Adventure Themes: Dragnet, Peter Gunn, Perry Mason, The F.B.I., Hillstreet Blues... | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 12:04 | 27 MB | 58 MB |
| 9 | Axel F From Beverly Hills Cop | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| 10 | Theme From Lethal Weapon | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 14 MB |
| 11 | Woe, The Darkman, Woe From Darkman | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 12 | Nobody Does It Better From The Spy Who Loved Me | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 13 | Theme From Shaft | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:03 | 7 MB | 14 MB |
| 14 | All Time High From Octopussy | Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| 52 mins | 120 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 239 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Barry | Composer |
| 2 | Lionel Bart | Composer |
| 3 | Steve Bartek | Arranger, Orchestration |
| 4 | Michael Bishop | Engineer |
| 5 | Anilda Carrasquillo | Cover Design |
| 6 | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra | Orchestra, Performer, Primary Artist |
| 7 | Bill Conti | Composer |
| 8 | Bill Cunliffe | Arranger, Piano |
| 9 | Robert Derwae | Liner Notes |
| 10 | Danny Elfman | Composer |
| 11 | Harold Faltermeyer | Composer |
| 12 | Jerry Goldsmith | Composer |
| 13 | Marvin Hamlisch | Composer |
| 14 | Jan Hammer | Composer |
| 15 | Isaac Hayes | Composer |
| 16 | Richard Hayman | Arranger |
| 17 | Rosalind Ilett | Editing |
| 18 | Michael Kamen | Composer |
| 19 | Bronislaw Kaper | Composer |
| 20 | Ray Kirschensteiner | Art Direction |
| 21 | Thomas Knab | Technical Assistance |
| 22 | Erich Kunzel | Arranger, Conductor, Primary Artist |
| 23 | Michael Leeson | Composer |
| 24 | Henry Mancini | Composer |
| 25 | Elaine Martone | Production Assistant |
| 26 | Linda McCartney | Composer |
| 27 | Paul McCartney | Composer |
| 28 | Ennio Morricone | Composer |
| 29 | Tommy Newsom | Arranger |
| 30 | Monty Norman | Composer |
| 31 | Mike Post | Composer |
| 32 | Nic Raine | Arranger |
| 33 | Carole Bayer Sager | Composer |
| 34 | Lalo Schifrin | Composer |
| 35 | Walter Schumann | Composer |
| 36 | Dean Sladek | Cover Illustration, Illustrations |
| 37 | Fred Steiner | Composer |
| 38 | Shirley Walker | Arranger, Orchestration |
| 39 | Robert Woods | Producer |
Erich Kunzel
2006 - 3 tracks
Beethoven - Wellington's Victory; Liszt - Battle Of The Huns etc - Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |