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Aim High
Brian Bennett
Aim High
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soundtracks
 
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Well Known Musician and Composer from his Time with the Shadows and Since as a Writer of Music for Film and TV. Perhaps Best Known on TV is his Music for the "Ruth Rendell Mysteries" Series. "Aim High" Presents the Music f...  more »

     
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All Artists: Brian Bennett
Title: Aim High
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rpm Records UK
Release Date: 12/6/2004
Album Type: Import, Soundtrack
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, International Music, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Rock, Soundtracks
Styles: Disco, Europe, Britain & Ireland, Easy Listening, By Decade, 1970s, Funk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5013929529021

Synopsis

Album Details
Well Known Musician and Composer from his Time with the Shadows and Since as a Writer of Music for Film and TV. Perhaps Best Known on TV is his Music for the "Ruth Rendell Mysteries" Series. "Aim High" Presents the Music from his Early Composing Days When Contracted to the Major Kpm Production Library. As all the Music was Written for TV, We have Packaged Our Detailed 'best Of' as a Period TV Series Action Drama, that it Might all have Fitted Into. It's all There for Every Likely Scene - High 70's Rock, Pop, Glam and Synth. Thus this Album Will Appeal to a Cross Over Market of Shadows/Bennett Collectors, Soundtrack Enthusiasts, Production Library Collectors. Enhancing the Must have Appeal for These Markets is the Fact that all the Recordings have Never Been Commercially Released. Part of Cherry Red Record's "Mood Mosaic" Series of Releases that Examines the Work of Musical Directors/Arrangers of the 60's and Early 70's.
 

CD Reviews

70s Instrumental Music
Ross Bates | Australia | 09/07/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"An album of television library music from Brian Bennett, one time drummer with The Shadows. For any fan of 70s TV music I can't recommend this enough. With horns, strings and a rock rhythm section, it's all here - crime jazz/funk to romantic themes and most points inbetween.



Most of it could have come from any number of classic 70s cop shows. Standout tracks include: Sidetrack, Metropolis Suite Part 1 and Glass Tubes. Depending on your mood, there really isn't a weak track here. Outstanding value for money.





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William R. Nicholas | Mahwah, NJ USA | 02/08/2010
(3 out of 5 stars)

"You would think from the cover art this would be funkier.



Aim High is pretty cool program music from 70s cop shows. Interesting, then, that this gets into an almost Iassic Hayes-Barry White orchestral feel more than it does screeching wha whas. This may be art, but remember: IT-WAS-MADE-FOR-THE-TV.



If you have not heard this type of music in a long time, you may want to check this out. It definately sounds better now than it did in the 70s, when this music was, very unjustly, considered cheese.



If, though, you collect program music, this blends in: a problem when buying this genre because it all bleeds together into one big undistinguishable bell bottom afro after a while. This is fine, but not a standout."