Introduction And Liner Notes<br /><br />By: Leonard Maltin<br /><br />There is an old saw that if you notice the music in a movie, it isn’t any good.<br /><br />I don’t think any composer actually believes that, but there is a kernel of truth in the saying. Music that calls attention to itself, and distracts you from involvement in the story and characters, is indeed doing the film a disservice.<br /><br /><br />But when you remember music after the film is over, that’s a sure sign that the composer has crafted something special.<br /><br />The next question is whether that music “works” apart from the film itself – and if it should. In some cases, revisiting a score after seeing a movie renders the question moot; one has already experienced the emotions of the music in its cinematic context, and one isn’t likely to erase that association.<br /><br />Just the same, some scores wear well over time, and provide a rewarding experience long after the movie begins to recede in one’s memory.<br /><br />Many people contend that film scores constitute America’s contemporary classical music. Composers who are candid admit that this can never be entirely true, since the music has been inspired – propelled is probably a better word – by specific dramatic needs. Yet in a growing number of orchestral concerts, today’s leading film composers are drawing crowds who would never have thought of attending a philharmonic concert.<br /><br />The growing public awareness of leading Hollywood composers is a testament to the impact their music is having on the public at large. And this collection is a tribute to some of the more striking and successful scores of the past decade.<br /><br />Lists, of course are highly arbitrary and designed to provoke argument. I don’t pretend for a moment that these are the only great scores of the 1990’s, but they happen to be among my favorites… and I think they bear repeated listening. http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG,city-of-prague-orchestra/ Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Blisstunes Recording Corp. Blisstunes Recording Corp. http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG/music/qEiUl9nT/leonard-maltins-favorite-movie-themes-of-the-90s-critics/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:46:09 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG/music/qEiUl9nT/leonard-maltins-favorite-movie-themes-of-the-90s-critics/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/qEiUl9nT.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> GbF9XM5VCu Blisstunes Recording Corp. http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG/music/bLte-2lz/leonard-maltins-favorite-movie-themes-of-the-90s-critics/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:46:03 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG/music/bLte-2lz/leonard-maltins-favorite-movie-themes-of-the-90s-critics/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/bLte-2lz.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> c0uBksucdr Blisstunes Recording Corp. http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG/music/Bzc_yfuA/leonard-maltins-favorite-movie-themes-of-the-90s-critics/ Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:20:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/groups/Pn1cS4jG/music/Bzc_yfuA/leonard-maltins-favorite-movie-themes-of-the-90s-critics/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/Bzc_yfuA.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> bGatUhUzya