Inchon

Inchon falls somewhere into the secondary ranks of Jerry Goldsmith's myriad war scores, achieving neither the glory nor the intensity of classics like Patton. All the signatures are here -- the bold, sweeping melodies, the mortar-shell eruptions of brass, the jagged rhythms -- but there's little evolution or variation from theme to theme, and the obvious similarities to previous works render Inchon wanting by comparison. Intrada Special Collection's 2006 reissue of the 1982 score nevertheless pulls out all the stops, compiling both the original album edition as well as the complete film version -- a must-have for Goldsmith collectors on principle alone. ~ Jason Ankeny