This four-CD set combines film composer
John Barry’s soundtracks for Elizabeth Taylor in London, Zulu, and 4 in the Morning (each gets its own CD with reproductions of the original artwork) and adds a fourth disc of selected James Bond themes and other odds and ends (including outtakes and several tracks that touch on the 1963 John Profumo U.K. sex scandal, believe it or not). Casual listeners might fare better with a single-disc compilation of
Barry’s Bond themes, but for those willing to go further and deeper, this box shows clearly the range and varied scope of
Barry’s other film scores.
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Steve Leggett, Rovi