THE SHADOW
Rating: 
Original Review: When I saw The Shadow at the cinema, the Main Theme from Jerry Goldsmith's score sent a shiver down my spine every time I heard it. I rushed out and bought the CD straight away, and got a shiver the first time I heard it then. The shivers decreased as I heard for the second time, third time, fourth, fifth, sixth... Then I was bored. Repetitive is hardly the word. The Main Title, also called 'The Poppy Fields' is a good, dramatic piece in its own right, with a great synth element, but really the main theme is the only part of this score worth mentioning. Other than the rest of the filler music, there are couple of songs performed by Taylor Dayne (who I seem to remember was a one-hit wonder in the late eighties) and somebody called Sinoa (?). The main theme is good, but enough already!
Track Listing:
- The Shadow Knows... 1994 (vocalisation by Alec Baldwin) (0:08)
- Original Sin (Theme from The Shadow) (written by Jim Steinman, performed by Taylor Dayne) (6:27)
- The Poppy Fields (Main Title) (3:16)
- Some Kind of Mystery (written by Diane Warren, performed by Sinoa) (3:48)
- The Sanctum (3:33)
- Who Are You? (4:02)
- Chest Pains (3:26)
- The Knife (3:05)
- The Hotel (5:53)
- The Tank (4:08)
- Frontal Lobotomy (2:28)
- Original Sin (Film Mix) (written by Jim Steinman, performed by Taylor Dayne) (5:02)
- The Shadow Radio Show 1937: Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? (vocalisation by Orson Welles) (0:29)
Running Time: 46 minutes 17 seconds
Arista 07822-18763-2 (1994)
Music composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Orchestrations by Arthur Morton and Alexander Courage. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Bruce Botnick. Edited by Ken Hall. Album produced by Jerry Goldsmith.
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