1989 was a great year for Jerry Goldsmith music, at least for me. I have never, ever gotten tired of listening to this scores for Leviathan, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, or, the subject of today's post, The 'Burbs.
The first two, which will be the subjects of catalogue posts of their own when I alphabetically get to them, benefited from having official soundtrack releases, back in the day. The 'Burbs did not.
It took about three years for Varèse Sarabande to release a limited edition soundtrack. That release contained a paltry 30 or so minutes, though. Goldsmith's complete score hovers around an hour or so of music. I made do, because having 30 minutes to listen to was better than having nothing at all.
The opportunity to upgrade came when La-La Land Records issued this remastered Expanded Edition of the complete score in 2022. Jeff Bond's liner notes describe Goldsmith's energetic work as "a busy, leitmotivic score." Sounds about right.
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