Amazon.co.uk Review
The original 1964 LP of
Zulu was a peculiar album, with one side devoted to the film's soundtrack, the other to a selection of stomping Shadows-style instrumentals completely unconnected with the movie. Furthermore, the album was only ever available in rather boxy mono. So it's good to have this premiere recording of Barry's tense, swirling score in spanking new digital stereo; and from the opening bars of the Prague orchestra's energetic performance it is almost like hearing the music for the first time. Just as welcome on this thankfully Bond-less set is the first recording of
Mister Moses, another of the composer's scores coloured by the pulsing rhythms of Africa, the bluesy theme from
Hammett, a jazz-tinged suite from
The Cotton Club, the expansive Buffalo hunt from
Dances with Wolves, the imposing choral prelude to
The Last Valley, and many other less familiar excerpts that should keep most Barry fans happy. --
Robert Seeley