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“ROBOCOP: PRIME DIRECTIVES is a
great opportunity
and somewhat
ambitious effort
for the new-face,
Norman Orentstein.
While it doesn't
compare with
Poledouris'
earlier work for
the original film,
it will give your
sound system a "whollop!" ”
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Bes' Not Mess with
this Cop
Review by Christopher
Coleman
Composed and
Conducted by
Norman Orenstein
Produced by Norman
Orenstein and Ford
A. Thaxton
Executive
Producer: Neil
Norman
Released by GNP
Crescendo January
16, 2001
The Cast-Iron Cop
returns, not to
the big screen
this time, but to
television, in the
form of four
separate
television movies.
As history has
caught to the New
Millennial premise
of the original
1987 Robocop
feature film,
instead of being
armed with the
considerable
talents of Basil
Poledouris, the
producers have
chosen a "newbie",
to most of us,
Norman Orenstein,
as the score's
composer.
Norman Orenstein
is not the most
familiar composer
name around, but
he has been
involved within
the industry for
some twenty years
and his composing
credits include
feature film
scores, music for
television series
and commercials.
The music for
these excerpts
from the latest
round of Robocop
tales is, of
course, highly
dependent upon the
synthesizer, as
most music for
television series
and films seemed
to be now. It
lacks any of the
natural,
orchestral
elements at all
compared
Rosenman's work
for ROBOCOP 2 and
Basil Poledouris'
original score and
for ROBOCOP 3. In
fact, these
selections make
scant use of Poledouris decent
original theme.
Orenstein goes a
completely
different route.
The most
interesting
element to this
score is the main
theme- as it
features a lead
trumpet that belts
out strangely
Spanish, fanfare,
of all things!
While
enterprising, it
just doesn't seem
to fit as a theme
for a man/borg
cop.
ROBOCOP: PRIME
DIRECTIVES is a
great opportunity
and somewhat
ambitious effort
for the new-face,
Norman Orentstein.
While it doesn't
compare with
Poledouris'
earlier work for
the original film,
it will give your
sound system a "whollop!"
If your palette
craves ominous and
bombastic synths...and
lots of them (some
73 minutes plus),
then ROBOCOP:
PRIME DIRECTIVES
won't disappoint
you. As for the
more traditional
film music buff,
you bes' not mess
with this Cop.
Rating:
4/10
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Track |
Track Title |
Track Time |
Rating |
| 1 |
Prime Directives
Overture |
5:02 |
*** |
| 2 |
Delta City
Defender |
2:20 |
*** |
| 3 |
Bone
Machine |
4:15 |
** |
| 4 |
Death
of a
Hero |
10:59 |
** |
| 5 |
Remember |
1:15 |
** |
| 6 |
Young Murphy |
4:10 |
*** |
| 7 |
Pursuit |
3:19 |
* |
| 8 |
Old Detroit |
2:25 |
** |
| 9 |
Clash of the Titans |
11:59 |
** |
| 10 |
Innocence |
1:55 |
** |
| 11 |
Smith and Wesson |
4:21 |
** |
| 12 |
S.A.I.N.T. Goes Wrong |
3:55 |
** |
| 13 |
Legion |
15:20 |
** |
| 14 |
Finale |
1:50 |
*** |
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Total Running Time (approx) |
73 minutes |
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