THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you despise the music Hans Zimmer provided for the Madagascar franchise, and desire the opportunity to find a score from the same cinematic universe which is energetic, entertaining and nostalgic 

Skip it... if you're not a fan of Lorne Balfe, or do not appreciate his lack of originality, even if the context calls for such, as is the case with The Penguins of Madagascar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

2014 SCORE AWARD NOMINATIONS

UNBROKEN Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you have enjoyed Alexandre Desplat's output this year, and seek and emotionally resonant, oft-times powerful installment into his impressive discography for the 2014 calender year

Skip it... if you are not one for restrained and minimalist compositions, for Unbroken is a slow moving score centred around suffering and hardship at heart

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you're an avid fan of this franchise, and desire a satisfying and powerful conclusion to this awe-inspiring and epic series of scores, as The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies concludes Howard Shore's Middle-Earth scores with grandeur and emotional poignancy

Skip it... if you have and will admonish any scores that have come out of this series, despite their obvious thematic ingenuity, emotional complexity and racial variety (in terms of the different sounds for different races and factions within the films)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

DRONE Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you desire a synthetic score which possesses enough thematic composition, melodic writing and interesting concepts to provide a relatively challenging and difficult listen

Skip it... if you maintain a distaste for electronic instrumentation and the writing that it entails, or possess sensitive hearing which would not be so well suited to a score which embraces high pitches which prove immensely irritating at certain instances

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

THE LEFTOVERS Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you desire an emotive and highly evocative score, more interested in sentimental and emotional value than compositional prowess, of which it achieves with flying colours

Skip it... if you can not stand recycling of entire cues within a single album, despite the effectiveness of such a re-hash

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you're a fan of the derivative, highly unoriginal and uncreative synthetics and percussion that plague the most generic and distasteful of modern action scores, for a good majority of Advanced Warfare's running time is dedicated to producing such 'music'

Skip it... if you were at all anticipating the collaboration between industry giant Harry Gregson-Williams and the two men behind the trailer music company Audiomachine, for your anticipation will only render your disappointment greater