The Shadow (Jerry Goldsmith)

The time: the 1930s. The place: New York City. Playboy Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin) has another identity, fighting crime and clouding men's minds as The Shadow. But has he met his match in the devious and equally skilled Shiwan Khan (John Lone)? Underrated adaptation of the pulp character is a great deal of fun; beautifully made and well-cast, even if many of the players (including Tim Curry, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Winters, James Hong and Peter Boyle) aren't given much to do.

Though a number of his scores have been released on specialty labels in the last few years, this is at the top of my wish list for Jerry Goldsmith's sterling output.

The Shadow
composed & conducted
by
Jerry Goldsmith

1. The Poppy Fields 3.13
2. Rude Awakening 1.40
3. The Tulku 2.45
4. Cement Shoes 1.14
5. Taunting Duke 0.52
6. Forced Confession 1.25
7. Freeing Dr. Tam 0.31
8. "The Shadow knows" 1.27
9. "There is no Shadow 0.26
10. Lamont Meets Margo 0.55
11. First Date 1.45
12. Vision of Fire 0.39
13. Tomb of Temujin 1.05
14. Khan Awakes 1.56
15. Grim Discovery 0.28
16. Margo's Feeling 0.57
17. Unlucky Day 1.18
18. The Sanctum 3.30
19. Shiwan Khan 4.07
20. Flying to Destiny 0.33
21. Bronzium 0.56
22. Summoning Reinhardt 2.31
23. "You will forget about me" 0.25
24. The Shadow Appears 0.33
25. Chest Pains 3.37
26. Margo's Mission 2.33
27. "You're the Shadow" 1.30
28. Tailing Lamont 0.43
29. Sun Yet Kitchen 0.30
30. "Oh, that knife" 3.01
31. The Monster Within 2.24
32. A Flying Leap 1.12
33. Tanked 4.02
34. Bad Memories 1.57
35. Breaking News 1.00
36. The Hotel Monolith 5.20
37. Tailing Claymore 0.35
38. Claymore's Exit 1.00
39. Battling the Phurba 3.09
40. Chasing Khan 1.39
41. Disarming the Bomb 1.18
42. Mirror Attack 0.56
43. Frontal Lobotomy 2.26

Call me overconfident, but I really think that this is the year that this release will come to fruition.