I remember the good old days of when I first got into collecting. Around this time, I discovered the internet and I've yet to look back. One of the ways I tried to build up my collection back then was taking advantage of Intrada's 99-cent deletions: titles that, apparently, couldn't be moved with a hurricane. Some of the titles I picked up (then sold for cash before picking them up again) were Mark McKenzie's Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde and Kevin Kiner's Leprechaun.

Warwick Davis has a ball in the title role, terrorizing and killing innocents for his gold. Also known as 'that movie that Jennifer Aniston did before "Friends"'.

Even though the cover reads 'composed and conducted by Kevin Kiner' (BTW, I miss that about Intrada releases; 'original motion picture soundtrack' and 'composed and conducted by...' placed inconspicuously over the cover art. Several examples can be found here.), the score sounds predominantly synth-based.

The "Main Title" introduces the main theme, a melody that manages to be playful and menacing at the same time, much like the title character, with the piccolo taking the lead and giving the score its Irish color. "O'Grady" introduces a sub-melody of rising strings (at 1:10) that Kiner would reuse in his score for Freaked. "The Crate" emphasizes what I said earlier about the synths; amongst some real, chopping strings, the rest of the orchestra, from the winds to some of the horn parts, sounds very synthetic.

"Ozzie Attacked" takes a break from its suspense to showcase a galloping version of the main theme (at 2:00). A hopeful string-led melody figures in "Rainbow" and "Ozzie and Alex".

Kiner works in some action music for the scenes of the characters trying to outwit the Leprechaun. "The Truck" and "Rambo", save for the strings, are purely electronic. (I doubt the music budget was a big one, but the use of synths, though accomplished, is pretty distracting.)

There are moments, like in "The Gold", where Kiner leaves the electronics alone and provides beautiful, almost mournful string work. It makes one anxious to hear what Kiner could do with a full orchestra.

If you liked the music in the film, fine, but it's not worth $174.98 (actual price quoted from Amazon.com).