SOUTHPAW Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you have always sought a Horner score that truly abandons his typical compositional methodology, the man embarking on an entirely new sonic direction with Southpaw 

Skip it... if the relentless percussive and synthetic pounding of scores like Man of Steel, Ex Machina and Gravity repulse you, for Horner draws inspiration from scores of that ilk for this release

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

WOLF TOTEM Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you're a fan of James Horner's rich and vibrant orchestral compositions, Wolf Totem another highly applaudable effort that contains emotion, intelligence and thematic development over its hour long duration

Skip it... if you're tired of Horner's self-plagiarism, his inability to completely reinvent his style a somewhat distracting feature of this otherwise impeccable release

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Avatar Score Review

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Check it out... if you sport a love of technically astounding, orchestrally-based grandeur, filled with questionable but undoubtedly beautiful uses of thematic concepts, all of which James Horner's Avatar possesses

Skip it... if you're tired of hearing Horner repeat himself time and time again in regards to thematic material, for he does so again here, though all the aforementioned thematic ideas are far more fleshed out and wider in scope than ever before