StreamingSoundtracks.com - King Kong (1976)

#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	The Opening John Barry	2:13	26
02	Maybe My Luck Has Changed John Barry	1:47	40
03	Arrival On The Island John Barry	2:43	103
04	Sacrifice - Hail To The King John Barry	7:06	65
05	Arthusa John Barry	2:17	25
06	Full Moon Domain - Beauty Is A Beast John Barry	4:22	28
07	Breakout To Captivity John Barry	4:04	12
08	Incomprehensible Captivity John Barry	2:52	8
09	Kong Hits The Big Apple John Barry	2:32	10
10	Black Out In New York / How About Buying Me A Drink John Barry	3:20	11
11	Climb To Skull Island John Barry	2:26	9
12	The End Is A Hand John Barry	1:41	10
13	The End John Barry	4:21	25

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A review by James Southall found on movie-wave.net

By:	Angel
Date:	4 Jul 2010
Rating:

It should come as a surprise to nobody that even for King Kong, Barry chose an emotional path. There is action music here, but the score is dominated by lush, melodic material as one might expect. In fairness, there are several tracks of action music. They are typically slow, but typically effective. The brooding "The Opening" sets the tone well, sounding almost like it might come from Zulu, and casting an ominous shadow indeed. "Breakout to Captivity" is a tense, enveloping piece which is unbelievably effective at building suspense - Barry at just about his best. Later, "Incomprehensible Captivity" and the very similar "Climb to Skull Island" are darker still, quite uncomfortably so, but don't make for quite so satisfying listening.

The main romantic theme, first heard in "Maybe My Luck Has Changed", tends to dominate the score. It's a wistful, beautiful theme which is not as memorable as Barry's very strongest efforts, but remains very attractive and always good to hear. In addition to its appearances, another lovely (one-off) piece is "Arrival on the Island", a wonderful example of Barry's melodic scoring and one of the score's standout tracks. Also notable are a couple of pieces of Barry-composed source music. "Sacrifice - Hail to the King" isn't like anything else he's done, with wild percussion mixed with screeches of "Kong!" gradually building to a greater and greater fervour, before being skilfully integrated with some straight dramatic underscore. There's also the amusing light disco "Kong Hits the Big Apple", which is cheesier than the moon but still very entertaining.

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