While the film it underplays is not all that good, Jay Chattaway's score for Braddock: Missing in Action III is superb. It is my favorite of the bunch.
The original plan was to remix and relayer Chattaway's score for the first Missing in Action film into this new entry. Just as Cannon had done with Jerry Goldsmith's score for King Solomon's Mines in its sequel, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986). There was just one problem, though. Braddock's heroic tone differed greatly from the righteous fury and overt revenge fantasy of the previous entries. "We ended up doing a lot of new original action and heroic music," Chattaway recalls in John Takis' liner notes for this Intrada release.
My choice for the highpoint of Chattaway's new music for the film is Linn's Theme. Described in the liner notes as "featuring flute over a bed of warm strings," this track captures the emotional core of the film in warm tones that are as sorrowful as they are romantic.
This is terrific music that deserved to be in a better movie.
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