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The movie, despite its title, is utterly forgettable, but Jerry Goldsmith's rousing score stands on its own, ranking among the composer's finest works. Goldsmith effectively blends electronics and orchestration to get compelling sounds, and the driving rhythmic elements lend a sense of urgency and menace to even the score's quieter moments. The momentum doesn't let up until the final track, wherein Goldsmith proves that he can, in fact, write music that conveys calm instead of tension.
--Genevieve Williams
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Arnold Schwarzenegger action films are so superfluous that when cynics try to dismiss the subgenre, it's been all too easy to throw out the baby with the bath water, to dump a
True Lies alongside a
Raw Deal. But 1990's Mars-set
Total Recall remains one of Arnie's best, a reality bending adventure that not only anticipated
The Matrix in key ways, but also took action films to a new level of intensity, thanks largely to the direction of the ever-relentless Paul Verhoeven and a trend-setting score by sci-fi master Jerry Goldsmith (
Planet of the Apes,
Alien,
Star Trek). This deluxe edition has nearly twice the music of the original, a virtual 70-minute action concerto of driving rhythms, bold brass and subtly integrated electronic effects. Goldsmith's tense
Recall formula would become one of the templates for action scores in the 1990s and beyond, and this set finally gives it a proper showcase. --
Jerry McCulley