Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) - Soundtrack

Jerry Fielding's score for Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, as solid and admirable as it is, cannot salvage this atrocious and laughable sequel to The Poseidon Adventure. 

Jeff Bond's liner notes describe Fielding's score as a "fiery, boldly dramatic work." I guess. As distinctive a stylist as Jerry Fielding was, his score just doesn't have the kind of pulse-pounding and bombast verve that John Williams' scores for The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, or Jerry Goldsmith's score for The Swarm, had. 

Album producer Douglass Fake noted how Fielding embellished his score for Beyond the Poseidon Adventure with phrases from his scores from both The Killer Elite and Lawman. I will have to take Fake's word for that, as my untrained ear, coupled with my unfamiliarity with The Killer Elite's score, prevents me from hearing them.