I have a very limited collection of music by Dimitri Shostakovich but from what I have heard he has failed to disappoint.  Once this album crossed my desk I knew I was in for something special.  I'm a big fan of Chandos' film music collection and this is the second…

I clearly remember the day that I saw the Star Wars 4CD Box Set sitting high on a shelf behind the counter at Cheapies in Hamilton back in 1996. I was relatively new to soundtrack "collecting" so I had no idea that this legendary box set was released back in…

This is a wonderful fantasy video game score composed by Andrew Barnabas and Paul Arnold.  The score is brimming with majestic themes and gothic soundscapes performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic who sounds surprisingly good here. The female solo vocal during the Opening Title and Jen Meets Arella is…

When it comes down to great re-recordings some forget about including this one in the group. Sure, there are a few tempo changes and a couple of flubbed notes but as a whole this is one faithful re-recording that took a lot of man-hours to complete, which included reconstructing the…