For those interested, here is the interview I happened to come across in my search for more info on this talented man.

NP: Chris Gaines: Greatest Hits - "Digging For Gold" ****/*****

It may also be that not many people here are interested in Cmiral. I posted something about him awhile back, and only got one response. And one before that disappeared from the front page by the end of the day and has since been lost in the vast landscape of posts floating around here.

Like I said, I think his score for Battlefield Earth will be his best yet, and put this guy on the map.

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I agree that BATTLEFIELD EARTH ought to put Cmiral on the map even more solidly than RONIN did, although I must say the movie looks like such a bizarre embarrassment that Cmiral may only benefit from more interest from soundtrack fans. (I'm actually massively looking forward to it because it looks so very WEIRD. I hope they've managed to keep some of the flavor of Hubbard's lunatic prose.)

I read elsewhere that BATTLEFIELD EARTH is being recorded (already is recorded?) in Seattle. That means the album should be nice and long, since there are no re-use rights for Seattle (Washington is a so-called "right-to-work" state, as is Utah -- don't ask me how this works, I've never quite understood it, but that's why, for instance, Varese used to record in Utah a lot).

NP: BASIC INSTINCT (not recorded in Utah)

Too bad U.S. Marshals wasn't recorded in Utah or Seattle.

(Isn't that sad?)

NP: Soldier - "Todd Is Exiled" *****/*****

Here's the link to the Nash Bridges theme. I didn't start watching the series until the third season or so, so I have no idea how his scores for the first twelve episodes were. The series will soon be hitting its 100th episode. Once that happens, the show should go into syndication, then I'll have a chance to see those early, mid-season replacement episodes he scored.

NP:Ronin - "Getaway" ****/***** (coincedence????????)

I give it:

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2000-03-31: Elia Cmiral's large scale score for Roger Christian's science fiction epic Battlefield Earth (based on the post-Apocalyptic novel by L. Ron Hubbard and starring John Travolta), is going to be released by Varèse Sarabande. According to the label, the score "looks to STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER and THE MATRIX and then goes off and creates an entire world of its own."
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This is great news indeed, though I'm worried about it being released on Varese. Let's pray (guess you and I will be the only ones doing so, Rocco) that they give us as generous a dose of this score as they did for Ronin.

NP: Predator 2 *****/*****

And we'll have been there first!

(Website? WEBSITE? I can think of other composers I'd RATHER start with, but a website for Mr. Cmiral would be welcome and intriguing ... I don't know much more about him than is conventionally availabe. Didja see APARTMENT ZERO yet?)

P.S. if it's true that BATTLEFIELD EARTH was recorded in Seattle, then the Varese album should really be, as I said above, nice and long. They don't put out those thirty-minute jobbies just to be mean, y'know ... as you know, it's just a question of budgets and business.

And my sites already started. Check it out here . The information was compiled from both IMDB.com and the site the interview came from. I hope to be adding a review of Ronin (his only score I've heard so far) within a couple days, but the Nash Bridges theme will be up within the hour.

(Haha!! I LOVE making websites!!)

NP: The Last of the Mohicans - "Pieces of A Story" *****/***** (Beautiful, excellant score, for a beautiful, excellant film)

NP: THE WIND AND THE LION (by the fellow who was supposed to do RONIN, but I think it worked out well all around, since he did the wonderful 13TH WARRIOR instead and we had such a lavish and memorable introduction to a NEW guy who deserves MORE ATTENTION THAN JUST FROM DANTORIS AND MYSELF ["excuse me, was I raving?" Kudos to whoever gets that quote.])

(Course, you're aslo the only member on the board who's obviously interested in Mr. Cmiral, so you'll probably be the only visitor.)

NP: Mars Attacks! - "End Credits" ***/***** (Not great, but certainly a fun listen. If only they had left out "Indian Love Call." ARGH!!)

NP: The Peacemaker - "Trains" *****/*****
(Best Zimmer score ever. IMHO, of course.)

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Originally posted by H Rocco:

I want to keep this one alive, partly out of pure stubbornness, but also because I think Mr. Cmiral really IS important and -- well, perhaps it will take BATTLEFIELD EARTH for people to tune in to him.

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Actually I have never thought that much of this particular composer, since I have not heard an single piece of his work.

However from what I have seen of the movie in previews and other info about the score in particular, I will definitely pre-order the Varese CD of it, when it is listed at the online stores. Than again, I probably would have done so if he was composing it or not.

Though hopefully as you said, hearing this score, would make me want to hear the others of his. Has he done many scores? I know of Ronin and Stigmata, what else has he done?

Thanks very much, since you all are at least part of the reason, I want to get to know this composer.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

BTW, I have a sneaking suspicion that Battlefield Earth is going to bite hard. Why? Have you ever read that behemoth of a book? I don't think you can film it in a couple of hours and capture the story properly. (Besides, it wasn't that good anyway.)

Ruger - Actually, Battlefield Earth covers the first half of the book. Part 2, which the studio has already green-lighted and is already in pre-production, will cover the rest of the book. Travolta confirmed this in an interview.

Keeping an eye out.