It is curious and interesting to check the wide musical differences among the three Newman cousins (Thomas, David and Randy), each one of them with a personal and different style, but equally valid and interesting. From the three of them it may be Randy the more popular (specially through his songs' records), but perhaps is Thomas the more recognized at a professional level. His already big filmography (close to fifty titles), and his many-coloured language, sometimes classic like in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), sometimes avant-garde like in The Player (1992), make him specially valid for all kind of genres and movies. A good example of this is his music for The People vs. Larry Flynt, Milos Forman's polemic motion picture, where his 19 cues (some of them of an excessive concision, some other admirable) are surrounded with rock songs (among them the famous Hang On Sloopy from The McCoys), spirituals and fragments from czech classical composers (Smetana and Dvorak, with special attention to the Stabat Mater of the latter, emphasizing the almost martyrological elements of the main character); of assorted orchestration, alternating electronics with orchestra, and with some splendid themes (Cold Turkey Pervert and Scumbag Like Me, just to mention a couple of them), Newman's score becomes intense and adequate although, as it happens to him many times, it is missed some cue more developed and contrasted. M.A.F.

/ EMI ANGEL 56382-2 / 54'